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Coleus esculentus  (N.E. Br.) G. Taylor
Taxonomic Serial No.: 511225

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Plectranthus esculentus N.E. Br.
  
  Common Name(s): country potato [English]
  
    Livingstone potato [English]
  
    Madagascar potato [English]
  
    geunaine [French]
  
    plectranthe [French]
  
    pomme de terre de Madagascar [French]
  
    jitamba [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderAsteranae   
                         OrderLamiales   
                            FamilyLamiaceae  – mints, menthes  
                               GenusColeus Lour.  
                                  SpeciesColeus esculentus (N.E. Br.) G. Taylor – country potato, Livingstone potato, Madagascar potato, geunaine, plectranthe, pomme de terre de Madagascar, jitamba  
       

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  Source: Lamiales of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Coleus esculentus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Coleus esculentus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Coleus esculentus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kays, Stanley J.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cultivated vegetables of the world: a multilingual onomasticon   
  Page(s): 1-828   
  Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers   
  Publication Place: The Netherlands   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9789086861644   
  Notes: doi: 10.3920/978-90-8686-720-2   
  Reference for: country potato[English], geunaine [French], jitamba [Portuguese], Livingstone potato [English], Madagascar potato [English], plectranthe [French], pomme de terre de Madagascar [French]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Paton, A. J., Montfort Mwanyambo, Rafaël H. A. Govaerts, Kokkaraniyil Smitha, Somran Suddee, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title: Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PhytoKeys, vol. 129   
  Page(s): 1-158   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1314-2011   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988   
  Reference for: Coleus esculentus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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