The genus Coleus (Lamiaceae) in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), with the description of 15 new species
Author
Meerts, Pierre J.
0000-0003-4215-027X
Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, BE- 1860 Meise, Belgium & Université Libre de Bruxelles, Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50 CP 244, BE- 1050 Brussels, Belgium & Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Service général de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique, Brussels, Belgium
Author
Paton, Alan J.
0000-0002-6052-6675
The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW 9 3 AB, UK
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Coleus efoliatus
De Wild.
, Contr. Fl.
Katanga
: 173. &
Ann. Soc. Sci.
Bruxelles
41 (2): 47. 1921
.
≡
Plectranthus efoliatus
(De Wild.) A. J. Paton
, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Lamiac.: 289. 2009
. Type:
DR. Congo
, Welgelegen,
6 Jun 1912
,
J. Bequaert 486
(
lectotype
BR
[
BR
0000006261856
], designated by
Paton et al. [2009]
).
=
Plectranthus leviculus
N. E. Br.
, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 296. 1921
. Type:
DR. Congo
, Elisabethville [Lubumbashi],
Jun 1920
,
F. A. Rogers 26211
(
holotype
K
[
K
000431879
]).
=
Coleus kassneri
(T. C. E. Fr.) Robyns & Lebrun
, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B 49: 106. 1929
. Type:
DR. Congo
, Mt Morumbe, between rocks,
12 May 1908
,
T
. Kassner 2951
(
holotype
B
destroyed;
isotype
BM
,
BR
[
BR
0000006262532
],
E
,
K
, P).
Description.
Paton et al. (2009: 289)
;
Paton et al. (2013: 237)
, as
Plectranthus efoliatus
(De Wild.) A. J. Paton.
Distribution.
Rwanda
to S Tropical Africa.
Habitat and ecology.
Brachystegia
miombo woodland, dry evergreen forest, steppic savannah, often on rocky outcrops or gravelly soil, occasionally on copper-rich soil;
1250–1400 m
elev.
Additional specimens.
DR. Congo
,
Haut-Katanga
, Welgelegen,
6 Jun 1912
,
J. Bequaert 486
(
BR
); Tantara,
7 Aug 1956
,
P. Duvigneaud & J. Timperman 2235 Col
(
BRLU
); Katende,
50 km
S Dilolo, 1957,
P. Duvigneaud 2458 Col
(
BRLU
); Elisabethville [Lubumbashi],
May 1912
,
H
. Homblé 290
(
BR
); Lubumbashi, Katuba,
24 May 1927
,
P. Quarré 450
(
BR
).
Rwanda
, Akagera, Lac Ihema,
15 Aug 1974
,
P. Van der Veken 10806
(
BR
).