Coleus maculosus (Lam.) A.J.Paton comb. nov.

Galeopsis maculosa Lam., Encycl. 2: 601. 1788.

Germanea maculosa Lam., Encycl. 2: 691. 1788.

Plectranthus maculosus (Lam.) Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 88. 1796. Type: cultivated, from Africa (holotype: P-Lam).

Ocimum punctatum L.f., suppl. Pl.: 275. 1782, non Coleus punctatus Baker.

Plectranthus punctatus (L.f.) L’Hér ., Stirp. Nov.: 87. 1788.

Germanea punctata (L.f.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 763. 1788.

Coleus praetermissus Bullock & Killick, Taxon 6: 239. 1957.

Plectranthus punctatus L'Her . subsp. punctatus . Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Lamiac.: 350. 2009. Type: “Abyssinia”, cultivated from seed sent by Bruce at Hort. Kew, 1774, (neotype: BM; isoneotype; G; designated by Hedge et al. (1998)).

Distribution.

Widespread. Trop. Africa, Madagascar.