1. Strobilanthes sunhangii (Acanthaceae), a new species from Tibet, China
- Author
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Tian-Hui Kuang, Zhen-Yu Lv, Tao Deng, Xian-Han Huang, Jian Luo, Jun-Tong Chen, and Yunfei Deng
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morphological evidence ,Asia ,Plant Science ,Strobilanthes ,Calyx ,Magnoliopsida ,lcsh:Botany ,Acanthaceae ,Botany ,Strobilanthes sunhangii ,Plantae ,China ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,new species ,Mêdog ,Mêdog morphological evidence new species Strobilanthes sunhangii ,biology ,Cenozoic ,biology.organism_classification ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Lamiales ,Tracheophyta ,Research Article - Abstract
A new species of Acanthaceae, Strobilanthes sunhangii, is described from Mêdog County, Tibet, China. Morphologically, the new species is closely similar to S. medogensis and S. divaricata, but S. sunhangii differs in having glabrous stems, longer spikes, glabrous rachis, double curved corolla and glabrous calyx, different stamens and style.
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- 2020