identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
038FAB63FFD8FFC9FF72FEF0023AFED5.text	038FAB63FFD8FFC9FF72FEF0023AFED5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Dicliptera leonotis C. B. Clarke	<div><p>Dicliptera leonotis Dalzell ex C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4(12): 553. 1885. Fig. 1</p><p>Perennial herbs. Stems 1–1.5 m tall, branched, 5–6-angular, hairy. Leaves decussate; petioles 0.5–1.5 cm long; lamina membranous, 3–12 × 1–4.5 cm, lanceolate-elliptic to ovate, margins undulate, obtuse to acuminate at apex, attenuate at base, raphids irregularly arranged on both surfaces. Cymes umbellate, axillary or terminal, sessile to sub-sessile cluster. Flowers sessile, 1 to few in same bract; bracts 2, unequal to sub-equal, 9–12 × 2–3 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, cuspidate, attenuate at base, glandular pubescent, 3-nerved; bracteoles 1–2, 6.5–7 × 0.5–0.6 mm, linear, apex acute to obtuse, glandular pubescent. Sepals 5, fused at base, 5–6 × 0.5–0.6 mm, linear elliptic to linear ovate, obtuse at apex, glandular hairy. Corolla c. 1.5 cm long, bilabiate, hairy outside, dark pink; lips 6–7 mm long, oval to elliptic; upper lip 3-lobed, lower entire, orbicular. Stamens 2; filaments hairy, 6–8 mm long, pink; anthers two with unequal lobes, c. 2 mm long, dehisce through upper slits. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long; style slender, c. 12 mm long; stigma bifid. Capsules ovoid, 5.5–6 × 3–3.5 mm, mucronate at apex, glandular hairy, 4-seeded. Seeds orbicular, compressed, 2–2.5 × 2–2.5 mm, with black tubercles, glaucous.</p><p>Flowering &amp; fruiting: November–February.</p><p>Habitat: Grows under forest shade at 1000m 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.</p><p>Distribution: Known only from the type locality.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Maharashtra, Nashik district, Tryambakeshwar, Anjaneri, 30.12.2017, S. S . Kambale &amp; S. G . Auti 478 (BSI!, CAL!); ibid., 14.01.2018, K. V. C . Gosavi, S. S . Kambale &amp; S. G . Auti 479 (BSI!, CAL!) .</p><p>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).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038FAB63FFD8FFC9FF72FEF0023AFED5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Gosavi, Kumar Vinod Chhotupuri;Auti, Sanjay Gajanan;Rana, Karan;Abstract, S. S. Kambale	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
