Lamiaceae

Coleus Lour.

First published in Fl. Cochinch.: 372 (1790)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Cook Is., Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Extinct in:

Norfolk Is.

Introduced into:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Caroline Is., Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Marianas, Marquesas, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Niue, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., St.Helena, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

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.]
  • 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.]
  • 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.]
  • 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. [Cited as Plectranthus.]
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Plectranthus.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
H. [6895], Kenya 60216.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3976], Angola 73048.000 No
Buderus, J. [NGF20745], Papua New Guinea K000897950 No
Peckel, G. [8], Papua New Guinea K000897952 No
Bateson, G. [52], Papua New Guinea K000897953 No
Barker, W.R. [LAE67612], Papua New Guinea K000897958 No
Carr, C.E. [12041], Papua New Guinea K000897961 No
White, K.J. [NGF10183], Papua New Guinea K000897963 No
Brass, L.J. [29648], Papua New Guinea K000897965 No
McKee, H.S. [1513], Papua New Guinea K000897966 No
Henty, E.E. [NGF9853], Papua New Guinea K000897968 No
Brass, L.J. [30360], Papua New Guinea K000897960 No
Bulmer, R.N.H. [103677], Papua New Guinea K000897959 No
Wight, R. [Cat. no. s.n.], Tamil Nadu K001132515 Yes
Sigin, G. [107204], Malaysia K000897698 No
Frodin, D. [NGF28419], Papua New Guinea K000897972 No
Flenley, J.R. [ANU2074], Papua New Guinea K000897951 No
Brass, L.J. [32712], Papua New Guinea K000897964 No
Giulianetti, A. [s.n.], Papua New Guinea K000897969 No
Dagong bin Bakir [2745], Malaysia K000897701 No
Gebo, A. [1605], Papua New Guinea K000897970 No
Kostermans, A. [759], Indonesia K000897700 No
Bateson, G. [113], Papua New Guinea K000897954 No
Schodde, R. [2875], Papua New Guinea K000897962 No
Kostermans, A. [18636], Indonesia K000897699 No
Womersley, J.S. [6176], Papua New Guinea K000897955 No
Eyma, P.J. [3422], Indonesia K000897697 No
McKee, H.S. [1738], Indonesia K000897967 No
Kostermans, A. [567], Indonesia K000897957 No
Kanis, A. [1343], Papua New Guinea K000897971 No
Vandenberg, J. [NGF35005], Papua New Guinea K000897956 No
Wilde, J.J.F.E. de [8617], Cameroon Pycnostachys K000070632 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

    • Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0