CHR 499047 – Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499047
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 January 1995
Database record updated:
30 July 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Plectranthus scutellarioides
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-29 (Verbatim: 29 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Lamiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Motu Te Pae Roa Ngake, Tukao Village
Verbatim locality:
Motu Te Pae Roa Ngake, Tukao Village.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4358/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
29 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-29
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Manihiki
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Subshrub with stems 60 - 70 cm high (with inflorescence c. 1 m high). Leaves strongly bullate, ± dark red with green around veins above and with pink lobes ± speckled dark reddish green, sometimes pink extending further into lamina; lower surface pale greenish-brown. Inflorescence stem 20 or more cm long, erect, reddish-brown on angles. Calyx pale green. Corolla directed horizontally to somewhat declined, c. 1 cm long, white towards base; deep bluish-mauve towards apex of upper lip and most of lower lip, the latter c. 5 mm long, naviculate; upper lip bilobed; tube sharply bent forwards near base. ♂ united towards base. A common cultivar.
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