Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Lamiaceae Martinov
Plectranthus L'Hér. , nom. cons. , scientific
L'Héritier de Brutelle, C.L. (1788) , Stirpae Novae aut Minus Cognitae
84, t. 41
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Plectranthus fruticosus L'Hér.
Nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 7350).
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805
506
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
100
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
234
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
387
[secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II
158
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (December 1926) , Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3
489
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"From Greek plektron , a cock's spur; anthos , a flower: alluding to the spurred or gibbous base of the corolla."
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4
734
[secondary reference]
Bullock, A.A, & Killick, D.J.B. (1957) , Taxon 6
329
[secondary reference]
Type:
Plectranthus fruticosus L'Hér.
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
417
[secondary reference]
Blake, S.T. (1971) , A revision of Plectranthus (Labiatae) in Australasia. Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 9
1-120
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Germanea Lam. legitimate
Keng, W. (1978) , Labiatae. Flora Malesiana Series I 8(3)
382-385
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Germanea Lam. legitimate
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants
927
[secondary reference]
Haegi, L.A.R. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Labiatae (Lamiaceae). Flora of Central Australia
311-312
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
137
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986) , Lamiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2
391-392
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
109
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Coleus Lour. legitimate
Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992) , Lamiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3
625
[secondary reference]
Conn, B.J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Lamiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region
807
[secondary reference]
Forster, P.I. (9 September 1992) , Five new species of Plectranthus L. Herit (Lamiaceae) from Queensland. Austrobaileya 3(4)
729
[secondary reference]
Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Lamiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4
420
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
237-238
[secondary reference]
Harley, R.M., Atkins, S., Budantsev, A.L., Cantino, P.D., Conn, B.J., Grayer, R., Harley, M.M., de Kok, R., Krestovskaja, T., Morales, R., Paton, A.J., Ryding, O. & Upson, T. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2004) , Labiatae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7
264-265
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Solenostemon Thonn. legitimate
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
679
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Solenostemon Thonn. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Germanea Lam. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Coleus Lour. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Solenostemon Thonn. legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (presumed extinct), Vic (native and naturalised)
Paton, A.J., Mwanyambo, M., Govaerts, R.H.A., Smitha, K., Suddee, S., Phillipson, P.B., Wilson, T.C., Forster, P.I. & Culham, A. (23 August 2019) , Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera. Phytokeys 129
127-128
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Germanea Lam. legitimate
APC Dist.:
Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
