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Taxon:  Plectranthus rotundifolius (Poir.) Spreng.



Summary
Genus:
Plectranthus
Family:
Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)
Subfamily:
Nepetoideae
Tribe:
Ocimeae
Subtribe:
Plectranthinae
Nomen number:
317408
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 2:690. 1825
Verified:
06/04/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Germanea rotundifolia Poir.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Coleus rotundifolius (Poir.) A. Chev. & Perrot
Solenostemon rotundifolius (Poir.) J. K. Morton

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Coleus parviflorus Benth.
Coleus rotundifolius (Poir.) A. Chev. & Perrot var. nigra A. Chev.
Coleus rotundifolius (Poir.) A. Chev. & Perrot var. rubra A. Chev.
Coleus tuberosus (Blume) Benth.
Plectranthus tuberosus Blume
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Reference(s)
  1. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. Flora of southern Africa. 1963-
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  3. Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 9:141-143.
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  5. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
  6. Suddee, S. et al. 2004. A taxonomic revision of tribe Ocimeae Dumort. (Lamiaceae) in continental South East Asia II. Plectranthinae. Kew Bull. 59:409-410.
  7. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
English
Chinese-potato –
country-potato –
fra-fra-potato –
Hausa-potato –
Madagascar-potato –
Salaga-potato –
Sudan-potato –
French
pomme de terre du Madagascar –
pomme de terre du Soudan –
German
Hausakartoffel –
India
koorka –
Portuguese (Brazil)
cóleus –
Spanish
patata de los Hausas –
Sri Lanka (Sinhala)
ratala –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
2CultivatedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
6Other     
Cultivated
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=317408. Accessed 20 April 2024.


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