Coleus sylvestris (Gürke) A. J. Paton & Phillipson

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, PhytoKeys 246, pp. 71-178 : 71-178

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/phytokeys.246.129476
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13629912
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scientific name	Coleus sylvestris (Gürke) A. J. Paton & Phillipson
status

Treatment

Coleus sylvestris (Gürke) A. J. Paton & Phillipson View in CoL , Phytokeys 129: 103. 2019 View Cited Treatment .

≡ Plectranthus sylvestris Gürke View in CoL , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 205. 1894. Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Rifinika Hill on Mawenzi, 14 Sep 1893, G. Volkens 965 (holotype B destroyed; isotype BM [ BM 000999974 ], G).

= Coleus ferrugineus Robyns View in CoL , Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 77. 1943. Type: DR. Congo, Karisimbi, Feb 1932, J. Lebrun 5005 (holotype BR [ BR 0000006262617 ]; isotype K).

= Plectranthus ferrugineus (Robyns) Troupin & Ayob. View in CoL , Fl. Rwanda 3: 336. 1985., nom. inval.

= Coleus subulatus Robyns View in CoL , Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 76. 1943. Type: DR. Congo, Kivu, Tschamugussa. 13 Aug 1934, G. F. de Witte 1854 (holotype BR [ BR 0000006262952 ]; isotype LWI).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 295), Paton et al. (2013: 243), as Plectranthus sylvestris Gürke.

Distribution.

Tropical Africa, Madagascar.

Habitat and ecology.

Mountain evergreen forest, often with Hagenia and bamboo; 2300–3400 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Lacs Edouard et Kivu, Karisimbi, vallée Visoke, 22 Jan 1955, G. F. de Witte 11568 ( BR); Kabara, Mikeno, 16 Jul 1934, G. F. de Witte 1777 ( BR, LWI); Mont Muhi, Jun 1948, F. L. Hendrickx 5273 ( BR); Mont Bukulumiza, 26 Jul 1955, R. Pierlot 666 ( BR); Haut-Katanga, Marungu, Ndawa, Apr 1944, L. Dubois 1165 ( BR). Rwanda, Forêt de Nyungwe, vers km 100, 21 Aug 1969, G. Bouxin & M. Radoux 716 ( BR); Kareba, 10 Oct 1974, P. Auquier 4514 ( BR); Karisimbi, versant Sud, 27 Feb 1935, G. F. de Witte 2255 ( BR); Karisoke, 3 Jan 2006, Luksenberg & A. Nsanzurwimo s. n. ( BR).

Burundi, Bukeye, Teza, 19 Jun 1971, J. Lewalle 6024 ( BR); Muramvya, bois sacré de Mpotsa, 9 Jun 1979, M. Reekmans 8245 ( BR, WAG).

References

Abbreviations

G	Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève
B	Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet
BM	Bristol Museum
BR	Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection
K	Royal Botanic Gardens
LWI	Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN/Lwiro)
R	Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile
M	Botanische Staatssammlung München
WAG	Wageningen University

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Lamiales
Family	Lamiaceae
Genus	Coleus