taxonID	type	description	language	source
038FAB63FFD8FFC9FF72FEF0023AFED5.taxon	description	Flowering & fruiting: November – February. Habitat: Grows under forest shade at 1000 m elevation along with Achyranthes coynei Santapau, Carissa carandas L., Elaeagnus conferta Roxb., Olea dioica Roxb., Oplismenus compositus (L.) P. Beauv., Solanum anguivi Lam. and Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels. Distribution: Known only from the type locality. Specimens examined: INDIA, Maharashtra, Nashik district, Tryambakeshwar, Anjaneri, 30.12.2017, S. S. Kambale & S. G. Auti 478 (BSI!, CAL!); ibid., 14.01.2018, K. V. C. Gosavi, S. S. Kambale & S. G. Auti 479 (BSI!, CAL!). Notes: Dicliptera leonotis resembles D. burmanni in having whorled spikes but differs in having acuminate, glandular bracts (vs mucronate, glabrous bracts). While from D. ciliata it differs in lacking cleistogamous flowers. D. leonotis differs from D. clinopodia in having pink flowers (vs purple flowers) and eglandular filaments (vs glandular filaments). D. micranthes has small white flowers and pubescent mucronate bracts (vs large pink flowers and glandular hairy bracts in D. leonotis).	en	Gosavi, Kumar Vinod Chhotupuri, Auti, Sanjay Gajanan, Rana, Karan, Abstract, S. S. Kambale (2019): Rediscovery of Dicliptera leonotis (Acanthaceae) from Maharashtra, India. Rheedea 29 (2): 186-189, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2019.29.2.06, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2019.29.2.06
