Coleus fredericii

Coleus fredericii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Coleus
Species:
C. fredericii
Binomial name
Coleus fredericii
G.Taylor[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Neomuellera welwitschii Briq., non Coleus welwitschii Briq.
  • Plectranthus welwitschii (Briq.) Codd

Coleus fredericii, synonym Plectranthus welwitschii, is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae.[1] The epithet is also spelt frederici.[2]

The species was originally described by John Isaac Briquet in 1894, as Neomuellera welwitschii.[2] It was transferred to the genus Plectranthus by Leslie Codd in 1972. A 2018 phylogenetic study showed that Plectranthus, as then circumscribed was not monophyletic, and so revived the then defunct genus Coleus. Since the name Coleus welwitschii had already been used for a different species, Taylor's name Coleus fredericii was used instead.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Paton, Alan J.; Mwanyambo, Montfort; Govaerts, Rafaël 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): 1–158. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988. PMC 6717120. PMID 31523157.
  2. ^ a b "Coleus frederici G.Taylor". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  • Fl. Pl. Africa 42: t. 1646 1972.
  • JSTOR entry (as P. welwitschii)


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