Plectranthus

Plectranthus
	Flowers of Plectranthus fruticosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
Tribe:	Ocimeae
Genus:	Plectranthus; L'Hér.[1]
Species
	Many, see text
Synonyms[1]
	Ascocarydion G.Taylor; Burnatastrum Briq.; Capitanya Gürke; Coleus Lour.; Dielsia Kudô; Englerastrum Briq.; Germanea Lam.; Holostylon Robyns & Lebrun; Isodictyophorus Briq.; Leocus A.Chev.; Neomuellera Briq.; Perrierastrum Guillaumin; Symphostemon Hiern

Plectranthus, with some 350 species, is a genus of warm-climate plants occurring largely in the Southern Hemisphere, in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, India and the Indonesian archipelago down to Australia and some Pacific Islands. They are closely related to Solenostemon and are known as the spurflowers. Several species are grown as ornamental plants, as leaf vegetables, as root vegetables for their edible tubers, or as medicine.[2]

Plectranthus argentatus

Plectranthus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia).

Many plants called coleus actually belong to this genus, as Coleus is no longer recognized.

Selected species

Plectranthus actites P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus alloplectus S.T.Blake[3]
Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.[3]
Plectranthus amicorum S.T.Blake[3]
Plectranthus amoenus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus apreptus S.T.Blake[3]
Plectranthus apricus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus arenicola P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus argentatus S.T.Blake[3]
Plectranthus barbatus
Plectranthus blakei P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus caninus Roth[3]
Plectranthus cataractarum B.J.Pollard
Plectranthus ciliatus E.Mey.[3]
Plectranthus congestus R.Br.[3]
Plectranthus cremnus B.J.Conn[3]
Plectranthus cyanophyllus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus diversus S.T.Blake[3]
Plectranthus dissitiflorus (Guerke) J.K.Morton
Plectranthus dumicola P.I.Forst[3]
Plectranthus edulis (Vatke) Agnew
Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br.
Plectranthus excelsus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus fasciculatus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus foetidus Benth.[3]
Plectranthus fruticosus L'Hér.
Plectranthus glabriflorus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus graniticola P.I.Forst.[3]

Plectranthus gratus S.T.Blake[3]
Plectranthus graveolens R.Br.[3]
Plectranthus habrophyllus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus intraterraneus S.T.Blake[3]
Plectranthus leiperi P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus longipes[4]
Plectranthus madagascariensis
Plectranthus megadontus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus minutus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus mirus S.T.Blake[3]
Plectranthus neochilus Schltr.[3]
Plectranthus nitidus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus omissus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus ornatus Codd[3]
Plectranthus parviflorus Willd.[3]
Plectranthus pulchellus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus rotundifolius (Poir.) Spreng.
Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R.Br.[3]
Plectranthus socotranus Radcl.-Sm.
Plectranthus spectabilis S.T.Blake C[3]
Plectranthus suaveolens S.T.Blake C[3]
Plectranthus thalassoscopicus P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus ternatus
Plectranthus tomentosa
Plectranthus torrenticola P.I.Forst.[3]
Plectranthus unguentarius Codd
Plectranthus venteri
Plectranthus verticillatus (L.f.) Druce[3]
Plectranthus welwitschii (Briq.) Codd

Formerly described as Plectranthus

Anisochilus carnosus (L. f.) Wall. ex Benth. (as P. strobilifer Roxb.)
Isodon coetsa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kudô (as P. coetsa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don)
Isodon inflexus (Thunb.) Kudô (as P. inflexus (Thunb.) Vahl ex Benth.)
Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara (as P. striatus Benth.)
Isodon rugosus (Wall. ex Benth.) Codd (as P. rugosus Wall. ex Benth.)
Isodon sculponeatus (Vaniot) Kudô (as P. sculponeatus Vaniot)[5]

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References

"Genus: Plectranthus L'Hér". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
Catherine W. Lukhobaa; Monique S.J. Simmonds & Alan J. Paton (3 January 2006). "Plectranthus: A review of ethnobotanical uses". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 103 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.09.011. PMID 16289602.
"Plectranthus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
Bussmann R. W.; et al. (2006). "Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya". J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2: 22. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-22. PMC 1475560. PMID 16674830.
"GRIN Species Records of Plectranthus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-17.

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[GRIN-1] "Genus: Plectranthus L'Hér". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-02-17.

[2] Catherine W. Lukhobaa; Monique S.J. Simmonds & Alan J. Paton (3 January 2006). "Plectranthus: A review of ethnobotanical uses". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 103 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2005.09.011. PMID 16289602.

[APNI-3] "Plectranthus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-02-03.

[4] Bussmann R. W.; et al. (2006). "Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya". J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2: 22. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-22. PMC 1475560. PMID 16674830.

[GRINSpecies-5] "GRIN Species Records of Plectranthus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-17.