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

By

Chen, Jun-Tong
Huang, Xianhan
Lv, Zhenyu
Kuang, Tian-Hui
Luo, Jian
Deng, Yunfei
Deng, Tao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

166

Pages

117--127

Subjects

Mêdog , morphological evidence , new species , Strobilanthes sunhangii

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.166.58831

 

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.