Coleus tetradenifolius 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 tetradenifolius (A. J. Paton) A. J. Paton, Phytokeys 129: 104. 2019.
≡ Plectranthus tetradenifolius A. J. Paton, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Lamiac.: 304. 2009. Type: Uganda, Karamoja District, Mt Moroto, Jun 1963, E. Tweedie 2665 (holotype K [K 000430736]).
Description.
Paton et al. (2009: 304), as Plectranthus tetradenifolius A. J. Paton.
Distribution.
Cameroon, S. Sudan to E. Tropical Africa and NE DR. Congo.
Habitat and ecology.
Savannah with Exotheca abyssinica (out of Central Africa: rocky slopes and cliffs); ca. 2450 m elev. (out of Central Africa: 1350–2700 m elev.).
Additional specimens.
DR. Congo, Lac Albert, Mont Aboro, 2450 m elev., 26 Mar 1958, P. Bamps 147 (BR).
Notes.
1. New species record for DR. Congo.
2. The specimen collected in DR. Congo departs from the type in having the inflorescence axis without glandular hairs and a shorter corolla (ca. 6 mm vs. 8–10 mm).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- A. J. Paton
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Coleus
- Species
- tetradenifolius
- 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.