Coleus penicillatus (A. J. Paton) 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.13629872
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scientific name	Coleus penicillatus (A. J. Paton) A. J. Paton
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Treatment

Coleus penicillatus (A. J. Paton) A. J. Paton View in CoL , Phytokeys 129: 82. 2019 View Cited Treatment .

≡ Plectranthus penicillatus A. J. Paton View in CoL , Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Lamiac.: 325. 2009. Type: Zambia, Mbuzi – Kaluza, 23 Aug 1938, P. J. Greenway & C. G. Trapnell 5627 (holotype K [ K 000431999 ]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 325), Paton et al. (2013: 265) as Plectranthus penicillatus A. J. Paton.

Distribution.

S Tanzania to E Zambia and SE DR. Congo.

Habitat and ecology.

Rock outcrop (in DR. Congo; elsewhere: savannah). ca. 2300 m elev., (elsewhere 300–800 m elev.).

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Marungu, 12 km ESE Kasiki, 23 Sep 1959, A. Schmitz 6577 ( BR).

Notes.

1. New species record for DR. Congo.

2. The specimen cited was collected at a much higher elevation compared to the rest of the range (2300 m vs. 300–800 m). It departs somewhat from other materials in having denser inflorescence, with more flowers.

References

Abbreviations

C	University of Copenhagen
G	Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève
K	Royal Botanic Gardens
E	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
BR	Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection