Coleus aegyptiacus (Forssk.) A.J.Paton comb. nov.

Ocimum aegyptiacum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: cxv, 109. 1775.

Plectranthus aegyptiacus (Forssk.) C.Chr., Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(3): 21. 1922.

Plectranthus crassifolius Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 44. 1790., nom. illeg.

Germanea crassifolia Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., suppl. 2: 764. 1812., nom. superfl.

Coleus zatarhendi Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 50. 1832., nom. superfl.

Plectranthus zatarhendi E.A.Bruce, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 590. 1935., nom. superfl.

Ocimum zatarhendi Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 109. 1775., nom. inval.

Majana zatarhendi (Forssk.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 524. 1891, nom. inval. Type: Yemen, Beit el Fakih (Bayt al Faqih), Forsskål s.n. (type: not seen, believed destroyed); “Arabia”, Herb. Forsskål s.n. (neotype: KIEL; C, K (photos), designated by Ryding and Paton (2001)).

Coleus tenuiflorus Vatke, Linnaea 43: 92. 1881.

Plectranthus tenuiflorus (Vatke) Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Fl.: 636. 1974. Type: Kenya, Kitui, Hildebrandt 2742 (lectotype: CORD, designated by Paton et al. (2009)).

Coleus camporum Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 214. 1894. Type: Tanzania, Pangani District: Pangani R. ford, Volkens 485 (holotype: B, destroyed; isotype: BM, G).

Coleus ghindanus Schweinf. ex Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 435. 1900. Type. Eritrea, Ghinda valley, Schweinfurth & Riva 2149 (holotype: K; isotypes: BR, FT, P).

Distribution.

Eritrea to Tanzania, SW. Arabian Peninsula.