Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Plectranthus insularis
Lamiaceae Martinov
Plectranthus insularis P.I.Forst. , legitimate, scientific
Forster, P.I. (1 December 2011), Five new species of Plectranthus L.Her. (Lamiaceae) from New South Wales and Queensland. Austrobaileya 8(3): 398-400, Fig. 6, Map 2 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Queensland. Darling Downs District: Mingimarny State Forest 131, Pine Hill, 20 km S of Millmerran, 28 April 1995, P.I.Forster PIF16468 & S.J.Figg (holo: BRI [2 sheets + spirit]; iso: MEL).
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Latin adjective insularis (pertaining to islands) and alludes to the occurrence of this species on an isalnd of granite pavement, further surrounded by a 'sea' of cleared land."
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: 60 [basionym]
basionym of: Coleus insularis (P.I.Forst.) P.I.Forst. legitimate
Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2019), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2018 to 2019. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019: 9 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Coleus insularis (P.I.Forst.) P.I.Forst. legitimate