Solenostemon

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Solenostemon
Hybrid Coleus leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Solenostemon
Thonn.
Species

See text.

Solenostemon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to tropical Africa, Asia and Australia. Some species are cultivated for their highly variegated leaves.[1]

Species

Species include:

  • Solenostemon autarky (Briq.) J. K. Morton
  • Solenostemon rotundifolius (Poiret) J.K. Morton
  • Solenostemon scutellarioides (Linnaeus) Codd (syn. Coleus blumei)
  • Solenostemon shirensis (Gürke) Codd
  • Solenostemon pumilus

References

  1. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964. 

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