Coleus affinis ( Guerke ) A.J.Paton, 2019

Paton, Alan J., Mwanyambo, Montfort, Govaerts, Rafael H. A., Smitha, Kokkaraniyil, Suddee, Somran, Phillipson, Peter B., Wilson, Trevor C., Forster, Paul I. & Culham, Alastair, 2019, Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera, PhytoKeys 129, pp. 1-158 : 11

Coleus affinis ( Guerke) A.J.Paton comb. nov.

Pycnostachys affinis Gürke in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 345. 1895.Type: Tanzania, Mwanza, Stuhlmann 4693 (holotype: B, destroyed).

Pycnostachys speciosa Gürke in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 345. 1895., non Coleus speciosus Baker f. Type: Kenya/Tanzania, east shore of Lake Victoria, Fischer 499 (lectotype: B, destroyed, designated by Bruce 1940).

Pycnostachys dawei N.E.Br., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 41: 18. 1907. Type: cultivated from seed sent from Uganda, Dawe s.n. 1906 (holotype: K).

Distribution.

Rwanda to E. Trop. Africa.