Coleus amboinicus Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 372. 1790

Paton, Alan J., Mwanyambo, Montfort, Govaerts, Rafael H. A., Smitha, Kokkaraniyil, Suddee, Somran, Phillipson, Peter B., Wilson, Trevor C., Forster, Paul I. & Culham, Alastair, 2019, Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera, PhytoKeys 129, pp. 1-158 : 13-14

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988

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scientific name

Coleus amboinicus Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 372. 1790
status

 

Coleus amboinicus Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 372. 1790 Fig. 4B View Figure 4

Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 690. 1825.

Majana amboinica (Lour.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524. 1891. Type: Rumphius plate in Herb. Amb. 5, t. 102/2. 1750 (lectotype: illustration, designated by Cramer (1978); epitype, designated by Suddee et al. (2004) and based on the choice of a representative specimen selected by Launert (1968): Thailand, Pai District: Mae Hong Son, 25 May 1921, Kerr s.n. (epitype: BM).

Ocimum vaalae Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 111. 1775., nom. rej.

Coleus vaalae (Forssk.) Deflers, Rev. Egypt: 423. 1894.

Coleus aromaticus Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 16. 1830. Type: India, Patna, Buchanan-Hamilton Wall. Cat. 2730B (syntypes: K-W (K001116968, K001116969).

Coleus crassifolius Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 15. 1830. Type: India, Dindygul, Herb. Wight s.n. in Wall. Cat. 2731 (syntypes: BM, K (K000820149, K (K000820151); K-W (K001116970).

Coleus suganda Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 483. 1837.

Majana suganda (Blanco) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524. 1891. Type: Philippines, Luzon, Maragondong, Cavite Province, Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 129 (neotype, designated by Suddee et al. (2004): K). Blanco’s specimens have not been traced and are believed destroyed.

Coleus carnosus Hassk., Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 25. 1842.

Majana carnosa (Hassk.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524. 1891.

Coleus suborbicularis Zoll. & Moritzi, Syst. Verz.: 4. 1846., nom. illeg. Type: Indonesia, Zollinger 1950 (holotype: G-DC; isotypes: A, P, S).

Coleus amboinicus var. violaceus Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 210. 1894. Type: Tanzania, Moshi District: Lake Chala, Volkens 321 (syntypes: B destroyed, BM, K) & Pangani R. ford, Volkens 487 (syntypes: B, destroyed, BM, K).

Coleus subfrutectosus Summerh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 392. 1928. Type: Seychelles, Mahé, Botanical Station, Dupont 204 (holotype: K).

Distribution.

Kenya to South Africa, Arabian Peninsula, India.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Coleus

Loc

Coleus amboinicus Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 372. 1790

Paton, Alan J., Mwanyambo, Montfort, Govaerts, Rafael H. A., Smitha, Kokkaraniyil, Suddee, Somran, Phillipson, Peter B., Wilson, Trevor C., Forster, Paul I. & Culham, Alastair 2019
2019
Loc

Coleus subfrutectosus

Summerh 1928
1928
Loc

Coleus vaalae

Deflers 1894
1894
Loc

Majana amboinica

Kuntze 1891
1891
Loc

Majana carnosa

Kuntze 1891
1891
Loc

Coleus suborbicularis

Zoll. & Moritzi 1846
1846
Loc

Coleus suganda

Blanco 1837
1837
Loc

Ocimum vaalae

Forssk 1775
1775