Biology:Coleus maculosus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Coleus maculosus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Coleus
Species:
C. maculosus
Binomial name
Coleus maculosus
(Lam.) A.J.Paton[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Plectranthus punctatus Plectranthus punctatus subsp. punctatus
  • Germanea punctata Coleus praetermissus
  • Bullock & Killick Lam.
  • (L.f.) Poir. (L.f.) L’Hér.
  • Ocimum punctatum Germanea maculosa
  • L.f., non Coleus punctatus Baker. L’Hér.
  • Galeopsis maculosa Lam.
  • (Lam.) Salisb. Plectranthus maculosus

Coleus maculosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is widespread in tropical Africa and Madagascar .[1]

Three subspecies have been described:[1]

  • Coleus maculosus subsp. maculosus – Cameroon to Eritrea and Tanzania, Madagascar.
  • Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis (Vatke) A.J.Paton, syn. Plectranthus edulis (Vatke) Agnew – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Coleus maculosus subsp. lanatus (J.K.Morton) A.J.Paton – Cameroon

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Paton, Alan J.; Mwanyambo, Montfort; Govaerts, Rafaël H.A.; Smitha, Kokkaraniyil; Suddee, Somran; Phillipson, Peter B.; Wilson, Trevor C.; Forster, Paul I. et al. (2019), "Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera", PhytoKeys (129): 1–158, doi:10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988, PMID 31523157 

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