Coleus comosus

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Plectranthus ornatus 01.jpg |image_caption = |taxon = Coleus comosus |authority = Hochst. ex Gürke<ref name=POWO_445949-1/> |synonyms = {{Species list |Plectranthus ornatus|Codd }} |synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO_445949-1/><ref name=PatoMwanGovaSmit19/> }}

'''''Coleus comosus''''', synonym '''''Plectranthus ornatus''''', is a flowering plant from the mint family Lamiaceae, native to eastern Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda).<ref name=POWO_445949-1/>

A plant sold under the name "''Coleus canina''" or "scaredy cat plant" is supposed to scare off cats and dogs. An attempt to register "''Coleus canina''" to receive plant variety protection failed as it was considered to be only a clone of ''Coleus comosus''.<ref name=Wink04/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=PatoMwanGovaSmit19>{{Citation |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 |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_445949-1>{{citation |title=''Coleus comosus'' Hochst. ex Gürke |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:445949-1 |access-date=2021-05-13 }}</ref>

<ref name=Wink04>{{Citation |last1=Winkler |first1=Ullrich |date=2004 |title=Aktenzeichen A 003/2004 |publisher=European Union Community Plant Variety Office |url=https://cpvo.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/decisionBOA/2004/DecisionBOA_032004_DE.pdf |access-date=2020-08-01 |lang=de, en }}</ref> }}

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