| Coleus scutellarioides |
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| A coleus naturalized in Puerto Rico |
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| Two cultivars |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Lamiales |
| Family: |
Lamiaceae |
| Genus: |
Coleus |
| Species: |
C. scutellarioides |
| Binomial name |
Coleus scutellarioides
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| Synonyms |
- Calchas acuminatus (Benth.) P.V.Heath
- Calchas atropurpureus (Benth.) P.V.Heath
- Calchas crispipilus (Merr.) P.V.Heath
- Calchas scutellarioides (L.) P.V.Heath
- Coleus acuminatus Benth.
- Coleus atropurpureus Benth.
- Coleus berkeleyi T.Moore
- Coleus blancoi Benth.
- Coleus blumei Benth.
- Coleus crispipilus (Merr.) Merr.
- Coleus dixii T.Moore
- Coleus formosanus Hayata
- Coleus gaudichaudii Briq.
- Coleus gibbsiae S.Moore
- Coleus gibsonii J.J.Veitch
- Coleus grandifolius Blanco
- Coleus grandifolius Benth.
- Coleus hybridus Cobeau
- Coleus igolotorum Briq.
- Coleus ingratus (Blume) Benth.
- Coleus integrifolius Elmer
- Coleus laciniatus (Blume) Benth.
- Coleus marshallii T.Moore
- Coleus multiflorus Benth.
- Coleus pubescens Merr.
- Coleus pumilus Blanco
- Coleus rehneltianus A.Berger
- Coleus ruckeri T.Moore
- Coleus saundersii T.Moore
- Coleus savannicola K.Schum.
- Coleus scutellarioides var. angustifolius Benth.
- Coleus scutellarioides var. laxus Benth.
- Coleus scutellarioides var. limnophilus Benth.
- Coleus secundiflorus Benth.
- Coleus veitchii Dombrain
- Coleus verschaffeltii Lem.
- Coleus zschokkei Merr.
- Germanea nudiflora Poir.
- Majana acuminata (Benth.) Kuntze
- Majana blancoi (Benth.) Kuntze
- Majana grandifolia (Benth.) Kuntze
- Majana multiflora (Benth.) Kuntze
- Majana pumila (Blanco) Kuntze
- Majana scutellariodes (L.) Kuntze
- Majana secundiflora (Benth.) Kuntze
- Ocimum peltatum Schweigg. ex Schrank
- Ocimum scutellarioides L.
- Perilla nankinensis Wender.
- Plectranthus aromaticus Roxb.
- Plectranthus blumei (Benth.) Launert
- Plectranthus ingratus Blume
- Plectranthus laciniatus Blume
- Plectranthus nudiflorus (Poir.) Willd.
- Plectranthus scutellarioides Blume
- Plectranthus scutellarioides (L.) R.Br.
- Solenostemon blumei (Benth.) M.Gómez
- Solenostemon scutellarioides (L.) Codd
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Coleus scutellarioides, commonly known as coleus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae (the mint or deadnettle family), native to southeast Asia through to Australia. Typically growing to 60–75 cm (24–30 in) tall and wide, it is a bushy, woody-based evergreen perennial, widely grown for the highly decorative variegated leaves found in cultivated varieties. Another common name is painted nettle, reflecting its relationship to deadnettles (Lamium species), which are in the same family. (True nettles and their close kin are in the distant family Urticaceae.) The synonyms Coleus blumei, Plectranthus scutellarioides and Solenostemon scutellarioides are also widely used for this species.