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Plectranthus lanuginosus

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Name

Identification
Coleus somalensis S.Moore [family LAMIACEAE ] Plectranthus lanuginosus (Hochst. ex Benth.) Agnew [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ryding,O.,
Related name
  • Coleus sodalium
  • Plectranthus barbatus
  • plectranthus lanuginosus
  • Coleus gallaensis
  • coleus lanuginosus
  • Coleus somalensis
  • Coleus barbatus
  • Coleus trichophorus
  • Plectranthus pseudobarbatus
  • Plectranthus lanuginosus
  • Coleus unrecorded
  • Coleus gomphophyllus
  • Coleus schimperi
  • Coleus lanuginosus
  • Coleus vestitus
  • Coleus albidus
  • Coleus schweinfurthii
  • Coleus hebenae

Flora

Entry for PLECTRANTHUS lanuginosus (Hochst. ex Benth.) Agnew [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding (Aeollanthus, Basilicum, Clinopodium, Endostemon, Fuerstia, Hoslundia, Lavandula, Leucas, Micromeria, Nepeta, Ocimum, Orthosiphon, Otostegia, Plectranthus, Renschia, Salvia, Scutellaria, Stachys, Teucrium, Tinnea) and M. Thulin (Clerodendrum, Premna, Rotheca, Vitex) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
PLECTRANTHUS lanuginosus (Hochst. ex Benth.) Agnew [family LABIATAE], (1974);
Coleus lanuginosus Hochst. ex Benth. [family LABIATAE], (1848). Fig. 242E. [type as above]
Coleus albidus Vatke [family LABIATAE], (1872).
Coleus gomphophyllus Baker [family LABIATAE], (1895);. type: N1, “Golis” Range, Lort Phillips s.n. (K holo.).
Coleus sodalium Baker [family LABIATAE], (1900).
Coleus somalensis S. Moore [family LABIATAE], (1901);. type: N1, “Gaan Libah”, Donaldson Smith s.n. (BM holo.).
Coleus gallaensis Gürke [family LABIATAE], (1906).
Information
Subshrub or herb with fleshy-woody base, 0.2–1 m tall; stems moderately to densely pubescent with spreading usually 2–4 mm long hairs. Leaves petiolate, slightly fleshy, densely or moderately pubescent; blade ovate or ovate-elliptic, 15–70 × 12–50 mm, apex rounded, obtuse, acute or sometimes slightly acuminate, base cuneate or truncate and attenuate near the petiole, margin crenate. Inflorescences mostly lax; bracts early deciduous; cymes (3–)5–7-flowered, subsessile; pedicels often suberect and recurved in the apical part, 3–9 mm long in the fruiting stage, with long multicellular-stalked glandular hairs with narrow heads. Fruiting calyx ± upcurved, 4.5–9 mm long; upper lobe broadly ovate, concave, decurrent; lower lobes 2.5–4 mm long, as long as or very slightly longer than the lateral lobes. Corolla 8–18 mm long, violet or blue; tube short, strongly bent and almost spur-like at the bend, slightly but abruptly widened at the bend; lower lip 5–13 mm long, much longer than upper lip. Stamens connate. Nutlets c. 1.1 × 0.9 mm, black, glossy, producing mucilage when wet.
Range
N1–3 East Africa.
Altitude range
1500–2300 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4676, 4988; Thulin & al. 9058.
Distribution (external)
Yemen
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Notes
Plants from N1, including the type of C. somalensis, are comparatively small. Plants from N2 and N3 differ by being slightly hairy inside the calyx throat.

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