Capitanopsis oreophila, synonym Plectranthus bipinnatus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is a small shrub native to Madagascar, where it is commonly known as andriamborondrao.[1]
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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: | Capitanopsis |
| Species: | C. oreophila
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| Binomial name | |
| Capitanopsis oreophila (Hedge) Mwany., A.J.Paton & Culham[2]
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Range and habitat
editCapitanopsis oreophila is native to southeastern Madagascar. It is found on humid, subhumid, and high-elevation rock faces and inselbergs between 500 and 2,500 meters elevation.[1]
Taxonomy
editThe species was first described in 1930 by André Guillaumin, as Perrierastrum oreophilum, the only species in his genus Perrierastrum. In 2003, Alan James Paton decided that the genus should be sunk into Plectranthus. As the name Plectranthus oreophilus had already been used (in 1912), Paton coined the replacement name Plectranthus bipinnatus.[2] A major phylogenetic study of the subtribe Plectranthinae in 2018 showed that Plectranthus bipinnatus was embedded in a clade containing the then three species of Capitanopsis, so P. bipinnatus was transferred to Capitanopsis under the original epithet.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Members of the IUCN SSC Madagascar Plant Specialist Group. 2015. Plectranthus bipinnatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T69221954A69224935. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T69221954A69224935.en. Accessed on 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Capitanopsis oreophila (Hedge) Mwany., A.J.Paton & Culham", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2020-08-02
- ^ a b Paton, A.; Mwanyambo, M. & Culham, A. (2018), "Phylogenetic study of Plectranthus, Coleus and allies (Lamiaceae): Taxonomy, distribution and medicinal use" (PDF), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 188 (4): 355–376, doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boy064
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