Coleus goetzenii (Gürke) 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.13629801
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scientific name	Coleus goetzenii (Gürke) A. J. Paton
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Treatment

Coleus goetzenii (Gürke) A. J. Paton View in CoL , Phytokeys 129: 50. 2019 View Cited Treatment .

≡ Pycnostachys goetzenii Gürke View in CoL in Götzen, Durch Afr., reimpr.: 8. 1896. Type: Rwanda, Sabinyo, flanc sud, ca. 2400 m elev, 1 Feb 1972, P. Auquier 2369 (neotype BR [ BR 0000013410254 ] designated here; isoneotype K, LG, MO [ MO 100924134 ], WAG).

= Pycnostachys vulcanicola Lebrun & L. Touss. View in CoL , Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 71. 1943. Type: DR. Congo, Virunga, Volcan Karisimbi, Feb 1932. J. Lebrun 5006 (holotype BR [ BR 0000008909725 ], [ BR 0000008910059 ]; isotype K, MO).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 409), as Pycnostachys goetzenii Gürke.

Distribution.

EC Tropical Africa (Virunga Mts.).

Habitat and ecology.

Mountain forest with bamboo, Hypericum , and Hagenia; 2300–2800 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Lacs Edouard et Kivu, Tshakabindi, NE Visoke, 25 Jan 1955, G. F. de Witte 11548 ( BR, WAG); Versant E du Nyiragongo, Nov 1937, J. Lebrun 8727 ( BR); Ruwenzori, entre les gites de Mahangu et de Kalonge, 31 Dec 1977, J. Lejoly 2570 ( BR); Kabara, flanc E du Karisimbi, 21 Aug 1937, J. Louis 5428 ( BR, K, MO, P); Nyamuragira, gegen Biliba, 27 Aug 1954, Stauffer 230 ( BR, K, MO, WAG).

Rwanda, Lac Gando, Mar 1935, G. F. de Witte 2298 ( BR); Route Butare-Cyangugu, km 72, 9 May 1980, G. Troupin 16246 ( BR, K).

Burundi, entre Mabai et la rivière Kavumande, 12 Jun 1950, H. Renier 238 ( BR).

Note.

Neotypification of Pycnostachys goetzenii Gürke. The holotype has disappeared ( Rwanda, Kirunga Volcano [Virunga Mts.], north of Lake Kivu, 7500–8000 ft. elev., G. Goetzen 98 [holotype B]); no isotype has been found. We select as the neotype P. Auquier 2369, matching the protologue, collected in the same region and at about the same altitude as the holotype.

References

Abbreviations

BR	Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection
K	Royal Botanic Gardens
LG	Université de Liège
MO	Missouri Botanical Garden
WAG	Wageningen University
NE	University of New England
G	Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève
E	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
H	University of Helsinki
B	Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet

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Taxonomy

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