Coleus thyrsoideus Baker

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.13629920
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B91BD579-1FEA-53A3-9F95-13B9D5D9DD91
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scientific name	Coleus thyrsoideus Baker
status

Treatment

Coleus thyrsoideus Baker View in CoL , Bot. Mag. 125: t. 7672 1899.

≡ Plectranthus thyrsoideus (Baker) B. Mathew View in CoL , Kew Bull. 31: 174. 1976. Type: Plant cultivated at Kew, seed from herbarium specimen from N of Lake Malawi collected by Whyte, 3 Jan 1899 (holotype K [ K 000430792 ]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2013: 258), as Plectranthus thyrsoideus (Baker) B. Mathew.

Distribution.

S Tropical Africa.

Habitat and ecology.

Savannah and shrub savannah on rocky slopes; 1200–1300 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Territ. Sakania, SE de Kipushia, Mont Lukanga, 29 Apr 1971, S. Lisowski 23388 ( POZG); Env. Kasumbalesa, colline Kibwe I, 20 Mar 1971, S. Lisowski 23315 ( POZG).

Note.

New species record for DR. Congo.