Forster, P.I. (16 April 1992), Plectranthus blakei (Lamiaceae), a new species from central Queensland. Muelleria 7(4): 417-420, Fig. 1 APC [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland, Leichhardt Distraict - Mimosa Creek near aboriginal art, Blackdown Tableland National Park, 23°48'S, 149°05'E, 16.v.1984, P.I.Forster 1782 (holotypus: BRI,2 sheets. isotypi: CANB,K,MEL,NSW distribuendi)."

• APC Dist.: Qld

• Etymology: "Named for Stanley Thatcher Blake (1911-1973), a former member of staff at the Queensland Herbarium (BRI) who provided the first revision of the genus Plectranthus in Australia and made a tremendous contribution both to the herbarium collections of Australaian plants at the institution (over 23 000 numbers) and to Australian taxonomic botanical literature (Everist 1976)."

Forster, P.I. (9 September 1992), Five new species of Plectranthus L. Herit (Lamiaceae) from Queensland. Austrobaileya 3(4): 739 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Lamiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 95 [secondary reference]

Paton, A.J., Mwanyambo, M., Govaerts, R.H.A., Smitha, K., Suddee, S., Phillipson, P.B., Wilson, T.C., Forster, P.I. & Culham, A. (23 August 2019), Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera. Phytokeys 129: 27 [basionym]

basionym of: Coleus blakei (P.I.Forst.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2019), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2018 to 2019. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019: 9 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Coleus blakei (P.I.Forst.) P.I.Forst. legitimate

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