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Coleus mirabilis Briq.

  • 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 mirabilis Briq., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 183. 1894.

Ascocarydion mirabile (Briq.) G. Taylor, J. Bot. 69 (suppl. 2): 162. 1931.

Plectranthus mirabilis (Briq.) Launert, Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 7: 299. 1968. Type: Angola, Malanje (Malandsche), Mar 1880, A. von Mechow 489 (lectotype Z not seen; isolectotype W [W 1889-0054590], designated by Codd [1975]).

= Coleus mirabilis var. poggeanus Briq., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 184. 1894. Type: DR. Congo, River Lulua, 9 ° 30 ' S, P. Pogge 350 (holotype B destroyed).

Description.

Paton et al. (2013: 258), as Plectranthus mirabilis (Briq.) Launert

Distribution.

S DR. Congo to NE Namibia.

Habitat and ecology.

Swamp savannah, riparian forest; ca. 900–1100 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Kasaï, Panzi, 1925, H. Vanderyst 16117 (BR); Bas-Katanga, Mutombo-Mukulu, Jun 1931, P. Quarré 2534 (BR); Kamina, Lovoi, Apr 1932, P. Quarré 3007 (BR); Haut-Katanga, Manika, route Kolwezi-Kasaji, 4 Apr 1955, J. Brynaert 393 (BR); Territ. Dilolo, Kisenge, marais de la Mukuleshi, en bordure de galerie forestière, 19 May 1957, P. Duvigneaud 3237 La (BRLU).

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
Briq.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Coleus
Species
mirabilis
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
  • 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.