Coleus kapatensis R. E. Fr.

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

Coleus kapatensis R. E. Fr. , Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhod. - Kongo Exped. 1: 283. 1916.

≡ Plectranthus kapatensis (R. E. Fr.) J. K. Morton , Novon 8: 265. 1998. Type: Zambia, Bangweulu [Bangwelo], in Peninsula Kapata pr. Kamindas, 5 Oct 1911. R. E. Fries 871 (holotype UPS [V- 046475]; isotype K, Z).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 275), Paton et al. (2013: 242), as Plectranthus kapatensis (R. E. Fr.) J. K. Morton.

Distribution.

S. Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa.

Habitat and ecology.

Miombo woodland, more rarely savannah on rock outcrops and dry evergreen woodland (muhulu); 1050–1570 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Keyberg, 1 Apr 1957, E. Detilleux 736 ( BR); Luiswishi, 4 Apr 1972, F. Malaisse 7618 ( BR); Fungurume, colline Bilima, 29 Aug 2007, I. Parmentier & Kila 4744 ( BR); Kyamasumba, 42 km NNW of Kolwezi, 19 Sep 1982, M. Schaijes 1521 ( BR); 12 km NNW of Lubumbashi, 19 Apr 1962, A. Schmitz 7711 ( BR).

Burundi, Dunga (Osso), 21 Sep 1977, M. Reekmans 6402 ( BR).

Notes.

1. New to DR. Congo and Burundi.

2. This species has been collected in DR. Congo and Burundi either in the rainy season in vegetative state (leafy shoots bearing propagules) or completely leafless and in flowers at the end of the dry season.