Coleus amboinicus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 amboinicus

Name[edit]

Coleus amboinicus Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 372. (1790)

Lectotype: Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 5: t. 102, f. 2 (1750) (designated by: Cramer, L.H. 1981. Labiatae. 3: 138. In M. D. Dassanayake & F. R. Fosberg (eds.) Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon. Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.)

Synonyms[edit]

Homotypic
- Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 690. 1825. (as "amboinensis")
- Majana amboinica (Lour.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524. 1891.
Heterotypic
- Coleus amboinicus var. violaceus Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 210. 1894.
- Coleus aromaticus Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 16. 1830.
- Coleus carnosus Hassk., Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 25. 1842.
- Coleus crassifolius Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 15. 1830.
- Coleus subfrutectosus Summerh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 392. 1928.
- Coleus suborbicularis Zoll. & Moritzi, Syst. Verz. 4. 1846.
- Coleus suganda Blanco Fl. Filip. 483. 1837.
- Coleus vaalae (Forssk.) Deflers, Rev. Egypt 423. 1894.
- Majana carnosa (Hassk.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524. 1891.
- Majana suganda (Blanco) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524. 1891.
- Ocimum vaalae Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 111, 1775.
- Plectranthus aromaticus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 22. 1832, nom. illeg. non Roxb. (1814).

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Angola
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Burundi, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Kenya
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Peninsular Arabia
  - India, Yemen
- Introduced into:
  - Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Cambodia, Colombia, Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Maluku, Marquesas, Mexico Northeast, Nicaragua, Niue, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus II. Pp. 357–744, [745, err.] Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 372.

Additional references[edit]

Paton, A., Mwanyambo, M. & Culham, A. 2018. Phylogenetic study of Plectranthus, Coleus and allies (Lamiaceae): taxonomy, distribution and medicinal use. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 188(4): 355-376. DOI: doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boy064 PDF Reference page.
Paton, A.J., Mwanyambo, M., Govaerts, R.H.A., Smitha, K., Suddee, S., Phillipson, P.B., Wilson, T.C., Forster, P.I. & Culham, A. 2019. Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera. PhytoKeys 129: 1–158. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988 Reference page.

Links[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Coleus amboinicus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 July 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Coleus amboinicus. Published online. Accessed: July 27 2020.

Vernacular names[edit]

English: Cuban oregano
suomi: Yrttiliisukka
Bahasa Indonesia: Daun jinten
Nederlands: indische munt
தமிழ்: கற்பூரவள்ளி
lea faka-Tonga: pāsiole, kaloni
Türkçe: Küba Kekiği

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