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

Ocimum villosum Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: cxv, 369. 1775.

Ocimum β zatarhendi Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 110. 1775.

Plectranthus villosus (Forssk.) C, Chr.,, Dansk Bot. Arkiv. 4, 21. 1922, nom. illeg., non P. villosus Sieber ex Benth.

Plectranthus arabicus E.A.Bruce, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 324. 1935., non Coleus arabicus Benth. Type: Yemen, between Dorebat and Taaes (Taiz), Forsskal (holotype C, destroyed). Neotype: Saudi Arabia, Wolledje, Gebel Melhan Schweinfurth 690 (neotype: K; isoneotype: BM, P; designated by Wood (1983)).

Distribution.

SW. Arabian Peninsula.