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Coleus
Coleus is a genus of annual or perennial herbs and shrubs, some succulent or tuberous, native to tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia. Commonly grown members are ornamental foliage plants (such as the painted nettle, Coleus scutellarioides), valued for their colourful leaves, and they need warmth and bright light to thrive.
Coleus ( , KOH-lee-əs) is a genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes succulent, sometimes with a fleshy or tuberous rootstock, found in the Afro-Eurasia tropics and subtropics.
The relationship among the genera Coleus, Solenostemon and Plectranthus has been confused. Coleus and Solenostemon were sunk into Plectranthus, but recent phylogenetic analysis found Plectranthus to be paraphyletic with respect to other related genera in the subtribe Plectranthinae. The most recent taxonomic treatment of the genus resurrected Coleus, and 212 names were changed from combinations in Plectranthus, Pycnostachys and Anisochilus. Equilabium was segregated from Plectranthus, after phylogenetic studies supported its recognition as a phylogenetically distinct genus. Common names for Coleus include spurflower, flybush, hedgehog flower and hullwort.
Common Thicket Spurflower · Coleus amboinicus · Coleus argentatus · Coleus barbatus · Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis · Coleus esculentus · Coleus rotundifolius · Coleus scutellarioides · Hullworts
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