Coleus esculentus

Coleus esculentus

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 esculentus

Name

Coleus esculentus (N.E.Br.) G.Taylor, 1931

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 12 (1894).
• Heterotypic
  • Plectranthus floribundus N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 12 (1894).
  • Plectranthus floribundus var. longipes N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 13 (1894).
  • Coleus coppinii Heckel, Rev. Cult. Colon. 8: 166 (1900).
  • Coleus dazo A.Chev., Agric. Prat. Pays Chauds 4: 104 (1905).
  • Coleus langouassiensis A.Chev., Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 1: 127 (1905).
  • Coleus longouassiensis A.Chev., Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 1: 127 (1905), not validly publ.
  • Englerastrum floribundum (N.E.Br.) T.C.E.Fr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 73 (1924).
  • Coleus floribundus (N.E.Br.) Robyns & Lebrun, Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 16: 359 (1928), nom. illeg.
  • Coleus floribundus var. longipes (N.E.Br.) Robyns & Lebrun, Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 16: 360 (1928).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Regional: Tropical Africa Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda Introduced into: Chad References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Taylor, G., 1931. J. Bot. 69(Suppl. 2): 158

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page. 
• Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley 2009. Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Coleus esculentus 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 esculentus. 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 esculentus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Coleus esculentus. Published online. Accessed: May 24 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Coleus esculentus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: kaffir potato
Hausa: Rizga
한국어: 카피르감자
Sängö: Dazo

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