Coleus goetzenii A. J. Paton

Coleus goetzenii (Gürke) A. J. Paton, Phytokeys 129: 50. 2019. ≡ Pycnostachys goetzenii Gürke in Götzen, Durch Afr., reimpr.: 8. 1896. Type: Rwanda, Sabinyo, flanc sud, ca. 2400 m elev, 1 Feb 1972, P. Auquier 2369 (neotype BR [BR 0000013410254] designated here; isoneotype K, LG, MO [MO 100924134], WAG). = Pycnostachys vulcanicola Lebrun & L. Touss., Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 71. 1943. Type: DR. Congo, Virunga, Volcan Karisimbi, Feb 1932. J. Lebrun 5006 (holotype BR [BR 0000008909725], [BR 0000008910059]; isotype K, MO). Description. Paton et al. (2009: 409), as Pycnostachys goetzenii Gürke. Distribution. EC Tropical Africa (Virunga Mts.). Habitat and ecology. Mountain forest with bamboo, Hypericum, and Hagenia; 2300–2800 m elev. Additional specimens. DR. Congo, Lacs Edouard et Kivu, Tshakabindi, NE Visoke, 25 Jan 1955, G. F. de Witte 11548 (BR, WAG); Versant E du Nyiragongo, Nov 1937, J. Lebrun 8727 (BR); Ruwenzori, entre les gites de Mahangu et de Kalonge, 31 Dec 1977, J. Lejoly 2570 (BR); Kabara, flanc E du Karisimbi, 21 Aug 1937, J. Louis 5428 (BR, K, MO, P); Nyamuragira, gegen Biliba, 27 Aug 1954, Stauffer 230 (BR, K, MO, WAG). Rwanda, Lac Gando, Mar 1935, G. F. de Witte 2298 (BR); Route Butare-Cyangugu, km 72, 9 May 1980, G. Troupin 16246 (BR, K). Burundi, entre Mabai et la rivière Kavumande, 12 Jun 1950, H. Renier 238 (BR). Note. Neotypification of Pycnostachys goetzenii Gürke. The holotype has disappeared (Rwanda, Kirunga Volcano [Virunga Mts.], north of Lake Kivu, 7500–8000 ft. elev., G. Goetzen 98 [holotype B]); no isotype has been found. We select as the neotype P. Auquier 2369, matching the protologue, collected in the same region and at about the same altitude as the holotype.