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Coleus welwitschii

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Name

Identification
Coleus welwitschii Briq. [family LAMIACEAE ] Verified by Paton,A.J., Solenostemon thyrsiflorus (Lebrun & Toussaint) Vollesen [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Paton,A.J.,
Related name
  • Plectranthus ?
  • Coleus welwitschii
  • Solenostemon thyrsiflorus

Flora

Entry for Coleus Welwitschii Briquet [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 Welwitschii Briquet [family LABIATAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 185.
Information
A shrub, with trailing woody main stems and pubescent ascending branches. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, with a cuneate base, obtuse, crenate, densely pubescent, 1–1 1/2 in. long. Inflorescence racemose, long, lax, simple; whorls globose, many-flowered; pedicels short; bracts ovate, acuminate, protruding beyond the young flowers. Flower-calyx 1/8 in. long; tube campanulate; upper tooth ovate, as long as the tube; lower tooth ovate, much shorter. Corolla 1/4– 1/3 in. long; lower lip as long as the tube.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea province of Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 5585! 5589!

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