Coleus Lour.

Description of the genus

Comment: The reinstated genus Coleus now includes many species formerly in Plectranthus.

Worldwide: 294 species in the Old World tropics and subtropics.

Caprivi: 28 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
alpinus Vatke
amboinicus Lour.
autranii Briq.	Description, Image
betonicifolius (Baker) A.J.Paton	Image
bojeri Benth.	Description, Image
caninus (B.Heyne ex Roth) Vatke var. flavovirens (Gürke) A.J.Paton
caninus (B.Heyne ex Roth) Vatke[Agg]
cylindraceus (Hochst. ex Benth.) A.J.Paton
defoliatus (Hochst. ex Benth.) A.J.Paton
eminii (Gürke) A.J.Paton
erici-rosenii (R.E.Fr.) A.J.Paton
esculentus (N.E.Br.) G.Taylor	Description, Image
foliatus (A.J.Paton) A.J.Paton
goetzenii (Gürke) A.J.Paton
guerkei (Briq.) A.J.Paton	Description, Image
lasianthus Gürke	Description, Image
maculosus (Lam.) A.J.Paton subsp. edulis (Vatke) A.J.Paton
maculosus (Lam.) A.J.Paton subsp. maculosus
melleri (Baker) A.J.Paton & Phillipson
meyeri (Gürke) A.J.Paton
prittwitzii (Perkins) A.J.Paton
rhodesianum (N.E.Br.) A.J.Paton	Description, Image
shirensis Gürke	Description, Image
stachyoides (Oliv.) E.A.Bruce
stenostachys (Baker) A.J.Paton & Phillipson
stuhlmannii (Gürke) A.J.Paton
sylvestris (Gürke) A.J.Paton & Phillipson
welwitschii Briq.

Other sources of information about Coleus:

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Flora of Botswana: Coleus
Flora of Caprivi: Coleus
Flora of Malawi: Coleus
Flora of Mozambique: Coleus
Flora of Zambia: Coleus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Coleus
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Coleus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Coleus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Coleus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Coleus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Coleus
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iNaturalist: Coleus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Coleus
JSTOR Plant Science: Coleus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Coleus
Plants of the World Online: Coleus
Tropicos: Coleus
Wikipedia: Coleus