Taxon: Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R. Br.

Common names:

• coleus   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• painted-nettle   (Source: Dict Gard [as Solenostemon scutellarioides]) – English
  
• wu cai su   (Source: F ChinaEng [as Coleus scutellarioides]) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• Buntblatt   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – German
  
• Buntnessel   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• macho   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Spanish
  
• nene   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Spanish
  
• ahijado   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Spanish (Mexico)
  
• palettblad   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  
• el-nene   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 [as Solenostemon scutellarioides]) – unknown
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard, as Solenostemon scutellarioides)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Solenostemon scutellarioides; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):408. 1999)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Northern Territory [n.], Queensland [n.], Western Australia [n.]
• PACIFIC
  Southwestern Pacific: Solomon Islands

• widely cultivated in tropics

References:

• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. [= Solenostemon scutellarioides (L.) Codd].
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• Suddee, S. et al. 2004. A taxonomic revision of tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia II. Plectranthinae. Kew Bull. 59:411–412.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. [mentions].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). [= Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth.].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Plectranthus scutellarioides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Plectranthus scutellarioides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Plectranthus scutellarioides.

Synonyms:

• (=) Coleus blumei Benth.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Coleus blumei var. verschaffeltii (Lem.) Lem.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Coleus hybridus hort. ex Voss
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)
• (=) Coleus pumilus Blanco
  
• (≡) Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth.
  (previously associated with 13 accessions)
• (=) Coleus verschaffeltii Lem.
  
• (≡) Ocimum scutellarioides L. (basionym)
  
• (≡) Solenostemon scutellarioides (L.) Codd
  (previously associated with 47 accessions)

Check other web resources for Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R. Br.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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