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Taxon:
Plectranthus barbatus
Andrews
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Plectranthus
Family:
Lamiaceae
(alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Ocimeae
Subtribe:
Plectranthinae
Nomen number:
28829
Place of publication:
Bot. Repos. 10: t. 594. 1810
Comment:
authorship of names in this work follows
Shenzhen ICN
46.8; there is no internal evidence in the work for any author other than Andrews (fide K. Gandhi, pers. comm. on 7 Aug 2006)
Verified:
06/05/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Coleus barbatus
(Andrews) Benth.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Coleus penzigii
Baker
Invalid Designation(s)
Coleus forskohlii
auct.
Plectranthus forskohlii
auct.
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Reference(s)
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Note:
=
Coleus barbatus
(Andrews) Benth.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Dyer, R. A. et al., eds.
1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Ghazanfar, S. A.
1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Note:
=
Coleus barbatus
(Andrews) Benth.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):408.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Suddee, S. et al.
2004. A taxonomic revision of tribe
Ocimeae
Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia II.
Plectranthinae
. Kew Bull. 59:389-391.
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Note:
=
Coleus forskholii
(Willd.) Briq.
Common names
English
forskohlii –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Oman
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
2
Cultivated
widely cult.
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
2
Cultivated
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Rwanda
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman
,
Yemen
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
INDO-CHINA:
Thailand
Cultivated
REGION:
Africa
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
erosion control
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Environmental
ornamental
Dyer, R. A. et al., eds.
1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
Human food
vegetable
tubers pickled, as
Coleus barbatus
Valdes, L. G., III et al.
1987.
Coleus barbatus
(
C. forskohlii
)(Lamiaceae) and the potential new drug forskolin (Coleonol). Econ. Bot. 41:474-483.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Medicines
folklore
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):408.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicines
folklore
as
Coleus barbatus
Valdes, L. G., III et al.
1987.
Coleus barbatus
(
C. forskohlii
)(Lamiaceae) and the potential new drug forskolin (Coleonol). Econ. Bot. 41:474-483.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Name
References