Strobilanthes biocullata (Acanthaceae), a New Species from Hunan, China

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by  Deng Yunfei

Strobilanthes biocullata (Acanthaceae), a New Species from
Hunan, China
Deng Yunfei
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China
Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, People’s Republic of
China, [email protected]
John R. I. Wood
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, 0X1 3RB,
United Kingdom, [email protected]
Administrative Office of Jiemuxi National Natural Reserve, Yuanling Xian, Hunan Province,
419600, People’s Republic of China, [email protected]
Abstract. A new species of Acanthaceae, Strobi¬
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found in Hunan, Guangxi, and Guangdong provinces,
where it grows on rocks along streams. It clearly
belongs to the group of species placed by Bremekamp
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genus of Acanthaceae in China (Hu & Tsui, 2002; gdloarbsraol ussu,r faacpee xw itlho n2g -sawcoulmleinn abtuel getos rmesuecmrobnliantge ,e ytehse;
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ish brown, 1-nerved. Corolla purplish blue, 3.5-4 cm,
Strobilanthes biocullata Y. F. Deng & J. R. I.
Wood, sp. nov. TYPE: China. Hunan: Yuanling retaining the styles, basal tube cylindrical for 6-
Xian, Jiemuxi Natural Reserve, Jiemuxi Cun,
750 m, on rock beside a stream, 12 July 2008, gradually widened to ca. 2 cm at mouth, subequally 5-
Deng Yunfei 20741 (holotype, IBSC; isotypes,
CAS, FHO, MO). Figures 1, 2. Stamens 4, didynamous, included (Fig. ID); filaments
Novon 20: 406-411. Published on 29 November 2010. doi: 10.3417/2009128
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