Coleus parvifolius (Baker) Meerts & A. J. Paton, 2024

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.13629868
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1F9F991E-D024-5983-82A1-D6003135DD34
treatment provided by	PhytoKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Coleus parvifolius (Baker) Meerts & A. J. Paton
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Coleus parvifolius (Baker) Meerts & A. J. Paton comb. nov.

Pycnostachys parvifolia Baker View in CoL , Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 72. 1895. Type: Zambia, Northern Province, Fwambo, 1894, A. Carson 103 (lectotype K [ K 000405989 ], designated by Bruce [1940]). (Basionym)

= Coleus capitatus A. J. Paton View in CoL , Phytokeys 129: 33. 2019 View Cited Treatment , nom. illeg., syn. nov.

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 388), Paton et al. (2013: 317), as Pycnostachys parvifolia Baker.

Distribution.

W and S Tanzania to Zambia and SE DR. Congo.

Habitat and ecology.

Steppic savannah on highlands, on moist soil (1200 –) 1700–2000 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Kundelungu, 1968, T. Coget 116 ( BR); 50 km NE Lubumbashi, bord de la Luiswishi, 11 Apr 1969, S. Lisowski 23447 ( POZG); Lwamisamba, 28 Mar 1975, F. Malaisse 8641 ( BR); Marungu, Kipiri, Nov 1945, P. Quarré 7337 ( BR).

Note.

1. C. parvifolius and C. descampsii are closely related and intermediates occur.

2. The new name C. capitatus A. J. Paton was superfluous because the binomial Coleus parvifolius has never been published before.

References

Abbreviations

K	Royal Botanic Gardens
W	Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
T	Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics
BR	Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection
NE	University of New England
POZG	Adam Mickiewicz University