Coleus kirkii (Baker) A.J.Paton comb. nov.

Pycnostachys kirkii Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 381. 1900. Type: Malawi, Manganja Hills, Kirk s.n. (lectotype; K, designated by Bramley in Paton et al. (2009)).

Echinostachys reticulata E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 243. 1838., non Coleus reticulatus A.Chev.

Pycnostachys reticulata (E.Mey.) Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 83. 1848. Type: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Umlazi Valley, near Durban, Drège s.n. (holotype: K; isotype: PRE).

Pycnostachys reticulata var. angustifolia Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 83. 1848. Types: South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 1840, Krauss 329 (syntype: K); Gauteng, Magaliesburg, n.d., Burke s.n. (syntype: K).

Pycnostachys uliginosa Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 396. 1901. Type: Tanzania, Njombe District: Ubena, Luhigi stream, Goetze 806 (holotype: B, destroyed; K, fragment).

Pycnostachys holophylla Briq ., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér . 2, 3: 1000. 1903. Type: South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg, n.d., E.S.C.A. Herb. 347 (holotype: G).

Pycnostachys purpurascens Briq., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér . 2, 3: 998. 1903. Type: South Africa, Witwatersrand, no locality, April.1895, Hutton 878 (holotype: Z).

Pycnostachys schlechteri Briq., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér . 2, 3: 999. 1903. Type: South Africa, Eastern Cape, Mt Frere, 24 Jan.1895, Schlechter 6406 (holotype Z; isotypes: GRA, PRE).

Distribution.

Nigeria to Cameroon, Tanzania to South Africa.