Lamiaceae
Coleus

Coleus bojeri Benth.

First published in Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 52 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2022). Flore du Gabon 58: 1-150. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

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 bojeri.]
  • 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 bojeri.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berhaut, J. (1975). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 4: 1-625. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 23, 2013 Andrianantoanina, O. [45] Madagascar Plectranthus bojeri K000735984 No
May 17, 2012 Barbosa, G.; Domingues, H.G. [5294] Mozambique Plectranthus bojeri K000938041 No
Jan 1, 2012 Jansen, P.C.M. [3546] Ethiopia Plectranthus bojeri K000735619 No
Aug 1, 1995 Madagascar Plectranthus bojeri K000430818 Syntype Yes
Aug 1, 1995 Baron, R. [2250] Madagascar Plectranthus bojeri K000430816 Holotype Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8584] Zambia Plectranthus bojeri K001765013 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8965] Zambia Plectranthus bojeri K001765032 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8571] Zambia Plectranthus bojeri K001765034 Yes
Sinsin, B.; Agbani, P.; Adokpo, C. [2900] Benin Plectranthus bojeri K001297817 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8914] Zambia Plectranthus bojeri K001765015 Yes
Lyall [330] Madagascar Plectranthus bojeri K000430817 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5683] Tanzania Plectranthus bojeri K000468741 No
Jan 1, 1960 Ujor, E.U. [FHI 29985] Cameroon Solenostemon latifolius K000025040 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10111] Tanzania Solenostemon latifolius K:SPC-27435.000 No
Gillett, S. [2] Cameroon Solenostemon latifolius K000025039 No
Brummitt, R.K. [9745] Malawi Solenostemon latifolius K:SPC-33490.000 No

Sources

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    • 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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