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 Coleus barbatus var. barbatus Ocimum asperum Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 268. 1821. Plectranthus asper (Roth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 690. 1825. Orthosiphon asperus ( Roth) Benth. ex Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 413. 1830. Type: India, Mysore, Nundidroog, Heyne s.n. in Wall. Cat. 2728C (holotype: B destroyed; isotype: K-W). Plectranthus comosus Sims, Bot. Mag. 49: t. 2318. 1822. Type: illustration of plant originally from Nepal, (lectotype: illustration cited above). Coleus huberi Regel syn. nov., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 543. 1881. Type: Russia, cultivated in St Petersburg from seed collected in Ethiopia, (type not found in LE). Coleus penzigii Dammann ex Baker, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 14: 616. 1893. Type: cultivated at Kew, received from Hort. Dammann, probably originating from material collected by Penzig in "the mountains of Abyssinia" (holotype: K). Coleus vestitus Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 224. 1895. Type: Somalia, Golis Range, E. Cole s.n. (syntype: K); Lort-Phillips (syntype: K). Plectranthus pseudobarbatus J.K.Morton, Novon 8: 265. 1998. Type: Somalia, Togdheer Region, Golis Range, Cole s.n. (lectotype: K; designated by Ryding (1999) ). Coleus forskohlii var. adoensis Briq., Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Geneve 2: 235. 1898. Type: Ethiopia, Adua, 1 Oct. 1837, Schimper 333 (holotype: not seen in G; isotypes: BR, K, MPU, WAG). Coleus speciosus Baker f., J. Bot. 1899: 64. 1899. Type: Somalia, Woqooyi Galbeed/Togdheer Regions, "Wagga Mountains", Lort-Phillips s.n. (holotype: BM; isotype K). Coleus coerulescens Guerke , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 169. 1906. Plectranthus coerulescens ( Guerke ) R.H.Willemse, Kew Bull. 40: 95. 1985. Type: Ethiopia, Harar, Ellenbeck 743 (holotype: B, destroyed; isotype: K). Coleus adolfi-friderici Perkins in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 550. 1913. Type: Rwanda, Mohasi, Bueschen to Buganza, Mildbraed 671 (holotype: B, destroyed). Distribution. Eritrea to N. Tanzania, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent to SC. China.