Coleus alpinus Vatke

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.13629714

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5ED759F0-B702-5FFB-84AE-AA246959CB11

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scientific name

Coleus alpinus Vatke
status

 

Coleus alpinus Vatke View in CoL , Linnaea 37: 322. 1872.

Plectranthus alpinus (Vatke) Ryding View in CoL , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 121: 147. 1999. Type: Ethiopia, Amara, Edda Jesus near Dawra Tabor [Debra Tabor], 25 Sep 1863, G. W. Schimper s. n. (lectotype BM [ BM 000513299 ], designated by Ryding (1999 b); isolectotype JE, US, W).

= Coleus assurgens Baker View in CoL in D. Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 428. 1900.

Plectranthus assurgens (Baker) J. K. Morton View in CoL , J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 58: 267. 1962. Type: Ethiopia, Begemder, Aug 1863. G. W. Schimper s. n. (holotype K [ K 000431867 ]).

= Coleus lebrunii Robyns View in CoL , Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 73. 1943. Type: DR. Congo, Ruwenzori, Butagu Valley, Nov 1931. J. Lebrun 4579 (holotype BR [ BR 0000008910035 ], [ BR 0000006262631 ]; isotype K [ K 000431884 ]).

= Coleus wittei Robyns View in CoL Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 74. 1943. Type: DR. Congo, Kamatembe, R. Bishkishaki, 16 Apr 1934. G. F. de Witte 1551 (holotype BR [ BR 0000006262914 ], [ BR 0000006262631 ]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 296), Paton et al. (2013: 245), as Plectranthus alpinus (Vatke) Ryding.

Distribution.

Nigeria to Ethiopia and south to Malawi.

Habitat and ecology.

Savannah, river banks, marshland, mountain forest, Erica shrubland, fallow fields, 1300–2700 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Lacs Edouard et Kivu, Ruwenzori, Lamia, 14 May 1914, J. Bequaert 4262 ( BR); Ruwenzori, 20 Dec 1949, de Wilde 439 ( BR); Masisi, Bohenda, 7 May 1957, R. Gutzwiller 904 ( BR); Kabare, Birava, 20 Aug 1959, Meurillon 791; Lwiro, marais Lushala, 14 Jun 1958, G. Troupin 7495 ( BR); Nyamuragira, N-hang, 21 Aug 1954, H. U. Stauffer 106 ( BR).

Rwanda, Entre Mutura et Kanama, 14 Jun 1984, J. Lejoly 84 / 353 ( BRLU); Préfecture Gisenyi, route Muramba-Rutsiro, Ramba, 14 Jun 1974, C. Nuyt 292 ( BR); Gisovu, 15 Jun 1978, J. Raynal 20580 ( BR); Rangiro, Kirambo, 4 Jun 1981, G. Troupin 16268 ( BR); R. Mukungwa, waterfalls near Rwaza, 23 Feb 1972, P. Van der Veken 9510 ( BR).

Burundi, Nkaka, 1 Mar 2003, E. Bizuru 728 ( BRLU).

Note.

New species record for Burundi.

G

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

W

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

BM

Bristol Museum

JE

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

BR

Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

H

University of Helsinki

U

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland

BRLU

Université Libre de Bruxelles

C

University of Copenhagen

E

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Coleus

Loc

Coleus alpinus Vatke

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

Plectranthus alpinus (Vatke)

Ryding 1999: 147
1999
Loc

Plectranthus assurgens (Baker)

J. K. Morton 1962: 267
1962
Loc

Coleus lebrunii

Robyns 1943: 73
1943
Loc

Coleus wittei

1943: 74
1943
Loc

Coleus assurgens

Baker 1900: 428
= Coleus assurgens Baker in D. Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 428. 1900 .
1900