Coleus maculosus (Lam.) A. J. Paton, subsp. maculosus

= Coleus serrulatus Robyns, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 78. 1943.

≡ Plectranthus serrulatus (Robyns) Troupin & Ayob., Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 55: 299. 1985. Type: DR. Congo, Visoke, R. Susa, 2 Feb 1935, G. F. de Witte 2214 (holotype BR [BR 0000006263263], [BR 0000006262624]; isotype K [K 000431883]).

= Plectranthus punctatus L’Hér. subsp. punctatus, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Lamiac.: 350. 2009. Type: Ethiopia (“ Abyssinia ”), cultivated from seed sent by Bruce at Hort. Kew, 1774 (neotype BM; isoneotype G; designated by Hedge et al. [1998]).

Description.

Paton et al. (2009: 349), as Plectranthus punctatus (L. f.) L’Hérit. subsp. punctatus.

Distribution.

Cameroon, to Eritrea and Tanzania, Madagascar.

Habitat and ecology.

Marshland, mountain grassland, fallow field, mountain forest, regrowth; 1700–3050 m elev.

Additional specimens.

DR. Congo, Lacs Edouard et Kivu, Beni, Vayana, Aug 1938, P. Gille 108 (BR); Entre les Lacs Kivu et Edouard, Apr-May 1929, H. Humbert 7907 (BR); Mont Kahuzi, 13 Jun 1971, S. Lisowski 23824 (POZG).

Rwanda, Piste allant de Kinigi au pied du Visoke, 3 Feb 1972, P. Auquier 2415 (BR); Flanc sud du Sabyinayo, 3 Feb 1972, P. Bamps 3071 (BR); Remera, Buliza, Kigali, Nov 1932, A. Becquet 326 (BR); Bunyereri, Nyungwe, 13 May 1971, G. Bouxin 698 (BR); Forêt de Mushabarara, Apr 1939, G. Gilbert 2361 (BR); Rukura, Bumbogo, Mar 1933, G. Molitor 23 (BR); Mont Kisoni, 6 Mar 1935, J. B. Lejeune 210 (BR); Route Bukavu-Astrida [Butare], km 94, 4 May 1959, G. Troupin 9909 (BR); Ruhengeri, Kinigi, 24 Feb 1972, P. Van der Veken 9530 (BR).

Burundi, Kitega, 4 Dec 1922, O. A. J. Elskens 214 (BR); Bujumbura, Mayuyu, 28 Feb 1971, J. Lewalle 5249 (BR); Muramwya, Ryarusera, 27 Feb 1972, M. Reekmans 1577 (BR); Rwasave, rivière Murwuya, 14 May 1957, D. van der Ben 1567 (BR).