Lamiaceae
Coleus

Coleus alpinus Vatke

First published in Linnaea 37: 322 (1872)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to Ethiopia and Malawi. It is a scrambling subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Plectranthus alpinus.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Plectranthus alpinus.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Morales, R. (2011). Les Labiadas (Lamiaceae) de Guinea Ecuatorial. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 68: 199-223.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [351] Cameroon Plectranthus assurgens K000339257 No
Jan 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [8591] Cameroon Plectranthus assurgens K000339255 No
Jan 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [2256] Cameroon Plectranthus assurgens K000339254 No
Jan 1, 1998 Mambo, P. [172] Cameroon Plectranthus assurgens K000070629 No
Jan 1, 1986 Letouzey, R. [13446] Cameroon Plectranthus assurgens K000070628 No
Lebrun, J. [4579] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Plectranthus assurgens K000431885 Type Yes
Lebrun, J. [4579] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Plectranthus assurgens K000431884 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 24, 2013 Lachenaud, O. [672] Cameroon Plectranthus alpinus K000735954 No
May 24, 2013 Thomas, D. [2776] Cameroon Plectranthus alpinus K000735955 No
Jan 1, 2008 Verdcourt, B. [1545] Plectranthus alpinus K000070180 No
Jan 1, 2008 Verdcourt, B. [1545] Plectranthus alpinus K000070181 No
Dec 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [333] Cameroon Plectranthus alpinus K000339256 No
Jan 1, 1998 Schimper [s.n.] Ethiopia Plectranthus alpinus K000431867 Type Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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