Coleus amboinicus

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Plectranthus amboinicus
Coleus amboinicus

Taxonavigation

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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 amboinicus

Name

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Coleus amboinicus Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 372. (1790)

  • Lectotype: Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 5: t. 102, f. 2 (1750) (designated by: Cramer, L.H. 1981. Labiatae. 3: 138. In M. D. Dassanayake & F. R. Fosberg (eds.) Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon. Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.)

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 690. 1825. (as "amboinensis")
    • Majana amboinica (Lour.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524. 1891.
  • Heterotypic
    • Coleus amboinicus var. violaceus Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 210. 1894.
    • Coleus aromaticus Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 16. 1830.
    • Coleus carnosus Hassk., Flora 25(2 Beibl.): 25. 1842.
    • Coleus crassifolius Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 15. 1830.
    • Coleus subfrutectosus Summerh., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928: 392. 1928.
    • Coleus suborbicularis Zoll. & Moritzi, Syst. Verz. 4. 1846.
    • Coleus suganda Blanco Fl. Filip. 483. 1837.
    • Coleus vaalae (Forssk.) Deflers, Rev. Egypt 423. 1894.
    • Majana carnosa (Hassk.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524. 1891.
    • Majana suganda (Blanco) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524. 1891.
    • Ocimum vaalae Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 111, 1775.
    • Plectranthus aromaticus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 22. 1832, nom. illeg. non Roxb. (1814).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Southern Africa
      • Angola
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Burundi, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Kenya
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Peninsular Arabia
      • India, Yemen
    • Introduced into:
      • Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Cambodia, Colombia, Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Maluku, Marquesas, Mexico Northeast, Nicaragua, Niue, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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  • Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus II. Pp. 357–744, [745, err.] Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 372.

Additional references

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Vernacular names

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English: Cuban oregano
suomi: Yrttiliisukka
Bahasa Indonesia: Daun jinten
Nederlands: indische munt
தமிழ்: கற்பூரவள்ளி
lea faka-Tonga: pāsiole, kaloni
Türkçe: Küba Kekiği
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