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 decimus (A. J. Paton) A. J. Paton , Phytokeys 129: 38. 2019 . Plectranthus decimus A. J. Paton , Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Lamiac.: 324. 2009 . Type: Zambia , Mbala (Abercorn) District, Kawimbe, 15 Dec 1956 , H . M . Richards 7288 ( holotype K [ K 000431998 ]). Description. Paton et al. (2009: 324) , Paton et al. (2013: 264) , as Plectranthus decimus A. J. Paton. Distribution. W Tanzania , Zambia to Angola . Habitat and ecology. Pionneer vegetation on rocky soil, often near rivers, ca. 1300 m elev. Additional specimens. DR. Congo , Haut-Katanga , Tilwizembe, 8 May 1957 , P. Duvigneaud 3084 L ( BRLU ), Env. Kolwezi, rive gauche Musonoye, 13 Jan 2005 , F. Malaisse 16065 ( BR ); Près des chutes de la rivière Musonoi, 12 Mar. 1989 , M . Schaijes 4317 ( BR ). Note. New species record for DR. Congo .