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Coleus eminii A. J. Paton

  • 1. Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, BE- 1860 Meise, Belgium & Université Libre de Bruxelles, Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50 CP 244, BE- 1050 Brussels, Belgium & Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Service général de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2. The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW 9 3 AB, UK

Description

Coleus eminii (Gürke) A. J. Paton, Phytokeys 129: 43. 2019.

Pycnostachys eminii Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 145. 1895. Type: Tanzania, west of Lake Victoria, Kanessa, 14 Nov 1890, F. Stuhlmann 943 (lectotype B designated by Bruce (1940) destroyed; isolectotype K [K 000405740] fragment).

= Pycnostachys rotundatodentata De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 391. 1928. Type: DR. CONGO, Ruwenzori, Kisuki, 6 Jun 1914, J. Bequaert 4701 (lectotype: BR, designated by Bramley in Paton et al. (2009) [BR 0000008909756], [BR 0000008910080]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 407), as Pycnostachys eminii Gürke.

Distribution.

Cameroon to Ethiopia and NW Tanzania.

Habitat and ecology.

Savannah; 1100–2600 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Lacs Edouard et Kivu, Kisuki, pied du Ruwenzori, 6 Jun 1914, J. Bequaert 4701 (BR, K fragment); Rutshuru, 19 Oct 1914, J. Bequaert 6052 (BR); Bwito, Kikuku, 1 Jun 1954, A. Deru 264 (BR); Dorsale du Mont Bikingi, 16 Jun 1949, J. de Wilde 284 (BR); Luofu, 10 Dec 1934, G. F. de Witte 2186 (DE); Entre Beni et Lubero, Oct 1931, J. Lebrun 4275 (BR); Rutshuru, Mont Katale, Dec 1937, J. Lebrun 9167 (BR, LWI, US).

Burundi, Piste de la faille des Allemands, 20 May 1988, J. Saintenoy 158 (BR).

Notes

Published as part of Meerts, Pierre J. & Paton, Alan J., 2024, The genus Coleus (Lamiaceae) in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), with the description of 15 new species, pp. 71-178 in PhytoKeys 246 on pages 71-178, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.129476

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
A. J. Paton
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Coleus
Species
eminii
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Bruce EA (1940) The genus Pycnostachys. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1939 (10): 563–593. https://doi.org/10.2307/4118171
  • Paton AJ, Bramley G, Ryding O, Polhill RM, Harvey YB, Iwarsson M, Willis F, Phillipson PB, Balkwill K, Lukhoba CW, Otieno D, Harley RM (2009) Lamiaceae (Labiatae). In: Beentje HJ, Ghazanfar SA, Polhill RM (Eds) Flora of Tropical East Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, 1–430.