Solenostemon

File:Solenostemon - Coleus plant.jpg, formerly Solenostemon scutellarioides]]

Solenostemon is a former genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It has been included in the genus Plectranthus, but is now included in an expanded Coleus. They are native to tropical Africa, Asia and Australia. Some species formerly placed in this genus are cultivated for their highly variegated leaves.{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}

Former species

Some species formerly placed in the genus are:

Solenostemon autranii (Briq.) J.K.Morton, now Coleus autranii, syn. Plectranthus autranii
Solenostemon rotundifolius, now Coleus rotundifolius, syn. Plectranthus rotundifolius
Solenostemon scutellarioides (L.) Codd, now Coleus scutellarioides, syns. Coleus blumei, Plectranthus scutellarioides
Solenostemon shirensis (Gürke) Codd, now Coleus shirensi

Gallery

File:Solenostemon coleus baby plant.jpg|Young Solenostemon coleus seedlings growing in a pot.

File:Solenostemon coleus Seedlings (baby plant).jpg|Early-stage Coleus plant with developing leaves.

File:Solenostemon coleus Seedlings.jpg|Young Coleus sprouting vibrant red new leaves.

References

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{{Cite journal |last1=Paton |first1=Alan J. |last2=Mwanyambo |first2=Montfort |last3=Govaerts |first3=Rafaël H.A. |last4=Smitha |first4=Kokkaraniyil |last5=Suddee |first5=Somran |last6=Phillipson |first6=Peter B. |last7=Wilson |first7=Trevor C. |last8=Forster |first8=Paul I. |last9=Culham |first9=Alastair |date=2019-08-23 |title=Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera |journal=PhytoKeys |issue=129 |pages=1–158 |doi=10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988 |pmc=6717120 |pmid=31523157 |name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}

{{cite web |title=Solenostemon Thonn. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21233-1 |access-date=2020-07-28 }}

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External links

[http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/HBS/botany/cultivatedplants/?str=Solenostemon&fld= Annotated Checklist of Cultivated Plants of Hawai‘i: Solenostemon]
[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11277 USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN): Species Records of Solenostemon]

Category:Lamiaceae

Category:Lamiaceae genera

Category:Historically recognized angiosperm genera

Category:Garden plants of Asia

Category:Garden plants of Africa

Category:Coleus