Coleus fredericii, synonym Plectranthus welwitschii, is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae.[1] The epithet is also spelt frederici.[2]
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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
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| Coleus fredericii G.Taylor[1]
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The species was originally described by John Isaac Briquet in 1894, as Neomuellera welwitschii.[2] 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.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b "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)
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