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Coleus pseudospeciosus A. J. Paton

Authors/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 pseudospeciosus (Buscal. & Muschl.) A. J. Paton, Phytokeys 129: 87. 2019.

≡ Pycnostachys pseudospeciosa Buscal. & Muschl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 486. 1913. Type: Zambia, Lake Bangweulu, s. d, E. D’Aosta 1002 (lectotype K [K 000405996] fragment, designated by Ryding [2001]).

= Pycnostachys ballotoides Perkins, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 72. 1921. Type: DR. Congo, Katanga, Mt Senga, May 1908 [“ 1906 ” in protologue], T. Kassner 2930 a (holotype B destroyed).

= Pycnostachys mausaensis De Wild., Notes Fl. Katanga 7: 47. 1921. Type: DR. Congo, Katanga, Mt Senga, mt. slope, 31 May 1908, T. Kassner 2920 a (holotype BR [BR 0000013409814]; isotype K [K 000405742]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2013: 326), as Pycnostachys pseudospeciosa Buscal. & Muschl.

Distribution.

S DR. Congo to N. Zambia.

Habitat and ecology.

Steppic savannah on seasonally set soil (dilungu), pond margin, more rarely dry woodland; 1400–1750 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Au-delà de Kakera vers Baudouinville [Moba], 29 Jun 1957, P. Duvigneaud 3773 (BRLU); Buyé Bula, affl. Muye, 30 Mar 1948, G. F. de Witte 3595 (BR, WAG); Mont Senga, 31 May 1908, T. Kassner 2920 a (K); Près de la rivière Mutungulu, 16 May 1971, F. Malaisse 1357 (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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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/30D5ADC5228357D596E81BEB2F88CAF0

Cites
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0042D4643D8F57B99382B0387ACE977D (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.129476 (DOI)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/7631F16E4CD85A769F2845E5F398CE20 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/30D5ADC5228357D596E81BEB2F88CAF0 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/240061338 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/302074/taxon/30D5ADC5228357D596E81BEB2F88CAF0.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
A. J. Paton
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Coleus
Species
pseudospeciosus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Ryding O (2001) Reno Muschler and the identity of his African labiates. Biologiske Skrifter 54: 155–172.
  • 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.