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Coleus caudatus
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Chimanimani Mts
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Base camp to hut, Chimanimani N.P.
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Base camp to hut, Chimanimani N.P.
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Skeleton pass to Red Wall Cave, Chimanimani N.P.
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Skeleton pass to Red Wall Cave, Chimanimani N.P.
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Skeleton pass to Red Wall Cave, Chimanimani N.P.
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| Synonyms: |
Plectranthus caudatus S. Moore |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb up to 1 m tall, apparently not aromatic, with fleshy stems more or less sparsely hairy and with sessile pale glands. Leaves fleshy, broadly elliptic, 4-8 cm long, discolorous, darker and pubescent above, densely hairy and with pale sessile glands beneath; margin roughly crenate; petiole 0-2 mm long. Inflorescences densely-flowered and with flowers of short side branches pressed against the main axis; flowers ofthen on one side. Calyx 5-7 mm long, reddish with glandular hairs and pale sessile glands. Corolla 18-20 mm long, blue. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | caudatus: abruptly ending in a long tail-like tip |
| Habitat: | Rocky areas in quartzite grassland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1700 - 2100 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Only known from Chimanimani Mts, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 8 February 2011 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 44. as Plectranthus caudatus Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 78. as Plectranthus caudatus Darbyshire, I., Timberlake, J., Osborne, J., Rokni, S., Matimele, H., Langa. C., Datizua, C., de Sousa, C., Alves, T., Massingue, A., Hadj-Hammou, J., Dhanda, S., Shah, T., Wursten, B. (2019). The endemic plants of Mozambique: diversity and conservation status Phytotaxa 136 Page 88. Downes, E. & Darbyshire I. (2017). Coleus namuliensis and Coleus caudatus (Lamiaceae): a new species and a new combination in the Afromontane flora of Mozambique and Zimbabwe Blumea journal of plant taxonomy and plant geography 62(3) Page 172. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 174. as Plectranthus caudatus Goodier, R. & Phipps, J.B. (1961). A revised checklist of the vascular plants of the Chimanimani Mountains Kirkia 1 Page 62. as Plectranthus caudatus Mapaura, A. (2002). Endemic Plant Species of Zimbabwe. Kirkia 18(1) Page 142. as Plectranthus caudatus Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 56. as Plectranthus caudatus Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 283 - 284. as Plectranthus caudatus (Includes a picture). Paton, A.J., Mwanyambo, M., Govaerts, R.H.A., Smitha, K., Suddee, S., Phillipson, P.B., Wilson, T.C., Forster, P.I., Culham, A. (2019). Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera Phytokeys 129 Page 34. Wild, H. (1964). The endemic species of the Chimanimani Mountains and their significance Kirkia 4 Page 149. as Plectranthus caudatus Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 93. as Plectranthus caudatus |
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