Lamiaceae
Coleus

Coleus sylvestris (Gürke) A.J.Paton & Phillipson

First published in PhytoKeys 129: 103 (2019)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Plectranthus chiradzulensis K:SPC-11395.000 No
May 17, 2013 Katende, T.; Sheil, D. [813] Uganda Plectranthus sylvestris K000938045 No
May 17, 2013 Katende, I.; Sheil, D. [1125] Uganda Plectranthus sylvestris K000938050 No
Jan 1, 2013 Luke W.R.Q.; P.A. Luke et al. [10829] Kenya Plectranthus sylvestris K000938023 No
Jan 1, 2013 Festo, L. [1924] Tanzania Plectranthus sylvestris K000938024 No
Sep 1, 2007 Abeid, Y.; Pondamali, T. [2101] Tanzania Plectranthus sylvestris K000248157 No
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2733] Zambia Plectranthus sylvestris K001639012 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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