A new species of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) from the Western Ghats, India

Sinjumol THOMAS ； Bince MANI ； Susai John BRITTO ； Annavi veettil Krishna Pillai PRADEEP

《TAIWANIA》 65卷2期 (2020/06) Pp. 167-171

https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2020.65.167

摘要

Strobilanthes scopulicola, a new species from the collections of the high altitude montane grasslands of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in Western Ghats of India is described and illustrated. Photographs, details of phenology, distribution, pollen morphology and similarity with related species were also provided.

關鍵字

Acanthaceae ； India ； pollen ； Strobilanthes lanata ； S. lawsonii ； taxonomy ； Wayanad ； Western Ghats

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