Coleus shirensis Gürke

Meerts, Pierre J. & Paton, Alan J., 2024, The genus Coleus (Lamiaceae) in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), with the description of 15 new species, PhytoKeys 246, pp. 71-178 : 71-178

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.246.129476

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13629900

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/94284EB1-C581-50AF-96A8-792D3DB21BC9

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scientific name

Coleus shirensis Gürke
status

 

Coleus shirensis Gürke View in CoL , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 216. 1894.

Plectranthus shirensis (Gürke) A. J. Paton View in CoL , SABONET Rep. Ser. 31: 189. 2005. Type: Malawi, 1891, J. Buchanan 376 ( lectotype K [ K 000070492 ]; isolectotype E [ E 00193509], designated by Mathew [1976]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 336), Paton et al. (2013: 272), as Plectranthus shirensis (Gürke) A. J. Paton.

Distribution.

SW & S Tanzania to S Tropical Africa.

Habitat and еcology.

Riparian forest, swamp savannah, forest margins; 1000–1800 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Bas-Congo, Kinkosi, 26 Feb 1959, L. Pauwels 1600 ( BR); Kasaï, Entre Kwango-Lufuna, 4 Aug 1944, R. Germain 2643 ( BR); Kwango, 21 Jul 1955, R. Devred 2290 ( BR); Bas-Katanga, Gandajika, 20 Jun 1951, Chalon 326 ( BR); Kindele, Sep 1951, R. Desenfans 2013 ( BR, BRLU); 10 km SW Gandajika, 9 Aug 1945, F. Luxen 534 ( BR); Lovoi, Kamina, Mar 1932, P. Quarré 2929 ( BR); Haut-Katanga, Mulumbi, riv. Dona, 30 Aug 1953, R. Desenfans 3731 ( BRLU); 14 km N de Mitwaba, 16 Jan 1960, P. Duvigneaud 5077 Co ( BRLU); Kundelungu, 6 km NNW poste Katshupa, 29 Jul 1966, F. Malaisse 4213 a ( BR; LSHI); Kisanga, Aug 1933, P. Quarré 3466 ( BR); Upemba, Lusinga, route de Mitwaba, 14 Sep 1948, W. Robyns 3590 ( BR); Keyberg, 24 Jun 1947, A. Schmitz 732 ( BR).

Note.

At the northern limit of the distribution range, some specimens are unusual in lacking long hairs on pedicel and calyx ( Herman 2308, M. Schaijes 1885, P. Quarré 2929).

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

E

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

BRLU

Université Libre de Bruxelles

LSHI

Université Nationale du Zaïre

W

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

M

Botanische Staatssammlung München

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Coleus

Loc

Coleus shirensis Gürke

Meerts, Pierre J. & Paton, Alan J. 2024
2024
Loc

Plectranthus shirensis (Gürke)

A. J. Paton 2005: 189
2005