taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D40F64FFD0A611FF06FA14F8C400B5.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — SRI LANKA, Sabaragamuwa Province, Ratnapura District, Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve, Medahinna, E 166892, N 179540, 1430 m, 29 June 2020, Nilanthi 149 (holotype PDA!).	en	Nilanthi, Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Renuka, Samarakoon, Hiruna, Jayawardana, Nuwan, Wijesundara, Siril, Bandaranayake, Pradeepa Chandani Gunathilake (2021): Strobilanthes medahinnensis (Acanthaceae) a new species, based on morphological and molecular data, from the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka. Phytotaxa 514 (1): 26-38, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2
03D40F64FFD0A611FF06FA14F8C400B5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — The new species is similar to Strobilanthes anceps, but differs by shrubs with less branched (not much branched), rounded stem (not quandrangular), leaves with acuminate apex (not long acuminate or caudate), elongated spikes (not short spikes), lanceolate outermost bracts (not ovate), outermost bract with long acuminate apex (not acute), outermost bract with long purplish-brown stalk (not short green stalk), inner bracr with purplish-brown outer surface (not green outer surface), androecium with glabrous filaments (not pubescent filaments), dark brown anther thecae (not white anther thecae), glabrous style (not hairy style), glabrous ovary (not hairy ovary).	en	Nilanthi, Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Renuka, Samarakoon, Hiruna, Jayawardana, Nuwan, Wijesundara, Siril, Bandaranayake, Pradeepa Chandani Gunathilake (2021): Strobilanthes medahinnensis (Acanthaceae) a new species, based on morphological and molecular data, from the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka. Phytotaxa 514 (1): 26-38, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2
03D40F64FFD0A611FF06FA14F8C400B5.taxon	description	Description: — Shrub, 1.0 – 1.5 m high. Stem erect, rounded, swollen just above the nodes, brownish green below, purplish-brown above, villous, internodes 2.5 – 5.0 cm long. Leaves opposite, slightly unequal; petiole 4.0 – 6.0 cm long, villous, blades ovate, 3.0 – 12.0 × 1.5 – 2.0 cm, base rounded, margin ciliate, apex acuminate, indumentum granular adaxially, abaxial less pubescent, midvein densely villous, few yellow gland dots present abaxially, lateral nerves 5 - 8 pairs, prominent on both surfaces, raised beneath. Inflorescence bifurcate or trifurcate in axillary and terminal pedunculate spikes, 3.5 – 6.5 cm long, 1 cm wide, peduncle purplish-brown. Outermost bracts lanceolate, 2.0 – 3.0 × 0.6 – 0.8 cm, base cuneate, margin ciliate, apex acuminate, 4.5 – 5.8 mm long stalked, midrib prominent; Inner bracts obovate, 1.2 – 1.5 × 0.4 – 0.6 cm, outer surface purplish-brown, recurved, gland-dotted dorsally, ciliate on the margins; bractioles linear-oblong, narrowly acute 6.0 – 0.9 mm long, ciliate, narrowly acute at apex, slightly shorter than the calyx, outer surface purplish-brown. Calyx 6 - 9 mm long, 5 - lobed to the base, the lobes equal, linear-lanceolate, ciliate on margins, acute at apex, outer surface purplish-brown. Corolla 2.1 – 2.4 cm long, pale pinkish white, dark purple lines on inner surface of corollainner side pubescent, corolla gradually expanded from the base, lobes ovate, ca. 2.5 mm long, ca. 4 mm wide, apex obtuse. Stamens 4, included, didynamous, basally attached to corolla tube, filaments of shorter pair 8.0 – 8.5 mm long, longer pair 12.0 – 12.5 mm long, anthers dark brown. Ovary ovate-oblong, 2 mm long, glabrous; style slender; stigma simple. Capsule unseen.	en	Nilanthi, Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Renuka, Samarakoon, Hiruna, Jayawardana, Nuwan, Wijesundara, Siril, Bandaranayake, Pradeepa Chandani Gunathilake (2021): Strobilanthes medahinnensis (Acanthaceae) a new species, based on morphological and molecular data, from the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka. Phytotaxa 514 (1): 26-38, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2
03D40F64FFD0A611FF06FA14F8C400B5.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet “ medahinnensis ” refers to the type locality.	en	Nilanthi, Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Renuka, Samarakoon, Hiruna, Jayawardana, Nuwan, Wijesundara, Siril, Bandaranayake, Pradeepa Chandani Gunathilake (2021): Strobilanthes medahinnensis (Acanthaceae) a new species, based on morphological and molecular data, from the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka. Phytotaxa 514 (1): 26-38, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2
