Plectranthus

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Plectranthus is a genus of about 85 species of flowering plants from the mint/sage family, Lamiaceae, found mostly in southern and tropical Africa and Madagascar. Common names include spur-flower. Plectranthus species are herbaceous perennial plants, rarely annuals or soft-wooded shrubs, sometimes succulent; sometimes with a tuberous base.[2]

Several species are grown as ornamental plants. The cultivar Mona Lavender = 'Plepalila' [3] has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Recent phylogenetic analysis found Plectranthus to be paraphyletic with respect to Coleus, Solenostemon, Pycnostachys and Anisochilus. The most recent treatment of the genus resurrected the genus Coleus, and 212 names were changed from combinations in Plectranthus, Pycnostachys and Anisochilus. Equilabium was segregated from Plectranthus, after phylogenetic studies supported its recognition as a phylogenetically distinct genus.[2]

Etymology

The word plectranthus derives from the Greek πλῆκτρον (plēktron), "anything to strike with, an instrument for striking the lyre, a spear point"[4] + ἄνθος (anthos), "blossom, flower".[5]

Species

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Plectranthus verticillatus in cultivation
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Plectranthus ecklonii in cultivation

Paton et al. (2019) listed 72 species.[2] As of October 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted 84:

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Transferred to Coleus

Species transferred to Coleus in 2019 include:[2]

Other species formerly placed in Plectranthus

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Genus: Plectranthus L'Hér". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  2. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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. Bibcode:2019PhytK.129....1P. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988. PMC 6717120. PMID 31523157.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Plectranthus Mona Lavender = 'Plepalila'". RHS. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ^ πλῆκτρον, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
  5. ^ ἄνθος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Plectranthus hadiensis (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Sprenger", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-10-07
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."GRIN Species Records of Plectranthus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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