Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Coleus Lour.
Classification
LAMIALES
Coleus
Citation
COLEUS Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 358, 372. 1790.
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TYPE: Coleus amboinicus Loureiro 1790.
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Coleus australis LITTLE SPURFLOWER; SWEDISH IVY Not Native
Coleus scutellarioides COMMON COLEUS Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Identification Key
1.  Leaf blade (3.5)5-14 cm long, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, often variegated with red, pink, purple, white, yellow, or light green, uniformly non-green, or green
1.  Leaf blade 1-9 cm long, tomentose to glabrate, generally uniformly green or greenish, not variegated
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2.  Leaf blade 1-3.5(6) cm long
2.  Leaf blade 3-9(10) cm long
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3.  Leaf blade obovate to rhomboid, toothed above the middle
3.  Leaf blade lanceolate, ovate, to suborbicular, toothed below the middle
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4.  Leaf 1-1.5 times as long as wide; corolla light pink to purple, stamens exserted from the lower lip
4.  Leaf blade 1.3-2.3 times as long as wide; corolla lavender to bluish or dark purple, stamens included in the lower lip
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Anisochilus Anisochilus Wllich ex Bentham, in Lindley, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: sub pl. 1300. 1830. TYPE: Non designatus.
Ascocardion Ascocardion G. Taylor, J. Bot. 69(Suppl. 2): 162. 1931. TYPE: Ascocardion mirabile (Briquet) G. Taylor 1931. (Coleus mirabilis Briquet 1894.)
Briquetastrum Briquetastrum A. Robyns & Lebrun, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ser. B. 49: 102. 1929. TYPE: Briquetastrum africanum (Baker ex Scott Elliot) A. Robyns & Lebrun 1929. (Anisochilus africanus Baker ex Scott Elliot 1894.)
Burnatastrum Burnatastrum Briq., in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 358. 1894. TYPE: Burnatastrum lanceolatum (Bojer ex Bentham) Briquet 1897. (Plectranthus lanceolatus Bojer ex Bentham 1832.)
Capitanya Capitanya Schweinfurth ex Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 105, t. 1. 1895. TYPE: Capitanya ostostegioides Gürke 1895.
Chalcas Chalcas P. V. Heath, Calyx 5: 160. 1997. TYPE: Solenostemon latifolius (Hochstetter ex Bentham) J. K. Morton 1962. (Coleus latifolius Hochstetter ex Benthem 1848.) Typified by Codd, Bothalia 11: 438. 1975.
Echinostachys Echinostachys E. Meyer, in E. Meyer & Drège, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 243. 1838. TYPE: Echinostachys reticulata E. Meyr 1838.
Englerastrum Englerastrum Briquet, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 178, t. 4(A). 1894. TYPE: Englerastrum schweinfurthii Briquet 1894.
Holostylon Holostylon A. Robyns & Lebrun, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ser. B. 49: 103. 1929. TYPE: Holostylon gracilipedicellatum A. Robyns & Lebrun 1929.
Isodictyophorus Isodictyophorus Briquet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 61(Mém 8e): 285. 1917. TYPE: Isodictyophorus chevalieri Briquet 1917.
Leocus Leocus A. Chevalier, J. Bot. (Morot) 22: 125. 1909. TYPE: Leocus lyratus A. Chevalier 1909.
Majana Majana Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 523. 1891. TYPE: = Coleus Loureiro 1790.
Neohyptis Neohyptis J. K. Morton, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 58: 258. 1962. TYPE: Neohyptis paniculata (Baker) J. K. Morton 1962. (Geniosporum paniculatum Baker 1900.)
Neomuellera Neomuellera Briquet, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 186, t. 4(B). 1894. TYPE: Neomuellera welwitschii Briquet 1894.
Pycnostachys Pycnostachys Hooker, Exot. Fl. 3: t. 202. 1826. TYPE: Pycnostachys coerulea Hooker 1826.
Rabdosiella Rabdosiella Codd, Bothalia 15: 9, f. 5. 1984. TYPE: Rabdosiella calycina (Bentham) Codd 1984. (Plectranthus calycinus Bentham 1838.)
Solenostemon Solenostemon Thonning, in Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl. 271. 1827. TYPE: Solenostemon ocymoides Schumacher 1827.
Stiptanthus Stiptanthus Briq., in Engler & Prangl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 352. 1894. TYPE: Stiptanthus polystachyus (Bentham) Briquet 1897. (Anisochhilus polystachyus Bentham 1830.)
Symphostemon Symphostemon Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 867. 1900. TYPE: Symphostemon insolitus (C. H. Wright) Hiern 1900. (Plectranthus insolitus C. H. Wright 1899.)