Colored nettles
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Colored nettle ( Solenostemon scutellarioides ) |
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The solenostemon ( Solenostemon ) is a genus whose species formerly belonging to the genera Coleus and Plectranthus belonged, from the family of the mint (Lamiaceae). The species originally grow in tropical Africa and Asia. As an ornamental plant which is coleus ( Solenostemon scutellaroides ) was used.
description
Solenostemon species grow as annual or perennial herbaceous plants and evergreen shrubs without thorns. Some species are succulent. The stems are mostly square. They reach heights between 40 and 100 centimeters. Often the plants have an aromatic scent. The opposite, simple leaves are small to medium-sized and hairy.
Laterally or terminal, zymous inflorescences are formed. The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic and fünfzählig double perianth (perianth). There are five fused sepals . There are five fused petals . There is only one circle with four stamens . Two carpels have become an ovary grown and divided by a false septum four parts. The pollination is carried by birds ( ornithophily ) or by insects ( Entomophilie ).
Systematics
About 60 species belong to the genus Solenostemon (selection):
- Solenostemon autranii (Briq.) JKMorton (Syn .: Coleus autranii Briq. )
- Solenostemon latifolius (Hochst. Ex Benth.) JK Morton (Syn .: Coleus latifolius Hochst. Ex Benth. )
- Solenostemon rotundifolius (Poir.) JKMorton (Syn .: Coleus rotundifolius (Poir.) A. Chev. & Perrot , Coleus rotundifolius var. Nigra A.Chev. , Coleus rotundifolius var. Rubra A.Chev. , Germanea rotundifolia Poir. , Plectranthus rotundifolius (Poir.) Spreng. , Plectranthus tuberosus Blume )
- Coddled nettle : ( Solenostemon scutellarioides (L.) Codd , Syn .: Coleus blumei Benth. , Coleus blumei var. Verschaffeltii (Lem.) Lem. , Coleus hybridus hort. Ex Voss , Coleus pumilus Blanco , Coleus scutellarioides (L.) Benth. , Coleus verschaffeltii Lem. , Ocimum scutellarioides L. , Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R.Br. )
- Solenostemon shirensis (Gürke) Codd
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Web links
- Solenostemon probably a synonym for Plectranthus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.