Strobilanthes phyllocephala J. R. I. Wood & Scotland

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.12698689

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B485CB48-2620-5F59-899C-578EFCBCC015

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scientific name

Strobilanthes phyllocephala J. R. I. Wood & Scotland
status

 

19. Strobilanthes phyllocephala J. R. I. Wood & Scotland View in CoL , Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 62 (1): 31. 2017.

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Type.

Thailand: Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan NP, 6 Aug 1995, Larsen et al. 45466 (holotype K [ K 000224872!]; isotype AAU!).

Distribution.

Endemic to Thailand.

Ecology.

Near stream in evergreen forest or bamboo forest; 10–1,000 m alt., flowering and fruiting from November to March.

Selected specimens examined.

Thailand, South-western: Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan NP, 400–600 m alt., 6 Aug 1995, Larsen et al. 45466 ( AAU, K); ibid., 840 m alt., 24 Oct 2013, Tagane et al. 2132 ( BKF).

Preliminary conservation status assessment.

This species is only known from its type locality and is assessed as Data Deficient ( DD) following IUCN (2022). More field work needed to assess the conservation status of S. phyllocephala .

Notes.

Strobilanthes phyllocephala resembles S. falconeri . It differs in having the ovate or ovate-elliptic leaves vs. elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate leaves in S. falconeri . The apex of bracteoles of S. phyllocephala is obtuse vs. acute in S. falconeri .

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

AAU

Addis Ababa University, Department of Biology

BKF

National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department

DD

Forest Research Institute, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Strobilanthes

Loc

Strobilanthes phyllocephala J. R. I. Wood & Scotland

Kladwong, Pornchai & Chantaranothai, Pranom 2024
2024
Loc

Strobilanthes phyllocephala

J. R. I. Wood & Scotland 2017: 31
2017