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Plectranthus tetensis [family LAMIACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Plectranthus tetensis [family LAMIACEAE]
Common names
C. decumbens Giirke in Bot. Jb. 19; 211 (1894); Bak., I.e. 431 (1900); Compton, Fl. Swaziland 505 (1976); non Plectranthus decumbens Hook. f. (1864). Syntypes: Kenya, Duruma district, Hildebrandt 230; Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Volkens 237 (BR!). Coleus tetensis Bak. in F.T.A. 5: 431 (1900). C. vagatus E. A. Bruce in Bothalia 6: 227 (1951); Codd in Mitt. bot. StSamml., Munch. 10: 248 (1971). Plectranthus vagatus (E. A. Bruce) Codd in Ross, Fl. Natal 305 (1971), non rite publ.
Information
Perennial, semi-succulent, several-stemmed procumbent herb; stems pubÂescent, sparingly branched, up to 0,7 m long with ascending inflorescences. Leaves shortly petiolate; blade softly succulent, ovate to obovate, 15-25 x 12-20 mm, pubescent, under-surface with orange-red gland-dots, apex obtuse, base cuneate to obtuse, obscurely crenate-dentate. InfloreÂscence a terminal, dense spike-like raceme 50—80 mm long, not markedly 4-angled at the apex; bracts persistent, fleshy, rounded; flowers in 4—6-flowered sessile cymes, forming 8—12-flowered verticils; pedicels erect, appressed to the rhachis. Calyx 4—5 mm long in fruit, red gland-dotted without, densely villous inside, bilabiate, the upper lip consisting of a large broadly ovate tooth, the lower lip of 4 subequal deltoid-subulate teeth. Corolla mauve-purple, 15 — 18 mm long; tube narrow and ascending then geniculate and expanding about the middle; upper lip 3,5—4 mm long, lower lip deeply boat-shaped, 9—11 mm long. Stamens 9—11 mm long, united at the base for 2 mm. Fig. 27: 2.
Habitat
Obviously related to P. caninus (no. 12) and P. neochilus (no. 13) but distinguished by the trailing stems and fleshy persistent bracts. The leaves are not unpleasantly scented.
Use
11. Plectranthus tetensis (Bak.) Ag-new, Upland Kenya Wild Flow. 635 (1974); Codd in Bothalia 11: 390 (1975). Type: Mozambique, near Tete, Kirk. s.n. (K, holo.!).
Range
Distributed from Kenya and Tanzania through Mozambique and Zimbabwe to northern S.W.A./NaÂmibia, Botswana, northern and eastern Transvaal, eastern Swaziland to coastal northern Natal; usually associated with dry thorn-scrub on brackish flats. Map 77.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Plectranthus tetensis [family LAMIACEAE]
Common names
C. decumbens Giirke in Bot. Jb. 19; 211 (1894); Bak., I.e. 431 (1900); Compton, Fl. Swaziland 505 (1976); non Plectranthus decumbens Hook. f. (1864). Syntypes: Kenya, Duruma district, Hildebrandt 230; Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Volkens 237 (BR!). Coleus tetensis Bak. in F.T.A. 5: 431 (1900). C. vagatus E. A. Bruce in Bothalia 6: 227 (1951); Codd in Mitt. bot. StSamml., Munch. 10: 248 (1971). Plectranthus vagatus (E. A. Bruce) Codd in Ross, Fl. Natal 305 (1971), non rite publ.
