Coleus
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For the tropical perennial plant known as Indian Coleus, see Plectranthus barbatus.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Solenostemon Thonn. |
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Solenostemon (coleus) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to tropical Africa, Asia and Australia. Cultivated for their highly variegated leaves,[1] plants in this genus are still widely known as "coleus", a name which refers to a defunct genus. "Coleus" may therefore be treated as a common name. Some other coleus species have been placed in Plectranthus.
For more detailed information about the ornamental coleus plant, see under Solenostemon scutellarioides.
Species [edit]
Species include:
- Solenostemon autarky (Briq.) J. K. Morton
- Solenostemon rotundifolius (Poiret) J.K. Morton
- Solenostemon scutellarioides (Linnaeus) Codd (syn. Coleus blumei)
- Solenostemon shirensis (Gürke) Codd
- Solenostemon pumilus
References [edit]
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Coleus. |
