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7350.000 Plectranthus
COLEUS Lour.
ENGLERASTRUM Briq.
HOLOSTYLON Robyns & J.-P. Lebrun
NEOHYPTIS J.K. Morton
SOLENOSTEMON Thonn.
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Stems herbaceous or woody below, sometimes succulent. Inflorescence paniculate, racemose or subspicate, usually terminal. Flowers in whorls, few-flowered cymes or dichasia, occasionally solitary. Bracts small, clearly differentiated from the leaves. Calyx 2-lipped (the upper lip consisting of a large single tooth, the lower lip of 4 lanceolate-triangular or subulate teeth) or subequally 5-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped, tube usually bent and expanded near the base; upper lip usually 4-lobed, shorter than the boat-shaped lower lip. Stamens 4; filaments free or united at base. Stigma shortly 2-lobed. Nutlets smooth. Worldwide: c. 300 species from tropical and warm parts of the Old World Caprivi: 4 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | Content |
| djalonensis (A. Chev.) A.J Paton | Description, Image |
| lasianthus (Gürke) Vollesen | Description, Image |
| mirabilis (Briq.) Launert | Description, Image |
| tetragonus Gürke |
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Plectranthus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Plectranthus
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