taxonID	type	description	language	source
1160E44AFC5FE20EFF7D7005FCAF8D4D.taxon	description	Figs. 1, 4	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5FE20EFF7D7005FCAF8D4D.taxon	materials_examined	Lectotype (here designated): CHINA, Sichuan, Emei Shan, 2500 – 4000 ft, E. Faber 299 (barcode K 000249194, K image: https: // d 2 seqvvyy 3 b 8 p 2. cloudfront. net / d 1 cbe 43990410 b 6 cc 5 e 72 e 6577796 e 66. jpg) Isolectotypes: K 000249195!, K 000249196! (Fig. 1).	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5FE20EFF7D7005FCAF8D4D.taxon	diagnosis	The above specimen matches Hemsley’s protologue in having fleshy cordate-lanceolate leaves and large purple-pink flowers arranged in short axillary / terminal racemes. No epitype is considered necessary because the selected sheet shows all diagnostic vegetative and reproductive characters clearly.	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5FE20EFF7D7005FCAF8D4D.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined: Sichuan: Emei shan City, 24 June 2015, Y. P. Chen EM 199 (barcode KUN 1265982 photo!); X. Y. He 5593, 5643, 5593 (barcode NAS 00223138 photo!; barcode NAS 00223136 photo!; barcode NAS 00223137 photo!).	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5FE20EFF7D7005FCAF8D4D.taxon	description	Description. Perennial herb. Roots numerous, rhizome very short. The plant bears minute glandular trichomes. Erect, 15 – 60 cm high. The stems are slender, quadrangular, and typically unbranched. They are generally glabrous except for the young growth and nodes, which are sparsely covered with retrorse, short hairs. Leaves usually 4 – 5 pairs, clustered in the upper part of the stem, petiolate; petiole 5 – 25 mm long, shorter upward, sometimes nearly absent, densely pubescent when young, adaxially grooved, groove margins sparsely pubescent or pilose; leaf blade somewhat fleshy, ovate, ovate-elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate, 5 – 11 × 1.5 – 5, base slightly cordate, apex acute or acuminate, sometimes rounded or slightly curved, margin sparsely undulate-crenate or coarsely toothed, rarely nearly entire, adaxial surface very sparsely minutely pubescent or nearly glabrous, more so along veins, midvein impressed, abaxial surface sparsely pilose or very sparsely short-pubescent along veins or nearly glabrous, midvein raised. Flowers paired, forming terminal, rarely axillary, false racemes, covered with short pubescence or minute hairs; bracts small, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 2 – 3 mm long, nearly sessile, pubescent, margins ciliate, toothed or nearly entire; pedicel short, ca. 2 mm long, minutely pubescent, near base with a pair of bracteoles; bracteoles subulate, ca. 1 mm long. Calyx tubular at anthesis, gradually widening toward the throat, 1.1 – 1.3 cm long, 15 - veined, externally minutely pubescent, glabrous within; calyx lobes 5, bilabiate; upper lip 3 - lobed, 3 – 5 mm long; lower lip 2 - lobed; lobes triangular-ovate, about 1 / 3 the length of the calyx, apex acuminate, margins ciliate. Corolla purple or pink, 3.5 – 4 cm long, externally minutely pubescent, internally pilose only at the base of the tube, not forming a ring of hairs; corolla tube tubular, straight or slightly sigmoid, gradually expanded in the upper half; limb bilabiate; upper lip erect, 2 - lobed, lobes oblong; lower lip enlarged, 3 - lobed; midlobe nearly square, apex truncate or sometimes flabellate; lateral lobes oblong, nearly equal to or half the size of the midlobe. Stamens 4, included; posterior pair inserted below the upper lip at the corolla throat, anterior pair inserted below the lateral lobes of the lower lip near the middle of the corolla tube; filaments broad, flat, glabrous; anthers 2 - thecous, glabrous. Ovary 4 - parted, glabrous. Style slender, longer than stamens, slightly exserted, apex 2 - cleft. Disk cup-shaped, lobes inconspicuous, anteriorly finger-like enlarged. Mature nutlets not seen. Flowering July – September, fruiting after September.	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5FE20EFF7D7005FCAF8D4D.