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COLEUS Lour.
ENGLERASTRUM Briq.
HOLOSTYLON Robyns & J.-P. Lebrun
NEOHYPTIS J.K. Morton
SOLENOSTEMON Thonn.
Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Stems herbaceous or woody below, sometimes succulent. Inflorescence paniculate, racemose or subspicate, usually terminal. Flowers in whorls, few-flowered cymes or dichasia, occasionally solitary. Bracts small, clearly differentiated from the leaves. Calyx 2-lipped (the upper lip consisting of a large single tooth, the lower lip of 4 lanceolate-triangular or subulate teeth) or subequally 5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped, tube usually bent and expanded near the base; upper lip usually 4-lobed, shorter than the boat-shaped lower lip. Stamens 4; filaments free or united at base. Stigma shortly 2-lobed. Nutlets smooth. Worldwide: c. 300 species from tropical and warm parts of the Old World Zambia: 39 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
africanus (Scott-Elliot) A.J. Paton | N,W,C | Nw,Lp,C | |
alboviolaceus Gürke | N,E | Mc | |
asymmetricus A.J. Paton | N | N | |
barbatus Andr. var. grandis (L.H.Cramer) Lukhoba & A.J.Paton | N | N,Mc | |
baumii Gürke | B,N,W,C,S | Nw,N,Lk,S | Description, Image |
betonicifolius Baker | B,N,C | Lp,N,C,W | Image |
bifidus A.J. Paton | W | Nw,Cb | |
bojeri (Benth.) Hedge | B,N,W,C,E,S | Nw,Lp,E,Lk,S | Description, Image |
buchananii Baker | N,W,C,E | Cb,N,E,Lk | |
caninus Roth var. flavovirens (Gürke) A.J.Paton | S | S | |
decimus A.J. Paton | N,W | Nw,N | |
defoliatus Benth. | W | Cb | |
densus A.J. Paton | B,N,W,E | Nw,Lp,N,Mc | |
djalonensis (A. Chev.) A.J Paton | B,N,W,C,S | N,C,S,W | Description, Image |
efoliatus (De Wild.) A.J. Paton | B,N,W,S | Cb,N,S,W | Description, Image |
esculentus N.E. Br. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Cb,N,Mc,C,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
foliatus A.J.Paton | N | N | |
gracillimus (T.C.E. Fr.) Hutch. & Dandy | N,W,C,E,S | Nw,N,E,S | Description, Image |
guerkei Briq. | N,W,C | N,C,W | Description, Image |
hockii De Wild. | N,E | Lp,Mc | Description, Image |
kapatensis (R.E. Fr.) J.K. Morton | B,N,W,C,S | Cb,Lp,N,Mc,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
lasianthus (Gürke) Vollesen | N,C,S | N,Mc,Lk,S | Description, Image |
malawiensis B. Mathew [NrEnd] | E | Mc | Description |
megacalyx A.J. Paton | E | Mc | |
melleri Baker | N | N | |
mirabilis (Briq.) Launert | B,N | Lp,N,W | Description, Image |
modestus Baker | N,W | Nw,N | |
montanus Benth. | S | S | |
neochilus Schltr. | C | Lk | Description, Image |
penicillatus A.J. Paton | E | E | |
rotundifolius (Poir.) Spreng. | W | Nw | |
schizophyllus Baker | |||
shirensis (Gürke) A.J. Paton | N,C,E | N,E,Lk | Description, Image |
sigmoideus A.J. Paton | N,W | Nw,N | Description, Image |
sylvestris Gürke | E | Mc | |
tenuicaulis (Hook. f.) J.K. Morton | B,W | Nw | |
termiticola A.J. Paton | S | S | |
tetragonus Gürke | B,W,C,E,S | C,Lk | |
thyrsoideus (Baker) B. Mathew | N,W,C | Cb,N,Mc,C | Description, Image |
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