Coleus barbatus
grandis
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Harava Dam
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Harava Dam
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Coleus grandis L.H. Cramer Plectranthus barbatus Andrews var. grandis (L.H. Cramer) Lukhoba & A.J.Paton Plectranthus comosus sensu auctt. Plectranthus grandis (L.H. Cramer) R.H. Willemse |
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Robust herbaceous shrub to 3 m tall with erect or ascending stems. Leaves petiolate: lamina elliptic to ovate, pubescent to lanate with red sessile glands, succulent, soft, often variegated in cultivated specimens, with green and variegated leaves sometimes on the same plant; margin serrate or crenate. Inflorescence lax with c. 10 whorls of 5-7 flowered cymes. Corolla 8-26 mm long, blue or purple. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | barbatus: bearded; grandis: of great size, referring to this variety being taller than var. barbatus. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Eritrea and Ethiopia south to Tanzania and Zambia. |
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Lukhoba, C.W. & Paton, A.J. (2003). A new species and new variety in Plectranthus L'Hér. (Labiatae) from Eastern Africa Kew Bulletin 58 Pages 913 - 917. As Plectranthus barbatus var. grandis Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 56. As Plectranthus barbatus Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 150. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 273 - 274. 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 Pages 24 - 25. |
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