Plectranthus

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Family of shrubs

title: "Plectranthus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["plectranthus", "lamiaceae-genera", "root-vegetables", "leaf-vegetables"] description: "Family of shrubs" topic_path: "general/plectranthus" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectranthus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Family of shrubs ::

|image=Plectranthus_fruticans0.jpg |image_caption=Plectranthus fruticosus |display_parents=2 |taxon=Plectranthus |authority=L'Hér. |subdivision_ranks=Species |subdivision=Many, see text |synonyms=Ascocarydion G.Taylor

Burnatastrum Briq.

Capitanya Gürke

Dielsia Kudô

Englerastrum Briq.

Germanea Lam.

Holostylon Robyns & Lebrun

Isodictyophorus Briq.

Leocus A.Chev.

Neomuellera Briq.

Perrierastrum Guillaumin

Symphostemon Hiern |synonyms_ref=|

Plectranthus is a genus of about 85 species of flowering plants from the mint/sage family, Lamiaceae, found mostly in southern and tropical Africa and Madagascar. Common names include spur-flower. Plectranthus species are herbaceous perennial plants, rarely annuals or soft-wooded shrubs, sometimes succulent; sometimes with a tuberous base.

Several species are grown as ornamental plants. The cultivar = 'Plepalila' has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Recent phylogenetic analysis found Plectranthus to be paraphyletic with respect to Coleus, Solenostemon, Pycnostachys and Anisochilus. The most recent treatment of the genus resurrected the genus Coleus, and 212 names were changed from combinations in Plectranthus, Pycnostachys and Anisochilus. Equilabium was segregated from Plectranthus, after phylogenetic studies supported its recognition as a phylogenetically distinct genus.

Etymology

The word plectranthus derives from the Greek πλῆκτρον (plēktron), "anything to strike with, an instrument for striking the lyre, a spear point" + ἄνθος (anthos), "blossom, flower".

Species

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Paton et al. (2019) listed 72 species. , Plants of the World Online accepted 84:

Transferred to ''Coleus''

Species transferred to Coleus in 2019 include:

Other species formerly placed in ''Plectranthus''

References

References

  1. (2007-10-05). "Genus: ''Plectranthus'' L'Hér.". United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. "''Plectranthus'' {{tdes". RHS.
  3. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2383798 πλῆκτρον], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus
  4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Da)%2Fnqos1 ἄνθος], Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus
  5. "''Plectranthus hadiensis'' (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Sprenger". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. "GRIN Species Records of ''Plectranthus''". United States Department of Agriculture.
  7. (2019). "Nomenclatural changes in ''Coleus'' and ''Plectranthus'' (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera". PhytoKeys.

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