Coleus pallidus (Wall. ex Benth.) A.J.Paton, PhytoKeys 129: 81 (2019) (syn: Anisochilus pallidus Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 18 1830.);

Nepal to SC. China and Indo-China as per WCSP;

Assam; Bangladesh; China South-Central; East Himalaya; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal;
Thailand; Vietnam
as per Catalogue of Life;


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MS Dec.,2019/04 Anisochilus sp. ? for Id. : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)

Location : Phulpui, Mizoram

Altitude : ca 300 m.
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Wild


Does not match with the existing species as per comparative images at Anisochilus

What are the species of Anisochilus, reported from your area ? 


Looks like Anisochilus pallidus, only problem is its not recorded at 300 m elevation


I feel based on photos this might be 
Coleus pallidus (Wall.) A.J.Paton, PhytoKeys 129: 81. 2019. Anisochilus pallidus Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 18. 1830.

Reported in Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and West Bengal. Leaf characters are matching. Flowers could not be enlarged.


References:

A Revision of Anisochilus Wall. ex Benth. (Lamiaceae) Kew Bulletin.Vol. 64, No. 2 (2009), pp. 235-257- Somran Suddee and Alan Paton (pdf) 
Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera (A synopsis of the genera Coleus Lour, Equilabium A.J.Paton, Mwany. & Culham and Plectranthus L’Hér. (Lamiaceae, Tribe Ocimeae, Subtribe Plecranthinae) is presented. Generic delimitation follows a recently published molecular phylogeny which identified Coleus as the sister of the remaining genera of Subtribe Plectranthinae; Plectranthus as sister to Tetradenia Benth. and Thorncroftia N.E.Br., and a separate phylogenetically distinct genus Equilabium comprising species previously placed in Plectranthus. In this treatment, 294 species of Coleus, 42 of Equilabium, and 72 of Plectranthus are recognized. All but one of the combinations in Equilabium are new as only the genus and type species have been previously published. Two-hundred and twelve names are changed to combinations in Coleus from Plectranthus, Pycnostachys Hook. and Anisochilus Benth.)

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