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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Coleus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Coleus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 178. 25 Mar 1993.       SuperOrdo  Lamianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Lamiales Bromhead pub. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, 2: 210. Apr 1838.       Subordo  Lamiineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 464. 15 Nov 1895.       Familia  Lamiaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 275. Jul 1836. common name: Labiatae       Familia  Labiatae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 110. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.       Genus  Coleus Lour. syn. Plectranthus L'Her. common name: coleus

Named members of the Genus Coleus

1	Species  amboinicus Lour. syn. Plectranthus amboinicus
2	Species  barbatus (Andrews) Benth. common name: coleus
3	Species  blumei Benth. syn. Coleus scutellarioides
4	Species  esculentus (N. E. Br.) G. Taylor syn. Plectranthus esculentus
5	Species  parviflorus Benth. syn. Solenostemon rotundifolius
6	Species  pumilus Blanco common name: dwarf coleus
7	Species  rotundifolius (Poiret) A. Chev. & E. Perrot syn. Solenostemon rotundifolius
8	Species  scutellarioides (L.) Benth. common name: common coleus
9	Species  tuberosus (Blume) Benth. syn. Solenostemon rotundifolius

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.