| Coleus fredericii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Coleus |
| Species: | C. fredericii |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleus fredericii G.Taylor | |
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Coleus fredericii, synonym Plectranthus welwitschii, is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. The epithet is also spelt frederici.
The species was originally described by John Isaac Briquet in 1894, as Neomuellera welwitschii. It was transferred to the genus Plectranthus by Leslie Codd in 1972. A 2018 phylogenetic study showed that Plectranthus, as then circumscribed was not monophyletic, and so revived the then defunct genus Coleus. Since the name Coleus welwitschii had already been used for a different species, Taylor's name Coleus fredericii was used instead.
References
- ^ Paton, Alan J.; Mwanyambo, Montfort; Govaerts, Rafaël H.A.; Smitha, Kokkaraniyil; Suddee, Somran; Phillipson, Peter B.; Wilson, Trevor C.; Forster, Paul I. & Culham, Alastair (2019). "Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera". PhytoKeys (129): 1–158. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988. PMC 6717120. PMID 31523157.
- ^ "Coleus frederici G.Taylor". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- Fl. Pl. Africa 42: t. 1646 1972.
- JSTOR entry (as P. welwitschii)
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Coleus fredericii | |
| Plectranthus welwitschii | |
| Neomuellera welwitschii | |
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