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Coleus esculentus G. Taylor
Creators
- 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 esculentus (N. E. Br.) G. Taylor, J. Bot. 69 (suppl. 2): 158. 1931.
≡ Plectranthus esculentus N. E. Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 12. 1894. Type: cultivated at K from material sent by J. Medley Wood from KwaZulu-Natal, 1893 (lectotype K [K 000975993], designated by Codd (1975); isolectotype BOL).
Note.
Our treatment of C. esculentus departs from recent floras, which recognised two species (C. esculentus and C. densus). Variation in DR. Congo is complex, comprising morphs difficult to accommodate into such a scheme. We recognise one species comprising four varieties, including a new one. Evidence from molecular markers is needed to test the validity of this treatment.
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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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Coleus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Order
- Lamiales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- G. Taylor
- Species
- esculentus
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Codd LE (1975) Plectranthus (Labiatae) and allied genera in Southern Africa. Bothalia 11 (4): 371–442. https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v11i4.1482