Coleus barbatus (Andrews) Benth. ex G. Don in J. C. Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 483. 1830.

≡ Plectranthus barbatus Andrews, Bot. Repos. 10: t. 594. 1810. Type: Illustration of cultivated material in Bot. Rep. 9, t. 594. 1809 (lectotype); ERITREA, Dekemehare, 5 Sep 1954, J. W. Colville 47 (epitype K [K 000431890], designated by Ryding [1999 a]).