Coleus barbatus

(Andrews) Benth. ex G.Don · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Coleus

At a glance

Occurrence records1 180

Data sources11

Biological traits30

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections13

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Coleus barbatus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 180 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗

dukesphytochemcompounds

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources30 traits

Chemical compositionDukesPhytochem · LOTUS · NPASS71 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 180 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries13 detections

Genome at a glanceCCDB · NCBI≈1 Gbp

01Narrative

Coleus barbatus, also known by the synonyms Plectranthus barbatus and incorrectly Coleus forskalaei (and other spellings of this epithet), is a tropical perennial plant related to the typical coleus species. It produces forskolin, an extract useful for pharmaceutical preparations and research in cell biology.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology11

Leaf length max170 mm

Leaf width80 mm

Leaf width max80 mm

Leaf width min80 mm

Plant height max3 m

Seed length2 mm

Seed length max2 mm

Seed length min2 mm

Seed mass1.23 mg

Seed mass max1.64 mg

Seed mass min0.82 mg

Life cycle & reproduction8

Deciduousnessvariable

Dispersal typeunspecialized

Life formsemisucculent subshrub or shrub

Life spanperennial

Pollination modebiotic

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Reproduction asexualabsent

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 300 m

Elevation min213 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Habitat GIFTLowland

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition71 compounds

Compounds documented for Coleus barbatus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

🍽 Used in cooking💊 Medicinal use documented

Compound class profile5 classes

Labdane diterpenoids10

Secoabietane diterpenoids7

Icetexane diterpenoids4

Abietane diterpenoids4

Abietane diterpenoids $ Icetexane diterpenoids3

Documented compounds71 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
BORNEOL	239,000 ppm	DukesPhytochem
AROMADENDRENE	236,000 ppm	DukesPhytochem
BORNEOL-ACETATE	200,000 ppm	DukesPhytochem
ALPHA-COPAENE	100,000 ppm	DukesPhytochem
ALPHA-FENCHYL-ACETATE	100,000 ppm	DukesPhytochem
HYDROXYCALAMENENE	75,000 ppm	DukesPhytochem
CALAMENENE-HYDRATE	75,000 ppm	DukesPhytochem
CIS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE	50,000 ppm	DukesPhytochem
GAMMA-2-CADINENE	43,000 ppm	DukesPhytochem
T-CADINOL	41,000 ppm	DukesPhytochem

05DNA & barcoding13 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Coleus barbatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections13

Countries2

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Coleus barbatus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈1 049 386 795 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Coleus barbatus1.05 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 32 n = 16

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records26–342n range32median32mode6records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 323×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — HAKEEM, H., & D.C. RIFE. 1966. Cytogenetic studies on Coleus. J. Bot. United Arab Repub. 9: 35:44.

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Riley, H.P. & Hoff, V.J. 1961 f Hakeem, H. & Rife, D.C. 1966

CCDB · book-fedorov — Riley H. P., Hoff 1961

2n 261×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Vembu, B. 1984. On the chromosome numbers of some members of Lamiaceae. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 71(3–VI): 80–81.

2n 301×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Cherian, M. & P. I. Kuriachan. 1981. In Chromosome number reports LXXII. Taxon 30: 707 –708.

2n 341×CCDB · book-indian_vol1

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Bir, S.S. & Saggoo, M.I.S. 1979

n 141×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Spellenberg, R. & D. Ward. 1988. Chromosome number reports XCIX. Taxon 37: 398.

n 171×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Cherian, M. & P. I. Kuriachan. 1981. In Chromosome number reports LXXII. Taxon 30: 707 –708.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=0.999 ↗

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 180 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 105

Museum / vouchered74

Cultivated / captive1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 052 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 774≤1 km 106≤10 km 40>10 km 24

944 georeferenced · 161 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 105

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km

≤1 km 14>10 km 1

15 georeferenced · 59 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence74

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 13 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
MeiseBGlocation not on record	30
Baroda, IN	10
Edinburgh, GB	8
Maringá, BR	5
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record	5
Pondicherry, IN	4
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2
Wellington, NZ	2
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record	2
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record	2
UFAClocation not on record	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	1

13 institutions · 73 of 74 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA13 detections

Where the DNA of Coleus barbatus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found13

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 13 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

Found at UHURU Central Plots.; Savanna bushl…

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median19.2 °C 17.8–20.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.60 °C

Max temp (day)23.9 °C 21.6–25.8

Min temp (night)14.1 °C 13.6–14.1

Precipitation66.9 mm/mo 65.9–72.5

Air humidity61.2 % 57.3–61.6

Moisture balance-65.9 mm/mo -68.1–-61.2

Vapour deficit848 Pa 788–1,005

Wind speed2.70 m/s 2.20–2.80

Cloud cover31.5 % 23.7–40.2

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 8 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Coleus barbatus

At a glance

Sources11 archives

Size & morphology11

Life cycle & reproduction8

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment9

Other traits1

Compound class profile5 classes

Documented compounds71 total

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type1 180 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions6 of 13 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 180 records