Lamiaceae
Coleus

Coleus tenuicaulis Hook.f.

First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 211 (1864)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Cameroon, SW. Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

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 tenuicaulis.]
  • 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 tenuicaulis.]
  • 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. [Cited as Plectranthus tenuicaulis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Welwitsch [5533] Angola Plectranthus concinnus K000430730 Type Yes
Welwitsch [5506] Angola Plectranthus herbaceus K000430732 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jun 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13523] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000436672 No
Jun 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13586] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000436140 No
Jun 1, 2008 Cheek, M. [13598] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000436674 No
Mar 1, 2005 Tchiengue, B. [1964] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000436664 No
Feb 1, 2004 Onana, J.-M. [1859] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000213100 No
Feb 1, 2004 Cheek, M. [10763] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000213102 Yes
Feb 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [626] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000212904 Yes
Feb 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [596] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000212906 No
Feb 1, 2004 Kongor Raphael [47] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000212905 No
Dec 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [420] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000212810 No
Jun 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [127] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000051069 No
Jun 1, 2003 Sanford, W.W. [5513] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000070616 No
Jun 1, 2003 Manning, S.D. [625] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000070618 No
Jun 1, 1993 Cheek, M.; Sidwell; Ndumbe. [3683] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000593157 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8434] Zambia Plectranthus tenuicaulis K001581394 Yes
Wellman, F.C. [1812] Angola Plectranthus tenuicaulis K001008914 Yes
Mann, G. [1939] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K000431854 Type Yes
Pollard, B.J. [849] Cameroon Plectranthus tenuicaulis K001495454 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [9785] Angola Plectranthus tenuicaulis K001008915 Yes
Baum, H. [833] Angola Plectranthus tenuicaulis K001008913 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [9841] Angola Plectranthus tenuicaulis K001008916 Yes
Henriques, C. [323] Angola Plectranthus tenuicaulis K001008918 Yes
Barbosa, G. [11596] Angola Plectranthus tenuicaulis K001008917 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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    • 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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