Coleus stenostachys (Baker) A.J.Paton & Phillipson comb. nov.

Pycnostachys stenostachys Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 380. 1900. Type: Uganda, Bunyoro District: sides of Nile, 1862, Grant in Speke & Grant s.n. (holotype: K).

Pycnostachys coerulea Hook., Exot. Fl. 3: t. 202. 1826, non Coleus coeruleus Gürke . Type: cultivated from seeds sent from Madagascar, collected by Bojer & Helsinger (holotype: K; isotype: M).

Pycnostachys micrantha Gürke in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 345. 1895, non Coleus micranthus Maxim. Types: Tanzania, Bukoba District: Karagwe, Stuhlmann 1720 & Mpororo, Stuhlmann 2056 & Bukoba, Stuhlmann 3276, 3718 & 3953 (syntypes: B, destroyed).

Pycnostachys brevipetiolata De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 394. 1928. Type: DRC, Kivu, Rutshuru R., Kaisafu, Bequaert 5972 (holotype: BR).

Distribution.

Ethiopia to South Africa, Madagascar.