Strobilanthes cruciata (Bremek.) Terao

Kladwong, Pornchai & Chantaranothai, Pranom, 2024, Notes on Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) with capitate inflorescences in Thailand, PhytoKeys 244, pp. 89-126 : 89-126

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/phytokeys.244.124260
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12698665
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03580FD1-38D2-57BF-B8DC-A3443BFCBAE5
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scientific name	Strobilanthes cruciata (Bremek.) Terao
status

Treatment

7. Strobilanthes cruciata (Bremek.) Terao View in CoL , Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 31 (1–3): 59. 1980.

Fig. 10 C View Figure 10

Tetragoga cruciata Bremk., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. View in CoL 2. 41 (1): 300. 1944. Type: Indonesia, Sumatra, 1 May 1918, Lörzing 5668 (holotype L [ L 0002848!]; isotypes BO [ BO 1352476 image!, BO 1352477 image!], GH [ GH 00295522 image!], SING [ SING 0045507 image!]).

Tetragoga nagaensis Bremek., Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. View in CoL 2. 41 (1): 299. 1944. Type: India, Nagaland, Dec 1907, Meebold 4891 (holotype B [ B 100002761 image!]).

Type.

Based on Tetragoga cruciata Bremk.

Distribution.

India, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia.

Ecology.

In hilly evergreen forest; 150–1,700 m alt, flowering and fruiting from July to May.

Selected specimens examined.

Thailand, Northern: Nan, Doi Phu Kha NP, 1,700 m alt., 28 July 1992, Larsen et al. 43704 ( AAU, P); ibid., 1,700 m alt., 26 May 2000, Srisanga 1445 ( QBG); ibid., 1,680 m alt., 11 Nov 2000, Srisanga 1758 ( BKF- 2 sheets, QBG); ibid., Pua, 1,650 m alt., 10 May 2006, Srisanga 2762 ( CMUB, KYO, QBG); Peninsular: Chumphon, Marine Nature Study Center, 9 Apr 2008, Wessumritt 113 ( QBG); ibid., Phato, Ban Racha Krude, 150–200 m alt., 6 July 1992, Larsen 43165 ( AAU, BKF, P).

Preliminary conservation status assessment.

This species has an Extent of Occurrence ( EOO) of 2,663,189.074 km 2 and an Area of Occupancy ( AOO) of 44.000 km 2 and is assessed as Least Concern ( LC) following IUCN (2022).

Notes.

Strobilanthes cruciata resembles S. falconeri T. Anderson in having leaf-like bracts with a petiolar base, but it is distinguishable from S. falconeri T. Anderson by its white corolla and glabrous ovary.

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Abbreviations

L	Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch
BO	Herbarium Bogoriense
GH	Harvard University - Gray Herbarium
SING	Singapore Botanic Gardens
B	Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universitaet
AAU	Addis Ababa University, Department of Biology
P	Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants
QBG	Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
KYO	Kyoto University
BKF	National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Lamiales
Family	Acanthaceae
Genus	Strobilanthes