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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journal article
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10.3897/phytokeys.246.129476
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Coleus decimus
(A. J. Paton) A. J. Paton
, Phytokeys 129: 38. 2019
.
≡
Plectranthus decimus
A. J. Paton
, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Lamiac.: 324. 2009
. Type:
Zambia
, Mbala (Abercorn) District, Kawimbe,
15 Dec 1956
,
H
.
M
. Richards 7288
(
holotype
K
[
K
000431998
]).
Description.
Paton et al. (2009: 324)
,
Paton et al. (2013: 264)
, as
Plectranthus decimus
A. J. Paton.
Distribution.
W
Tanzania
,
Zambia
to
Angola
.
Habitat and ecology.
Pionneer vegetation on rocky soil, often near rivers, ca.
1300 m
elev.
Additional specimens.
DR. Congo
,
Haut-Katanga
, Tilwizembe,
8 May 1957
,
P. Duvigneaud 3084 L
(
BRLU
), Env. Kolwezi, rive gauche Musonoye,
13 Jan 2005
,
F. Malaisse 16065
(
BR
); Près des chutes de la rivière Musonoi,
12 Mar. 1989
,
M
. Schaijes 4317
(
BR
).
Note.
New species record for
DR. Congo
.