Coleus caninus

Coleus caninus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Ocimeae
Subtribus: Plectranthinae
Genus: Coleus
Species: Coleus caninus
Subspecies: C. c. subsp. caninus – C. c. subsp. flavovirens

Name

Coleus caninus (B.Heyne ex Roth) Vatke, 1872

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Plectranthus caninus B.Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 279 (1821).
• Homotypic
  • Majana canina (B.Heyne ex Roth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524 (1891).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent India Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Myanmar Introduced into: Malaya, New Guinea References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Vatke, G.C.W., 1872. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 37: 318

Additional references

• Paton, A.J., Mwanyambo, M. Govaerts, R.H.A., Smitha, K., Suddee, S., Phillipson, P.B., Wilson, T.C., Forster, P.I. & Culham, A. (2019). Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): A tale of more than two genera PhytoKeys 129: 1-158.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Coleus caninus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Coleus caninus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Coleus caninus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Coleus caninus. Published online. Accessed: May 24 2022.

Vernacular names

English: scaredy cat plant

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