Capitanopsis oreophila
Capitanopsis oreophila, synonym Plectranthus bipinnatus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It was formerly treated as the only species, Perrierastrum oreophilum, in the genus Perrierastrum. A phylogenetic study in 2018 found that it was embedded in the genus Capitanopsis, and it was transferred to that genus. It is native to Madagascar.[2]
| Capitanopsis oreophila | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Capitanopsis |
| Species: | C. oreophila |
| Binomial name | |
| Capitanopsis oreophila (Hedge) Mwany., A.J.Paton & Culham[1] | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Taxonomy
The species was first described in 1930 by André Guillaumin, as Perrierastrum oreophilum, the only species in his genus Perrierastrum. In 2003, Alan James Paton decided that the genus should be sunk into Plectranthus. As the name Plectranthus oreophilus had already been used (in 1912), Paton coined the replacement name Plectranthus bipinnatus.[1] A major study of the subtribe Plectranthinae in 2018 showed that Plectranthus bipinnatus was embedded in a clade containing the then three species of Capitanopsis, so P. bipinnatus was transferred to Capitanopsis under the original epithet.[2]
References
- "Capitanopsis oreophila (Hedge) Mwany., A.J.Paton & Culham", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2020-08-02
- Paton, A.; Mwanyambo, M. & Culham, A. (2018), "Phylogenetic study of Plectranthus, Coleus and allies (Lamiaceae): Taxonomy, distribution and medicinal use", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 188 (4): 355–376, doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boy064