Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera Author Paton, Alan J. Author Mwanyambo, Montfort Author Govaerts, Rafael H. A. Author Smitha, Kokkaraniyil Author Suddee, Somran Author Phillipson, Peter B. Author Wilson, Trevor C. Author Forster, Paul I. Author Culham, Alastair text PhytoKeys 2019 129 1 158 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988 1314-2003-129-1 BF57C6B3C3065AEE9B4B3D47189C908F 3382366 Equilabium laxiflorum (Benth.) Mwany. & A.J.Paton, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 188(4): 367. 2018 Figs 6D , 7A Plectranthus laxiflorus Benth. in E.H.F.Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 228. 1838. Germanea laxiflora (Benth.) Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 861. 1900. Coleus laxiflorus (Benth.) Roberty, Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Ser . A, Sci. Nat. 16: 331. 1954. Type: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, between Umzimkulu and Umkomaas Rivers, Drege 3586 (lectotype: K; designated by Codd (1975) ). Plectranthus albus Guerke , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 202. 1894. Type: Tanzania, Moshi District: Marangu, Volkens 744 (holotype: B, destroyed, isotype: BM). Plectranthus violaceus Guerke , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 201. 1894. Type: Tanzania, Lushoto District: Usambara Mts, near Lutindi, Holst 3317 (holotype: B, destroyed; isotypes: K, W). Plectranthus johnstonii Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 411. 1900. Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, H.H. Johnston 69 (holotype: K). Plectranthus kondowensis Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 417. 1900. Type: Malawi, between Khondowe and Karonga, 1896, Whyte s.n. (holotype: K). Plectranthus triflorus Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 417. 1900. Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Thomson s.n. (holotype: K). Plectranthus neumannii Guerke , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 131. 1905. Types: Ethiopia, Gofa, Neumann 168 & 179 (syntype: B, destroyed); neotype: Ethiopia, Gamo Gofa, Busa Forest, near Gidole. Ryding et al. 1630 (neotype: UPS; isoneotype: ETH designated by Ryding (2000) ). Plectranthus lilacinus Guerke , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 315. 1908. Types: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Engler 1797 (syntype: B, destroyed) & Moshi, Uhlig 137 (isosyntype: EA). Coleus keniensis Standl., Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 68(5): 14. 1917. Type: Kenya, W of Mt Kenya, Mearns 1334 (holotype: US; isotype: BM). Plectranthus fraternus T.C.E.Fr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 26. 1930. Type: Kenya W Mt Kenya, between Cole's Mill and Forest Station, R.E. & T.C.E. Fries 911 (lectotype UPS; isolectotype K, MO; designated by Paton et al. (2009) ). Distribution. Ethiopia to South Africa.