Coleus penicillatus (A. J. Paton) A. J. Paton

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.13629872

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/27051D57-D7DF-5989-8DDD-613DF3A19D24

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scientific name

Coleus penicillatus (A. J. Paton) A. J. Paton
status

 

Coleus penicillatus (A. J. Paton) A. J. Paton View in CoL , Phytokeys 129: 82. 2019 View Cited Treatment .

Plectranthus penicillatus A. J. Paton View in CoL , Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Lamiac.: 325. 2009. Type: Zambia, Mbuzi – Kaluza, 23 Aug 1938, P. J. Greenway & C. G. Trapnell 5627 (holotype K [ K 000431999 ]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 325), Paton et al. (2013: 265) as Plectranthus penicillatus A. J. Paton.

Distribution.

S Tanzania to E Zambia and SE DR. Congo.

Habitat and ecology.

Rock outcrop (in DR. Congo; elsewhere: savannah). ca. 2300 m elev., (elsewhere 300–800 m elev.).

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Marungu, 12 km ESE Kasiki, 23 Sep 1959, A. Schmitz 6577 ( BR).

Notes.

1. New species record for DR. Congo.

2. The specimen cited was collected at a much higher elevation compared to the rest of the range (2300 m vs. 300–800 m). It departs somewhat from other materials in having denser inflorescence, with more flowers.

C

University of Copenhagen

G

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

E

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

BR

Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Coleus

Loc

Coleus penicillatus (A. J. Paton) A. J. Paton

Meerts, Pierre J. & Paton, Alan J. 2024
2024
Loc

Plectranthus penicillatus

E. Afr. 2009: 325
2009