Coleus longipetiolatus Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 214. 1894.

= Plectranthus leptophyllus (Baker) A. J. Paton, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Lamiac.: 284. 2009. Type: Kenya, Ribe (Ribi) to Galla country, T. Wakefield s. n. (holotype K [K 000431957]).

Type.

Tanzania, Usambara Mts, Kwa Mshusa, 15 Aug 1893, C. Holst 9076 (holotype B destroyed; isotype COI [COI 00005780], G, HBG [HBG 518665], K [K 000431956], KFTA, M [M 0104723], P [P 00450800], W, Z).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 284), Paton et al. (2013: 231), as Plectranthus leptophyllus (Baker) A. J. Paton.

Distribution.

E & S Tropical Africa.

Habitat and ecology.

Wooded savannah, forest; 1040–1300 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Lacs Edouard et Kivu, Virunga, Katuka, 26 May 1948, J. de Wilde 70 (BR); Virunga, Rivière Mati, affluent gauche de la rivière Talya, 24 Apr 1956, G. F. de Witte 13179 (BR); Karunda, Nyabiondo, 24 Jul 1957, R. Gutzwiller 1369 (BR).

Note.

New species record for DR. Congo.