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Coleus stachyoides E. A. Bruce 1934

  • 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 stachyoides (Oliv.) E. A. Bruce, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1934: 306. 1934.

Plectranthus stachyoides Oliv., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 136. 1875. Type: Uganda, West Nile District: Madi, Dec 1862, J. A. Grant 732 (holotype K [K 000431982]).

= Plectranthus cylindrostachys Robyns & Lebrun, Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 16: 356. 1928. Type: Burundi, Irubura, Akanguru Valley, 31 May 1926, W. Robyns 2403 (holotype BR [BR 0000006263294]; isotype K [K 000431886]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 323), as Plectranthus stachyoides Oliv.

Distribution.

Central African Rep. to E Tropical Africa.

Habitat and еcology.

Hyparrhenia-Loudetia savannah, wooded savannah, sclerophyllous scrub, rock crevices; 800–3045 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Bas-Katanga, Kasengi, May 1947, W. Mullenders 2405 (BR); Kisamba, Jan 1931, P. Quarré 2377 (BR); Lacs Edouard et Kivu, Ruzizi, Tsamate, Apr 1950, R. Germain 6458 (BR); Mont Muhi, 31 Jul 1955, U. Kinet 93 (BR); Haut-Katanga, Kando, Mar-Apr 1931, G. F. de Witte 204 (BR); Marungu, Kasiki, Mont Kilonge, 12 Jun 1969, S. Lisowski, F. Malaisse, J. - J. Symoens 6388 (POZG); Muhila, Mont Mwango, 12 May 1971, S. Lisowski 23526 (POZG).

Rwanda, S Kagera, Rwinkwavu, 13 Apr 1966, J. Lewalle 686 (BR, MO); Rubona, 25 Apr 1958, G. Michel 5311 (BR, MO); Kagera, colline Rwanyerajana, 5 Apr 1958, G. Troupin 6833 (BR, LWI); Kibungu, Parc National Kagera, colline Gwenjange, 17 Jun 1958, G. Troupin 7470 (BR, WAG); Kibungo, Mbuye, 28 Jun 1978, G. Troupin 16166 (BR). BURUNDI, Gitega, route vers Karuzi, 27 Apr 1971, J. Lewalle 5793 (BR, WAG); Kininya Mosso, 12 Jun 1952, G. Michel 2785 (BR); Bubanza, Rugazi, 3 May 1981, M. Reekmans 10091 (BR, WAG); Bukemba, Muzye, 12 May 1981, M. Reekmans 10232 (WAG, MO, 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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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
E. A. Bruce
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Coleus
Species
stachyoides
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Coleus stachyoides Bruce, 1934 sec. Meerts & Paton, 2024

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.