Strobilanthes sunhangii (Acanthaceae), a new species from Tibet, China

Authors :: Tian-Hui Kuang
Zhen-Yu Lv
Tao Deng
Xian-Han Huang
Jian Luo
Jun-Tong Chen
Yunfei Deng
Source :: PhytoKeys, PhytoKeys 166: 117-127, PhytoKeys, Vol 166, Iss, Pp 117-127 (2020)
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Pensoft Publishers, 2020.
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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