Coleus betonicifolius (Baker) A. J. Paton var. betonicifolius (Baker) 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.13629737

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9A82346E-A316-5B06-83FA-64E0DBBC8E6F

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scientific name

Coleus betonicifolius (Baker) A. J. Paton var. betonicifolius
status

 

Coleus betonicifolius (Baker) A. J. Paton var. betonicifolius View in CoL

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 307), Paton et al. (2013: 252), as Plectranthus betonicifolius Baker , restricted to specimens with leaf blade ovate, 1–3 cm wide, abruptly contracted into the petiole.

Distribution.

Tanzania, DR. Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Angola.

Habitat and ecology.

Steppic savannah, on seasonally flooded soil (dilungu and dambo), often on highlands, from 1100 to 1880 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Haut-Katanga, Upemba, vallée de la Musibari (?), 25 Apr 1959, J. de Wilde 738 ( BR); Upemba, Mukana, 14 Apr 1947, G. F. de Witte 2494 ( BR, WAG); Upemba, tête de source de la Mubale, 16 Jan 1948, G. F. de Witte 3247 ( BR); Muhila, riv. Mutungulu, 16 May 1971, F. Malaisse 1355 ( BR); N’konda, piste Nasondoye-Kasofu, 4 Jan 1983, M. Schaijes 1774 ( BR).

Burundi, Mosso Urundi, Butetsi (?), 9 May 1952, G. Michel & J. Reed 1905 ( BR).

BR

Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection

G

Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

WAG

Wageningen University

M

Botanische Staatssammlung München

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Coleus