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Plectranthus strigosus

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Holotype of Plectranthus strigosus Benth. var. lucidus Benth. [family LABIATAE]
Plectranthus strigosus Benth. [family LABIATAE]
Type? of Plectranthus strigosus Benth. ex E. Mey. [family LAMIACEAE]
Holotype of Plectranthus strigosus Benth. var. lucidus Benth. [family LABIATAE]
Lectotype of Plectranthus strigosus Benth. [family LABIATAE]
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Name

Identification
Plectranthus strigosus Benth. [family LABIATAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Plectranthus strigosus

Flora

Entry for PLECTRANTHUS strigosus Benth. [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 strigosus Benth. [family LABIATAE], in E. Meyer, Comm. 229;—Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 68.
Information
stem procumbent, rufous-pubescent, often rooting at the lower nodes; leaves opposite, variable in size, 1/2–1 3/4 in. long, 1/2–1 1/2 in. broad, orbicular, obscurely crenate, fleshy, hispid above, rufous-pubescent on the nerves beneath; petioles variable in length from 1 lin. to 1 1/4 in. long; inflorescence a simple (rarely branched) raceme; verticils 4–6-flowered, not pedunculate; bracts 1 1/2–2 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate; pedicels 2–3 lin. long, slender, pubescent; fruiting calyx 4 lin. long, campanulate; flowering calyx 1 1/2 lin. long, campanulate; upper tooth 3/4 lin. long, ovate, acute; other 4 teeth lanceolate, acute, lateral 1/2– 3/4 lin. long, lower twice as long; corolla 5 lin. long; tube 2 lin. long, nearly straight; upper lip 3 lin. long, oblong-obovate, rounded at the apex; lower lip 2 lin. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Alexandria Div.; Oliphants Hoek Forest, Ecklon! Var. β: Bathurst Div.; Riet Fontein, Burchell, 3924!EASTERN REGION Pondoland; between St. Johns River and Umsikaba River, Drège, 4779 c!
Notes
Closely allied to P. Thunbergii, Benth., from which it differs by the hispid, obscurely crenate leaves and a smaller corolla. There are however only 2 sheets of the plant at Kew.

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