Information
Perennial, semi-succulent, several-stemmed procumbent herb; stems pubÂescent, sparingly branched, up to 0,7 m long with ascending inflorescences. Leaves shortly petiolate; blade softly succulent, ovate to obovate, 15-25 x 12-20 mm, pubescent, under-surface with orange-red gland-dots, apex obtuse, base cuneate to obtuse, obscurely crenate-dentate. InfloreÂscence a terminal, dense spike-like raceme 50—80 mm long, not markedly 4-angled at the apex; bracts persistent, fleshy, rounded; flowers in 4—6-flowered sessile cymes, forming 8—12-flowered verticils; pedicels erect, appressed to the rhachis. Calyx 4—5 mm long in fruit, red gland-dotted without, densely villous inside, bilabiate, the upper lip consisting of a large broadly ovate tooth, the lower lip of 4 subequal deltoid-subulate teeth. Corolla mauve-purple, 15 — 18 mm long; tube narrow and ascending then geniculate and expanding about the middle; upper lip 3,5—4 mm long, lower lip deeply boat-shaped, 9—11 mm long. Stamens 9—11 mm long, united at the base for 2 mm. Fig. 27: 2.
Habitat
Obviously related to P. caninus (no. 12) and P. neochilus (no. 13) but distinguished by the trailing stems and fleshy persistent bracts. The leaves are not unpleasantly scented.
Use
11. Plectranthus tetensis (Bak.) Ag-new, Upland Kenya Wild Flow. 635 (1974); Codd in Bothalia 11: 390 (1975). Type: Mozambique, near Tete, Kirk. s.n. (K, holo.!).
Range
Distributed from Kenya and Tanzania through Mozambique and Zimbabwe to northern S.W.A./NaÂmibia, Botswana, northern and eastern Transvaal, eastern Swaziland to coastal northern Natal; usually associated with dry thorn-scrub on brackish flats. Map 77.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Plectranthus tetensis [family LAMIACEAE]
Common names
C. decumbens Giirke in Bot. Jb. 19; 211 (1894); Bak., I.e. 431 (1900); Compton, Fl. Swaziland 505 (1976); non Plectranthus decumbens Hook. f. (1864). Syntypes: Kenya, Duruma district, Hildebrandt 230; Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Volkens 237 (BR!). Coleus tetensis Bak. in F.T.A. 5: 431 (1900). C. vagatus E. A. Bruce in Bothalia 6: 227 (1951); Codd in Mitt. bot. StSamml., Munch. 10: 248 (1971). Plectranthus vagatus (E. A. Bruce) Codd in Ross, Fl. Natal 305 (1971), non rite publ.
Information
Perennial, semi-succulent, several-stemmed procumbent herb; stems pubÂescent, sparingly branched, up to 0,7 m long with ascending inflorescences. Leaves shortly petiolate; blade softly succulent, ovate to obovate, 15-25 x 12-20 mm, pubescent, under-surface with orange-red gland-dots, apex obtuse, base cuneate to obtuse, obscurely crenate-dentate. InfloreÂscence a terminal, dense spike-like raceme 50—80 mm long, not markedly 4-angled at the apex; bracts persistent, fleshy, rounded; flowers in 4—6-flowered sessile cymes, forming 8—12-flowered verticils; pedicels erect, appressed to the rhachis. Calyx 4—5 mm long in fruit, red gland-dotted without, densely villous inside, bilabiate, the upper lip consisting of a large broadly ovate tooth, the lower lip of 4 subequal deltoid-subulate teeth. Corolla mauve-purple, 15 — 18 mm long; tube narrow and ascending then geniculate and expanding about the middle; upper lip 3,5—4 mm long, lower lip deeply boat-shaped, 9—11 mm long. Stamens 9—11 mm long, united at the base for 2 mm. Fig. 27: 2.
Habitat
Obviously related to P. caninus (no. 12) and P. neochilus (no. 13) but distinguished by the trailing stems and fleshy persistent bracts. The leaves are not unpleasantly scented.
Use
11. Plectranthus tetensis (Bak.) Ag-new, Upland Kenya Wild Flow. 635 (1974); Codd in Bothalia 11: 390 (1975). Type: Mozambique, near Tete, Kirk. s.n. (K, holo.!).
Range
Distributed from Kenya and Tanzania through Mozambique and Zimbabwe to northern S.W.A./NaÂmibia, Botswana, northern and eastern Transvaal, eastern Swaziland to coastal northern Natal; usually associated with dry thorn-scrub on brackish flats. Map 77.
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