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: Meehania faberi is endemic to China, primarily distributed in Sichuan and Chongqing, where it inhabits temperate biomes, particularly mixed forests and shaded slopes at elevations of 1500 – 2500 m. Its primary associated species include Phoebe zhennan, Machilus nanmu, Acer laevigatum, Turpinia affinis, Macropanax rosthornii, Zingiber longyanjiang, and Hedychium flavescens.	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5CE209FF7D72B8FCB98CA3.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — CHINA. Chongqing: Wushan county, Grows in broad-leaved forests, elev. 1500 m, north wushan, Dr. Aug. Henry 7088 (holotype K, barcode K 000249197; isotypes K, barcode K 000249200).	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5CE209FF7D72B8FCB98CA3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnostic characters: — Meehania triangularis is morphologically similar to M. faberi. However, the new species differs in its leaf shape, indumentum distribution, and floral characteristics, possessing triangular-cordate, non-succulent leaves, a pale purple to nearly white corolla, and relatively small flowers.	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5CE209FF7D72B8FCB98CA3.taxon	description	Description. Perennial herb. Roots numerous, rhizome very short. erect, 12 – 40 cm high, solitary or tufted. Stems pubescent on upper parts and nodes; lower stem sparsely pubescent when young, becoming glabrescent with age. Leaves 3 – 5 pairs per stem, papery, triangular-cordate, 3 – 7 × 1.4 – 5.5 cm, both surfaces sparsely strigose, margin sparsely crenate-dentate with obtuse teeth; petiole 0.5 – 4.5 cm long, adaxial groove densely glandular-pubescent. Inflorescence usually with paired flowers borne in axils of upper 2 – 3 nodes, or arranged in axillary false racemes of approximately 10 flowers; bracts leaf-like, gradually reduced upward or lanceolate; bracteoles paired, small, subulate or lanceolate. Pedicels 2.5 – 4 mm, pubescent. Calyx narrowly tubular, 1 – 1.4 cm long, externally sparsely pubescent, glabrous within; calyx bilabiate, 5 - lobed; upper lip 3 - lobed, lower lip 2 - lobed, upper lip slightly longer than lower; calyx lobes lanceolate, 3 – 5 mm, margin ciliate, apex acuminate. Corolla white with faint purple tinge on limb, 2.4 – 3.7 cm long; externally sparsely pubescent, glabrous within; tube straight, tubular, gradually expanded in upper half; limb bilabiate; upper lip erect, shallowly 2 - lobed; lower lip 3 - lobed, median lobe suboblong, often notched in the middle, lateral lobes oblong, ca. half as long as median lobe. Stamens 4, 4 – 10 mm long, included; The posterior pair of stamens are inserted at the corolla throat, while the anterior pair are inserted midway down the corolla tube; filaments slightly flattened, glabrous; anthers dithecal, becoming confluent at maturity. Ovary 4 - parted, densely short-pubescent. Style slender, included, apex bifid. Disk annular, lobes inconspicuous. Flowering June to July, fruiting July to August.	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5CE209FF7D72B8FCB98CA3.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: Flowering June to July, fruiting July to August.	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5CE209FF7D72B8FCB98CA3.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The Chinese name is proposed as “ sān jiǎo yè lóng tóu cǎo (三 # 叶 ± 头 ặ) ”.	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5CE209FF7D72B8FCB98CA3.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: Meehania triangularis is primarily distributed in broad-leaved forests or thickets in Gansu and Chongqing, at elevations of 1800 – 2700 m. (Fig 5).	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
1160E44AFC5CE209FF7D72B8FCB98CA3.taxon	materials_examined	Additional specimens examined: CHINA. Gansu: Zhouqu County, 2300 m, 28 June 1951, T. P. Wang 14232 (PE 00787146 photo!, WUK 0049498 photo!); Chongqing: Wushan county, 1850 m, 16 June 2025 Z. F. Bai Xue L. Chen & S. R. Yi 20250616005, 20250616006, 20250616007 (NWTC).	en	Bai, Zengfu, Zhou, Houlin, Zhang, Zhihua, Yi, Sirong, Chen, Xuelin, Zhang, Ji (2025): A new species of Meehania (Lamiaceae) from Chongqing, China, and lectotypification of M. faberi. Phytotaxa 726 (3): 201-207, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.726.3.8
