Coleus shirensis Guerke , Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 216. 1894

Paton, Alan J., Mwanyambo, Montfort, Govaerts, Rafael H. A., Smitha, Kokkaraniyil, Suddee, Somran, Phillipson, Peter B., Wilson, Trevor C., Forster, Paul I. & Culham, Alastair, 2019, Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera, PhytoKeys 129, pp. 1-158 : 85

Coleus shirensis Guerke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 216. 1894

Solenostemon shirensis ( Gürke) Codd, Bothalia 11: 440. 1975.

Calchas shirensis ( Gürke) P.V.Heath, Calyx 6: 51. 1999.

Plectranthus shirensis ( Gürke) A.J.Paton, SABONET Rep. Ser. 31: 189. 2005. Type: Malawi, 1891, Buchanan 376 (lectotype: K; isolectotype: E, designated by Mathew (1976)).

Coleus punctatus Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 291. 1895. Type: Zambia, Mweru Plateau, W of Lake Tanganyika, 1894, Carson 25 (holotype: K).

Solenostemon zambesiacus Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 421. 1900. Types: Malawi, Blantyre, 1887, Last s.n. (syntype: K);?Mozambique, “Zambesia”, between Shibisa and Tshinmuzo, Nov.1859, Kirk s.n. (syntype: K).

Distribution.

SW. & S. Tanzania to S. Trop. Africa.