Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Plectranthus excelsus

Lamiaceae Martinov

Plectranthus excelsus P.I.Forst.

, legitimate

, scientific

Forster, P.I. (1 September 1994), Ten new species of Plectranthus L'Her. (Lamiaceae) from Queensland.

Austrobaileya

:

172-174, Fig. 5

[tax. nov.]

Type: Queensland: Cook District: Garraway Hill, 11 Jul. 1993, P.I.Forster 13543 & M.C.Tucker (holo: BRI [3 sheets + spirit]); iso: A, AD, CANB, K, MEL, QRS)

Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Latin excelsus (lofty or high) and refers to the tall stature of the plants at the type locality."

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs.

Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs

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68

[secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Lamiaceae.

Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens

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95

[secondary reference]

Queensland Herbarium (2003), New plant names and taxa Queensland July 1994-July 2003

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18

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Plectranthus sp. Garraway Hill (P.I.Forster+ PIF13543) Qld Herbarium

[n/a]

APC Dist.: Qld

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

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238

[secondary reference]

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.

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45

[basionym]

basionym of:

Coleus excelsus (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

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9

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Coleus excelsus (P.I.Forst.) P.I.Forst.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Coleus excelsus (P.I.Forst.) P.I.Forst.

legitimate