03D40F64FFD0A611FF06FA14F8C400B5.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — It was in flowering from June to August.	en	Nilanthi, Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Renuka, Samarakoon, Hiruna, Jayawardana, Nuwan, Wijesundara, Siril, Bandaranayake, Pradeepa Chandani Gunathilake (2021): Strobilanthes medahinnensis (Acanthaceae) a new species, based on morphological and molecular data, from the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka. Phytotaxa 514 (1): 26-38, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2
03D40F64FFD0A611FF06FA14F8C400B5.taxon	distribution	Habitat and Distribution: — This species inhabits at Medahinna growing in the shade and along the nature trail of Erathna in an evergreen rain forest at an elevation of 1400 – 1500 m in a wet zone. This area belongs to the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve where many endemic species of flowering plants were recorded, and it is legally administered by the Department of Wildlife Conservation. The allied species S. anceps, which has a wide distribution in Sri Lanka, is also mostly found in montane forests at around 1450 – 2300 m altitudes.	en	Nilanthi, Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Renuka, Samarakoon, Hiruna, Jayawardana, Nuwan, Wijesundara, Siril, Bandaranayake, Pradeepa Chandani Gunathilake (2021): Strobilanthes medahinnensis (Acanthaceae) a new species, based on morphological and molecular data, from the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka. Phytotaxa 514 (1): 26-38, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2
03D40F64FFD0A611FF06FA14F8C400B5.taxon	conservation	Conservation status: — The new species was only discovered at Medahinna from the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve in Sri Lanka. About 50 individuals were observed and the extent of occurrence was ca. 1 km 2. Further explorations to obtain the precise population status are needed to assess its conservation status. Based on available data, the new species is assigned to the category ‘ Data Deficient’ (DD) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN, 2019).	en	Nilanthi, Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Renuka, Samarakoon, Hiruna, Jayawardana, Nuwan, Wijesundara, Siril, Bandaranayake, Pradeepa Chandani Gunathilake (2021): Strobilanthes medahinnensis (Acanthaceae) a new species, based on morphological and molecular data, from the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka. Phytotaxa 514 (1): 26-38, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2
03D40F64FFDDA611FF33FC76FA1E0699.taxon	materials_examined	SRI LANKA. Matale District: Sudagalle Kande, Sep 1893, Trimens, 00011051 (PDA). Kandy District: Rangala, Apr 1886, Trimens, 00011051 (PDA); Ratnapura District: Adam’s Peak, 17 Oct 1927, Alston 940, 00011054 (PDA); 1700 m, 21 Sep 1969, Van Beusekom 1554 (PDA); 2 Oct 1969, Reitz 30012 (PDA); Eknaligoda, Sep 1855, Thwaites C. P. 2000, 00011050 (PDA); Sinharaja forest, Sep 1891, White, 00011049 (PDA); Handepan Ella, 1200 feet, 5 Jul 1975, Waas 1402 (PDA); Medahinna, E 166892, N 179540, 1430 m, 29 June 2020, Nilanthi 149 (PDA). Nuwara Eliyadistrict: Horton Plains, Nov 1893, Nock, 00011053 (PDA); 2300 m, 3 Dec 1970, Theobald & Krahulik 2741 (PDA); 2400 m, 20 Oct 1993, Cramer 6864 (PDA); Jungle above Hakgala, 4 Apr 1906, A. M. S., 00011047 (PDA); 5 Oct 1906, J. C. Willis 00011052 (PDA); 1700 m, 21 Sep 1969, Coll. CoF & R J Van Beusekon 1554, (PDA); Pundaluoya to NuwaraEliya, 1600 m, 26 Dec 1970, Theobald & Krahulik 2819 (PDA); Godamaditta, Kotmale, 1300 m, 27 Oct 1972, Jayasuriya 968 (PDA); Ramboda, 2000 m, Nov. 1978, Horton Plains, 20 Oct 1993, L. Cramer 6864 (PDA); Kostermans 27096 (PDA); Kikiliyamana, 1530 m, 29 Oct 1994, Jayasuriya 8397 (PDA); Mipilimana, 1845 m, 16 Oct 1994, A. H. M. Jayasooriya 8435 (PDA); Hambantota District: Ussangoda near Ambalantota, 29 Oct 1993, Clayton & Jayasekara, 6100 (PDA).	en	Nilanthi, Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Renuka, Samarakoon, Hiruna, Jayawardana, Nuwan, Wijesundara, Siril, Bandaranayake, Pradeepa Chandani Gunathilake (2021): Strobilanthes medahinnensis (Acanthaceae) a new species, based on morphological and molecular data, from the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka. Phytotaxa 514 (1): 26-38, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.514.1.2
