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Coleus hadiensis 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 hadiensis (Forssk.) A. J. Paton, Phytokeys 129: 54. 2019.

Plectranthus hadiensis (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Sprenger, Wiener Ill. Gart. - Zeitung 19: 2. 1894. Type: Yemen, in montibus Hadiensis [Hadiyah], 1763, P. Forsskål 348 (holotype C [C 10002654]).

= Plectranthus zatarhendii sensu Troupin & Ayob., Fl. Rwanda 3: 340. 1985., non (Forsskal) E. A. Bruce.

= Plectranthus fragrans Lebrun & L. Touss., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 70. 1943. Type: DR. Congo, Katanda, Sep. 1937. J. Lebrun 7618 (holotype BR [BR 0000006262556]; isotype K, P).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 300), Paton et al. (2013: 247), as Plectranthus hadiensis (Forssk.) Sprenger.

Distribution.

Widespread, Egypt to South Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Maldives,

Sri Lanka.

Habitat and ecology.

Savannah, xerophilous scrub, woodland, rocks; 950–2150 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Lacs Edouard et Kivu, Beni, Kasindi, 10 Aug 1914, J. Bequaert 5233 (BR); Katanda, Aug 1937, J. Lebrun 7589 (BR); Katanda, Sep. 1937, J. Lebrun 7618 (BR); Ruindi, 1937, J. Lebrun 7933 (BR, YBI); Escarpement de Kabasha, 7 Dec 1934, G. F. de Witte 2172 (BR); Lac Edouard, baie de Kabale, 24 Dec 1953, D. van der Ben 972 (BR).

Rwanda, Ibere Rya Bigogwe, 8 Feb 1984, F. - X. Ayobangira 1673 (BR); Bugesera, env. Karama, 12 Mar 1972, G. Bouxin 1365 (BR); Mayaga, 27 May 1954, L. Liben 1202 (BR); Mutara, env. Gabiro, 5 Apr 1957, G. Troupin 3123 (BR); Akagera, Lac Ihema, 1 May 1973, G. Troupin 15042 (BR).

Note.

In the Flore du Rwanda (Troupin and Ayobangira 1985), C. hadiensis is erroneously referred to as Plectranthus zatarhendii, a species absent from Central Africa.

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
hadiensis
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.
  • Troupin G, Ayobangira F-X (1985) Lamiaceae. In: Troupin G (Ed.) Flore du Rwanda. Spermatophytes, 3. Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, 294–356.