The Stachys aculeolata/aethiopica Complex in Tropical Africa

The Stachys aethiopica/aculeolata complex in tropical and southern tropical Africa is examined. The following new infraspecific taxa, S. aculeolata Hook. f. var. inermis Y. B. Harv., S. pseudohumifusa Sebsebe subsp. minutiflora Y. B. Harv. and S. pseudohumifusa Sebsebe subsp. saxeri Y. B. Harv. are described, along with a new species, S. glandulibracteata Y. B. Harv. New locality records are noted for S. alpigena T. C. E. Fries subsp. alpigena from Rwanda, and for S. aculeolata from Malawi.