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Coleus decumbens

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Isosyntype of Coleus decumbens Gürke [family LABIATAE]
Isosyntype of Coleus decumbens Gürke [family LABIATAE/LAMIACEAE]
Isotype of Coleus vagatus E.A.Bruce [family LABIATAE]
Type of Coleus decumbens Gürke [family LAMIACEAE]
Plectranthus lasianthus (Gürke) Vollesen [family LABIATAE]
Type of Coleus decumbens Gürke [family LAMIACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Coleus decumbens Gürke [family LAMIACEAE ] Verified by Paton,A., Plectranthus tetensis Baker [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Paton,A.,
Related name
  • Plectranthus lasianthus
  • Plectranthus tetensis
  • Coleus decumbens
  • Coleus vagatus

Flora

Entry for Coleus decumbens Gürke [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 5, page 332, (1900) Author: (by J. G. Baker)
Names
Coleus decumbens Gürke [family LABIATAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 211.
Information
Perennial. Stems stoloniferous, decumbent at the base, pubescent. Leaves small, thick, fleshy, petioled, the lower rhomboid-ovate, the upper ovate-lanceolate, 1/2–1 in. long, obtuse, narrowed to the base, deeply crenate-dentate, pubescent on both sides. Panicles racemose, dense, terminal and in the axils of the upper leaves; flowers few in a whorl; bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, fleshy, deciduous; pedicels pubescent, 1/6 in. long. Calyx sub-hispid; throat hairy inside; upper tooth round, apiculate, 1/6 in. long, the edges scarcely decurrent; the others subequal, lanceolate-deltoid, ciliate. Corolla-tube bent down; lower lip violet, much narrowed to the base; upper blue outside, white and spotted inside.
Distribution
German East Africa Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro; on the stony ridge of the crater at Lake Chala, 3000 ft., Volkens, 327!British East Africa Nile Land Duruma district, near Txamtei, Hildebrandt, 2320.

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