Lamiaceae
Coleus

Coleus lanuginosus Hochst. ex Benth.

First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 79 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to N. Tanzania, SW. Arabian Peninsula. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Paton, A.J., Mwanyambo, M. Govaerts, R.H.A., Smitha, K., Suddee, S., Phillipson, P.B., Wilson, T.C., Forster, P.I. & Culham, A. (2019). Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): A tale of more than two genera. PhytoKeys 129: 1-158.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Plectranthus lanuginosus.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Plectranthus lanuginosus.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2013 Kindeketa, W., et al. [2577] Tanzania Plectranthus lanuginosus K000938032 No
May 17, 2013 Tiyoy, L.M. [1301] Uganda Plectranthus lanuginosus K000938048 No
Sep 1, 2007 Rwaburindore, P. [4804] Uganda Plectranthus lanuginosus K000248144 No
Jan 1, 2000 Gillett, J.B. [5348] Ethiopia Plectranthus lanuginosus K000431918 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Schimper, W. [618] Ethiopia Plectranthus lanuginosus K000431914 Type Yes
Hepper, N. [7032] Kenya Plectranthus lanuginosus K:SPC-42111.000 No
Lort Phillips [s.n.] Somalia Plectranthus lanuginosus K000431920 Type Yes
Schweinfurth, G.; Riva, D. [1810] Ethiopia Plectranthus lanuginosus K000431919 Type Yes
Schimper, W. [347] Ethiopia Plectranthus lanuginosus K000431916 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper, W. [1915] Ethiopia Plectranthus lanuginosus K000431917 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper, W. [1915] Ethiopia Plectranthus lanuginosus K000431915 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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