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Colchicum (/ ˈ k ɒ l tʃ ɪ k əm / KOL-chik-əm or / ˈ k ɒ l k ɪ k əm / KOL-kik-əm) [2] is a genus of perennial flowering plants containing around 160 species which grow from bulb-like corms.
Paton et al. (2019) list the following species of Coleus (around 300), many transferred from Plectranthus. [1] As of October 2022 [update] , Plants of the World Online listed 301 accepted species. [ 2 ]
Coleus (/ ˈ k oʊ l i ə s /, KOH-lee-əs) is a genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes succulent, sometimes with a fleshy or tuberous rootstock, found in the Afro-Eurasia tropics and subtropics.
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 ...
Coleus maculosus subsp. edulis, synonym Plectranthus edulis, [1] the Ethiopian potato, [2] known as wolayta dinich or oromo dinich in Amharic, [citation needed] is a species of perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. Indigenous to Ethiopia, it is grown for its edible tubers, which are cooked before they are eaten. [3]
Coleus esculentus, synonym Plectranthus esculentus, [1] also known as the kaffir potato [2] or Livingstone potato, [3] is a species of plant in the dicot family Lamiaceae. [4] It is indigenous to Africa, where it is grown for its edible tubers. It is more difficult to cultivate than Coleus rotundifolius, but able to give
Coleus comosus, synonym Plectranthus ornatus, is a flowering plant from the mint family Lamiaceae, native to eastern Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda). [ 1 ] A plant sold under the name " Coleus canina " or "scaredy cat plant" is supposed to scare off cats and dogs.
AMORC (standing for, among others, the Ancient Mystical Order of the Rosy Cross or the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis) is a Rosicrucian organization founded by Harvey Spencer Lewis in the United States in 1915. It has lodges, chapters and other affiliated bodies in several countries.