Coleus engleri (Briq.) A.J.Paton comb. nov.

Anisochilus engleri Briq., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 190. 1894. Type: DRC, between Nyangwe and Kibundo, Pogge 1019 (lectotype: K, designated by Paton et al. (2009)).

Anisochilus africanus Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 94. 1894., non Coleus africanus Benth.

Briquetastrum africanum (Baker) Robyns & Lebrun, Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér . B 49: 102. 1929.

Coleus africanus (Baker) Roberty, Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér . A, Sci. Nat. 16: 330. 1954. nom. illeg.

Leocus africanus (Baker) J.K.Morton, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 58: 270. 1962.

Plectranthus africanus (Baker) A.J.Paton, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Lamiac.: 308. 2009. Type: Sierra Leone, Freetown, Scott Elliot 5033 (holotype: K).

Distribution.

W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and NE. Angola.

Notes.

Coleus africanus Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 54. 1832., is superfluous being based on Solenostemon ocymoides Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 271 (1827).