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Coleus schweinfurthii

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Name

Identification
Plectranthus lanuginosus (Hochst. ex Benth.) Agnew [family LABIATAE ] (stored under name); Coleus sodalium Baker [family LABIATAE ] Coleus schweinfurthii Baker [family LABIATAE ]
Related name
  • Plectranthus lanuginosus
  • Coleus rupestris
  • Coleus sodalium
  • Coleus schweinfurthii

Flora

Entry for Coleus Schweinfurthii Baker [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 Schweinfurthii Baker [family LABIATAE]
Information
An erect perennial herb, with densely pilose stem. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate, 1–1 1/2 in. long, thick but not fleshy, obscurely crenate, not cordate at the base, densely pilose on both surfaces. Panicles racemose, simple, very lax, sometimes 1 ft. long; pedicels pubescent, 1/8– 1/6 in. long. Fruit-calyx pubescent, 1/4 in. long; tube campanulate; upper tooth ovate, as long as the tube; lower lanceolate, not longer. Corolla 1/2 in. long; lower lip longer than the tube. Stamens not exserted.
Distribution
Eritrea Nile Land Magod Valley, 4500 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1810!
Notes
ADDENDA Coleus Schweinfurthii, Baker, not of Vatke, is to be renamed C. Sodalium, Baker.

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