Four new Plectranthus taxa from South Africa are described: P. malvinu
s Van Jaarsv. & T.J. Edwards, P. saccatus subsp. pondoensis Van Jaarsv
. & S. Milstein, P. purpuratus subsp. tongaensis Van Jaarsv. & T.J. Ed
wards and II purpuratus subsp. montanus Van Jaarsv. & T.J. Edwards. P.
aliciae (Codd) Van Jaarsv. & T.J. Edwards and P. lucidus (Benth.) Van
Jaarsv. Bi T.J. Edwards are given new status, and P. pentheri (Gurke)
Van Jaarsv. & T.J Edwards is transferred to this genus from Coleus an
d recognized as a species.