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Orthosiphon coloratus

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Name

Identification
Orthosiphon coloratus Vatke [family LAMIACEAE ] Orthosiphon scedastophyllus A.J.Paton [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A.J.Paton,
Related name
  • Plectranthus kivuensis
  • Orthosiphon coloratus
  • Orthosiphon shirensis
  • Orthosiphon schimperi
  • Coleus kivuensis
  • Orthosiphon macrocheilus
  • Orthosiphon scedastophyllus
  • Orthosiphon suffrutescens
  • Orthosiphon pallidus
  • Orthosiphon salagensis
  • Orthosiphon rubicundus
  • Orthosiphon thymiflorus

Flora

Entry for ORTHOSIPHON coloratus Vatke [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
ORTHOSIPHON coloratus Vatke [family LABIATAE], in Linnæa, xliii. 86.
Information
Perennial. Stem erect, pubescent, simple or branched, under 1 ft. long. Leaves petioled, ovate or oblong, crenate, pubescent, 1–1 1/2 in. long, cuneate and entire at the base. Racemes lax or moderately dense; bracts minute, deciduous; flowers 3–6 in a whorl; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Calyx very hairy, 1/6 in. long; upper tooth oblong, shorter than the tube; lateral teeth small cusps; lower large cusps. Corolla-tube subcylindrical, half as long again as the calyx; lips half as long as the tube. Stamens not exserted.
Distribution
Nyasaland Mozamb. Dist. Mount Mlanje, Whyte!British East Africa Nile Land Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2747!

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