Equilabium laxiflorum (Benth.) Mwany. & A.J.Paton, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 188(4): 367. 2018 Figs 6D, 7A

Plectranthus laxiflorus Benth. in E.H.F.Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 228. 1838.

Germanea laxiflora (Benth.) Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 861. 1900.

Coleus laxiflorus (Benth.) Roberty, Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér . A, Sci. Nat. 16: 331. 1954. Type: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, between Umzimkulu and Umkomaas Rivers, Drège 3586 (lectotype: K; designated by Codd (1975)).

Plectranthus albus Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 202. 1894. Type: Tanzania, Moshi District: Marangu, Volkens 744 (holotype: B, destroyed, isotype: BM).

Plectranthus violaceus Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 201. 1894. Type: Tanzania, Lushoto District: Usambara Mts, near Lutindi, Holst 3317 (holotype: B, destroyed; isotypes: K, W).

Plectranthus johnstonii Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 411. 1900. Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, H.H. Johnston 69 (holotype: K).

Plectranthus kondowensis Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 417. 1900. Type: Malawi, between Khondowe and Karonga, 1896, Whyte s.n. (holotype: K).

Plectranthus triflorus Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 417. 1900. Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Thomson s.n. (holotype: K).

Plectranthus neumannii Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 131. 1905. Types: Ethiopia, Gofa, Neumann 168 & 179 (syntype: B, destroyed); neotype: Ethiopia, Gamo Gofa, Busa Forest, near Gidole. Ryding et al. 1630 (neotype: UPS; isoneotype: ETH designated by Ryding (2000)).

Plectranthus lilacinus Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 315. 1908. Types: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Engler 1797 (syntype: B, destroyed) & Moshi, Uhlig 137 (isosyntype: EA).

Coleus keniensis Standl., Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 68(5): 14. 1917. Type: Kenya, W of Mt Kenya, Mearns 1334 (holotype: US; isotype: BM).

Plectranthus fraternus T.C.E.Fr., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 26. 1930. Type: Kenya W Mt Kenya, between Cole’s Mill and Forest Station, R.E. & T.C.E. Fries 911 (lectotype UPS; isolectotype K, MO; designated by Paton et al. (2009)).

Distribution.

Ethiopia to South Africa.