Editing Solenostemon

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[[File:Solenostemon - Coleus plant.jpg|thumb|Cultivar of ''[[Coleus scutellarioides]]'', formerly ''Solenostemon scutellarioides'']] 

'''''Solenostemon''''' is a former [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] Lamiaceae. It has been included in the genus ''[[Plectranthus]]'', but is now included in an expanded ''[[Coleus]]''.<ref name=POWO_21233-1/><ref name=PatoMwanGovaSmit19/> They are [[native plant|native]] to [[tropical]] Africa, Asia and Australia. Some species formerly placed in this genus are cultivated for their highly variegated leaves.<ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}</ref> 

==Former species==
Some species formerly placed in the genus are:<ref name=PatoMwanGovaSmit19/>
*''Solenostemon autranii'' <small>(Briq.) J.K.Morton</small>, now ''[[Coleus autranii]]'', syn. ''Plectranthus autranii''
*''Solenostemon rotundifolius'', now ''[[Coleus rotundifolius]]'', syn. ''Plectranthus rotundifolius''
*''Solenostemon scutellarioides'' <small>(L.) Codd</small>, now ''[[Coleus scutellarioides]]'', syns. ''Coleus blumei'', ''Plectranthus scutellarioides''
*''Solenostemon shirensis'' <small>(Gürke) Codd</small>, now ''[[Coleus shirensi]]''

== Gallery ==
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File:Solenostemon coleus baby plant.jpg|Young Solenostemon coleus seedlings growing in a pot.
File:Solenostemon coleus Seedlings (baby plant).jpg|Early-stage Coleus plant with developing leaves.
File:Solenostemon coleus Seedlings.jpg|Young Coleus sprouting vibrant red new leaves.
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==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=PatoMwanGovaSmit19>{{Cite journal |last1=Paton |first1=Alan J. |last2=Mwanyambo |first2=Montfort |last3=Govaerts |first3=Rafaël H.A. |last4=Smitha |first4=Kokkaraniyil |last5=Suddee |first5=Somran |last6=Phillipson |first6=Peter B. |last7=Wilson |first7=Trevor C. |last8=Forster |first8=Paul I. |last9=Culham |first9=Alastair |date=2019-08-23 |title=Nomenclatural changes in ''Coleus'' and ''Plectranthus'' (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera |journal=PhytoKeys |issue=129 |pages=1–158 |doi=10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988 |pmc=6717120 |pmid=31523157 |name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name=POWO_21233-1>{{cite web |title=''Solenostemon'' Thonn. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21233-1 |access-date=2020-07-28 }}</ref>
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==External links==
*[http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/HBS/botany/cultivatedplants/?str=Solenostemon&fld= Annotated Checklist of Cultivated Plants of Hawai‘i: ''Solenostemon'']
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11277 USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN): Species Records of ''Solenostemon'']

[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
[[Category:Lamiaceae genera]]
[[Category:Historically recognized angiosperm genera]]
[[Category:Garden plants of Asia]]
[[Category:Garden plants of Africa]]
[[Category:Coleus]]


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