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Plectranthus cooperi

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Type of Plectranthus cooperi T.Cooke [family LABIATAE]
Isosyntype of Plectranthus cooperi T.Cooke [family LAMIACEAE]
Isosyntype of Plectranthus cooperi T.Cooke [family LAMIACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Plectranthus cooperi T.Cooke [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Plectranthus galpinii
  • Plectranthus grallatus
  • Plectranthus fruticosus
  • Plectranthus cooperi

Flora

Entry for PLECTRANTHUS Cooperi T. Cooke [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 226, (1912) Author: By N. E. BROWN, T. COOKE and S. A. SKAN.
Names
PLECTRANTHUS Cooperi T. Cooke [family LABIATAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1909, 377
Information
erect; stem obtusely quadrangular, grooved, pubescent; leaves up to 3 1/2 in. long, 3 in. broad, deltoid-ovate, acute or acuminate, coarsely and somewhat irregularly crenate, sparsely pubescent above and on the nerves beneath; petioles of lower leaves reaching 2 1/4 in. long, those of the upper leaves shorter, more or less pubescent; inflorescence in long racemes reaching 10 in. long, simple or forming a panicle branched at the base, the rhachis scaberulous with short gland-tipped hairs; verticils 6–12-flowered, often nearly 1 in. apart, not or scarcely pedunculate; bracts 1–1 1/2 lin. long, glandular-pubescent; fruiting calyx 3 lin. long, curved, nearly glabrous, often purple-coloured; upper tooth nearly 1 1/4 lin. long, ovate, acuminate, erect; other 4 teeth subulate from a deltoid base, the lower teeth the longest; flowering calyx 1 1/4 lin. long, coloured, tube pubescent; narrow basal portion of the corolla-tube 3/4 lin. long, about 1/2 lin. broad, sharply deflexed; upper portion of tube above the narrow part enlarged, almost cylindric, 2 1/2 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, saccate at the base; upper lip 1 1/2 lin. long; lower lip 2 lin. long, nearly 1 lin. deep, boat-shaped, acute; stamens exserted; nutlets 3/4 lin. in diam., subglobose, compressed, smooth, dark yellow. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; in bush at Byrne, 3000 ft., Wood, 1843! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1673!KALAHARI REGION Orange River Colony, Cooper, 2982!

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