Coleus alpinus Vatke
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Synonyms:
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Plectranthus alpinus (Vatke) Ryding
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Type location:
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Ethiopia |
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Habitat:
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Wet areas, streams or clearings in forest |
Altitude range: (metres) |
1500 - 2400 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. |
National distribution:
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N |
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Literature:
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Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 187. as Plectranthus alpinus
Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 245 - 246. as Plectranthus alpinus
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Copyright:
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2025).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Coleus alpinus. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=225030, retrieved 2 April 2025
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