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Coleus thyrsoideus Baker

  • 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 thyrsoideus Baker, Bot. Mag. 125: t. 7672 1899.

Plectranthus thyrsoideus (Baker) B. Mathew, Kew Bull. 31: 174. 1976. Type: Plant cultivated at Kew, seed from herbarium specimen from N of Lake Malawi collected by Whyte, 3 Jan 1899 (holotype K [K 000430792]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2013: 258), as Plectranthus thyrsoideus (Baker) B. Mathew.

Distribution.

S Tropical Africa.

Habitat and ecology.

Savannah and shrub savannah on rocky slopes; 1200–1300 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Territ. Sakania, SE de Kipushia, Mont Lukanga, 29 Apr 1971, S. Lisowski 23388 (POZG); Env. Kasumbalesa, colline Kibwe I, 20 Mar 1971, S. Lisowski 23315 (POZG).

Note.

New species record for DR. Congo.

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
Baker
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Coleus
Species
thyrsoideus
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 (2013) Lamiaceae. In: Timberlake J (Ed.) Flora Zambesiaca 8 (8). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, 1–346.