Equilabium molle (Aiton) Mwany. & A.J.Paton comb. nov.

Ocimum molle Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 322. 1789.

Plectranthus mollis (Aiton) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 690. 1825.

Plectranthus secundus Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 20. 1832. Nom. superfl. based on Ocimum molle Aiton. Type: Cultivated, native of the East Indies. Introduced by Sir Joseph Banks in 1781 (holotype: BM).

Ocimum maypurense Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 271. 1821.

Plectranthus maypurensis (Roth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 691. 1825. Type: India, Heyne s.n. in Wall. Cat. 2736C (holotype B, destroyed; isotypes: K(K000820180), K-W (K001116983)).

Plectranthus incanus Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 120. 1822. Type: Cultivated, (B, destroyed).

Plectranthus divaricatus Weinm., Syll. Pl. Nov. 1: 68. 1824. Type: Cultivated (not seen).

Ocimum cordifolium Hamilton in D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 116. 1825. nom inval.

Plectranthus cordifolius Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 116. 1825. Type: Nepal, Wall. Cat. 2736A (holotype: not at BM; neotype: K (K001116984), isoneotype: K (K000820186); K-W (K001116982) designated by Suddee et al. (2004)).

Distribution.

Indian Subcontinent to N. Myanmar.