Forster, P.I. (9 September 1992), Five new species of Plectranthus L. Herit (Lamiaceae) from Queensland. Austrobaileya 3(4): 736-737, Fig. 1E, F APC [tax. nov.]

• Type: "New South Wales. Cultivated at Byron Bay (ex plant collected at upper Terania Creek, Nightcap Range by P Hardwick), 20 May 1991, P.Hardwick s.n. (holo: BRI, 2 sheets + spirit; iso: K,L,MEL,NSW,QRS)."

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

• Etymology: "The specific epithet nitidus alludes to the shiny appearance of the foliage."

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 10 [secondary reference]

Forster, P.I. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Lamiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 96 [secondary reference]

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online: - [secondary reference]

common name: Silver Plectranthus [n/a]

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: 79 [basionym]

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

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