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Coleus gracilipedicellatus 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 gracilipedicellatus (Robyns & Lebrun) A. J. Paton, Phytokeys 129: 51. 2019.

Holostylon gracilipedicellatum Robyns & Lebrun, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B 49: 103. 1929. Type: DR. Congo, Katanga, Pweto to Baudouinville [Moba], between Kayabala and Lungulungu, 29 Apr 1926. W. Robyns 2196 (holotype BR [BR 0000008908674], [BR 0000008908032], [BR 0000008908681]; isotype BM fragment, BRLU fragment, E, K).

= Plectranthus baumii Gürke in O. Warburg (ed.), Kunene-Sambesi Exped.: 356. 1903, non Coleus baumii Gürke. Type: Angola, Kubango, Massaca, 19 Oct 1899. H. Baum 283 (holotype B destroyed; isotype BM [BM 000564009], E (as 238), G [G 00437838], K, W [W 19010009248], Z [Z- 000018989]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2013: 233), as Plectranthus baumii Gürke.

Distribution.

Southern DR. Congo to Botswana.

Habitat and ecology.

Miombo woodland, steppic savannah on rocks, 1300–1690 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Katofio, 18 Aug 1948, P. Duvigneaud 1378 (BRLU); Territ. Sakania, env. Kipushia, Mont Kasamwa, 29 Apr 1971, S. Lisowski 23485 & 23495 (POZG); Fungurume, 23 Jul 2007, B. Senterre 4638 (BR); Lubumbashi, 1937, Salésiens 355 (BR, WAG); Lukafu, Apr 1900, E. Verdick 455 (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
gracilipedicellatus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Paton AJ, Bramley G, Ryding O, Polhill RM, Harvey YB, Iwarsson M, Willis F, Phillipson PB, Balkwill K, Lukhoba CW, Otieno D, Harley RM (2013) Lamiaceae. In: Timberlake J (Ed.) Flora Zambesiaca 8 (8). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, 1–346.