Coleus fredericii
Coleus fredericii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Coleus |
Species: | C. fredericii
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Binomial name | |
Coleus fredericii G.Taylor[1]
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- ^ PMID 31523157.
- ^ 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)