The genus Coleus (Lamiaceae) in Central Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi), with the description of 15 new species Author Meerts, Pierre J. 0000-0003-4215-027X Meise Botanic Garden, Nieuwelaan 38, BE- 1860 Meise, Belgium & Université Libre de Bruxelles, Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50 CP 244, BE- 1050 Brussels, Belgium & Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Service général de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique, Brussels, Belgium Author Paton, Alan J. 0000-0002-6052-6675 The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW 9 3 AB, UK text PhytoKeys 2024 2024-09-02 246 71 178 journal article 302074 10.3897/phytokeys.246.129476 b381880a-e0bb-4b02-ad0f-2f90a0b6c995 Coleus eminii (Gürke) A. J. Paton , Phytokeys 129: 43. 2019 . ≡ Pycnostachys eminii Gürke , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 145. 1895 . Type: Tanzania , west of Lake Victoria, Kanessa, 14 Nov 1890 , F. Stuhlmann 943 ( lectotype B designated by Bruce (1940) destroyed; isolectotype K [ K 000405740 ] fragment). = Pycnostachys rotundatodentata De Wild. , Pl. Bequaert. 4: 391. 1928. Type: DR. CONGO , Ruwenzori, Kisuki, 6 Jun 1914 , J. Bequaert 4701 ( lectotype : BR , designated by Bramley in Paton et al. (2009) [ BR 0000008909756 ], [ BR 0000008910080 ]). Description. Paton et al. (2009: 407) , as Pycnostachys eminii Gürke. Distribution. Cameroon to Ethiopia and NW Tanzania . Habitat and ecology. Savannah; 1100–2600 m elev. Additional specimens. DR. Congo , Lacs Edouard et Kivu , Kisuki, pied du Ruwenzori, 6 Jun 1914 , J. Bequaert 4701 ( BR , K fragment); Rutshuru, 19 Oct 1914 , J. Bequaert 6052 ( BR ); Bwito, Kikuku, 1 Jun 1954 , A. Deru 264 ( BR ); Dorsale du Mont Bikingi, 16 Jun 1949 , J. de Wilde 284 ( BR ); Luofu, 10 Dec 1934 , G . F. de Witte 2186 ( DE ); Entre Beni et Lubero, Oct 1931 , J. Lebrun 4275 ( BR ); Rutshuru, Mont Katale, Dec 1937 , J. Lebrun 9167 ( BR , LWI , US ). Burundi , Piste de la faille des Allemands, 20 May 1988 , J. Saintenoy 158 ( BR ).