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Coleus guerkei 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 guerkei (Briq.) A. J. Paton, Phytokeys 129: 53. 2019.

Type.

Angola, Cuito (Kuito), 1 Apr 1900. H. Baum 789 (holotype B destroyed; isotype E [E 00193514], G [G 00435305], HBG [HBG 518375], K, M [M 0104725], S [S-G- 3335], W [W 1901-0009329]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 317), Paton et al. (2013: 259), as Plectranthus guerkei Briq.

Distribution.

Widespread in Tropical & South Africa.

Habitat and ecology.

Savannah on moist soil, marshland; 100–1800 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Mayumbe, Gimbi, 17 Jun 1948, Laurent 713 (BR); Bas-Congo, Ntadi, 21 Apr 1944, R. Germain 2140 (BR); Kisantu, 1900, J. Gillet 1337 (BR); Kibotuka, 2 Sep 1975, N’Kunga 5429 (BR); Kasaï, Gombe ya Tumba, 16 Apr 1953, H. Callens 1274 (BR); Kananga, 24 Nov 1981, S. Lisowski 66927 (BR); Kapanga, Jun 1933, F. Overlaet 923 (BR); Panzi, 1925, H. Vanderyst 16001 (BR); Bas-Katanga, Gandajika, 12 Oct 1956, L. Liben 1705 (BR); Katumanga, 29 Oct 1956, L. Liben 1811 (BR); Ubangi-Uele, Gangala na Bodi, 21 Nov 1942, C. Cornet d’Elzius et al. 373 (BR); Faradje, 28 Dec 1949, Costermans 62 (BR); Garamba, piste centrale vers km 82, 18 Feb 1952, G. Troupin 65 (BR); Lac Albert, Irumu, 9 Mar 1914, J. Bequaert 2844 (BR); Kerekere, 19 Jan 1960, D. Froment 649 (BR); Haut-Katanga, Dilolo, riv. Mangoa, 20 Aug 1956, P. Duvigneaud & J. Timperman 2410 (BRLU); Baudouinville [Moba], 5 May 1926, W. Robyns 2241 (BR).

Rwanda, Agatete, 19 Nov 1953, L. Liben 963 (BR).

Burundi, Musumba Mosso, 10 Jun 1952, G. Michel 2674 (BR); Mosso, Ruyigi, 4 Sep 1951, G. Michel & J. Reed 178 (BR); Route Rusengo-Cankuso, km 5, 16 May 1978, M. Reekmans 7003 (BR, WAG).

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

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
A. J. Paton
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Coleus
Species
guerkei
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 (2009) Lamiaceae (Labiatae). In: Beentje HJ, Ghazanfar SA, Polhill RM (Eds) Flora of Tropical East Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, 1–430.
  • 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.