Coleus comosus

Coleus comosus

Coleus comosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Ocimeae
Subtribus: Plectranthinae
Genus: Coleus
Species: Coleus comosus

Name

Coleus comosus Hochst. ex Gürke, 1894

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Plectranthus ornatus Codd, Bothalia 11: 393 (1975).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda Introduced into: KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hochstetter, C.F.F., 1894. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 212

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Coleus comosus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Coleus comosus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Coleus comosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Coleus comosus. Published online. Accessed: May 24 2022.

Vernacular names

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