Coleus lanuginosus Benth.

Coleus lanuginosus Hochst. ex Benth. in A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 79. 1848. ≡ Plectranthus lanuginosus (Hochst. ex Benth.) Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Fl.: 638. 1974. = Coleus sodalium Baker, Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 526. 1900. Type: Eritrea, Mogad (Magod) Valley, 8 Apr 1892. G. Schweinfurth & D. Riva 1810 (holotype K; isotype BR [BR 0000006245825], FT, Z). Type. Ethiopia, in montibus et vallibus prope Aduam [Adua], 4 Oct 1842. G. W. Schimper III. 1915 (lectotype K [K 000431915]; isolectotype B, BM, E, FT, G, KIEL, MPU, P, UPS, W, designated by Ryding [2000]). Description. Paton et al. (2009: 347), Paton et al. (2013: 278), as Plectranthus lanuginosus (Hochst. ex Benth.) Agnew. Distribution. Eritrea to N Tanzania, SW Arabian Peninsula. Naturalised in Zimbabwe. Habitat and ecology. Dry woodlands, steppe, shrub savannah; 1800–2500 m elev. Additional specimens. DR. Congo, Lacs Edouard et Kivu, Rutshuru, 19 Apr 1914, J. Bequaert 6051 (BR); Nyamgaleka, versant droit de la Haute Lume, 14 Apr 1953, G. F. de Witte 8783 (BR); Kikomero, Nov 1937, J. Lebrun 8447 (BR); Entre les rivières Molindi et Rutshuru, 21 Feb 1958, M. Heine 220 (BR). Rwanda, Kidaho, Rukoro, 29 Mar 1962, C. Nshorere 116 (BR); Bweramvula, 20 Jun 1933, G. Molitor 37 (BR). Note. Many materials cited in the Flore du Rwanda by Troupin and Ayobangira (1985) were errors for Equilabium wollastonii (S. Moore) Mwany. & A. J. Paton.