Coleus fredericii

Coleus fredericii, synonym Plectranthus welwitschii, is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae.^[1] The epithet is also spelt frederici.^[2]

Coleus fredericii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Coleus
Species:	C. fredericii
Binomial name
Coleus fredericii G.Taylor[1]
Synonyms[1]
Neomuellera welwitschii Briq., non Coleus welwitschii Briq. Plectranthus welwitschii (Briq.) Codd

The species was originally described by John Isaac Briquet in 1894, as Neomuellera welwitschii.^[2] It was transferred to the genus Plectranthus by Leslie Codd in 1972. A 2018 phylogenetic study showed that Plectranthus, as then circumscribed was not monophyletic, and so revived the then defunct genus Coleus. Since the name Coleus welwitschii had already been used for a different species, Taylor's name Coleus fredericii was used instead.^[1]