Sprengel, C.P.J. (1825), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 2: 690 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Coleus amboinicus Lour. legitimate

Keng, W. (1978), Labiatae. Flora Malesiana Series I 8(3): 387 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Coleus amboinicus Lour. legitimate

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Lamiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 629 [secondary reference]

common name: Allspice [n/a]

Forster, P.I. (9 September 1992), Five new species of Plectranthus L. Herit (Lamiaceae) from Queensland. Austrobaileya 3(4): 737-738 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Plectranthus amboinensis Spreng. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Coleus amboinicus Lour. legitimate common name: Five Spice [n/a]

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

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

nomenclatural synonym: Coleus amboinicus Lour. legitimate common name: Spanish Thyme [n/a] common name: Five Seasons Herb [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: 16 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Coleus amboinicus Lour. 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: 8 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Coleus amboinicus Lour. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Coleus amboinicus Lour. legitimate

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