Open AccessNotes on Strobilanthes cuspidata with reinstatement of Endopogon versicolor (Acanthaceae)
Author(s) -
Sinjumol Thomas,
Bince Mani,
S. John Britto,
Yunfei Deng,
A. K. Pradeep,
Ettickal Sukumaran Santhosh Kumar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
plant science today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2348-1900
DOI - 10.14719/pst.2020.7.1.627
Subject(s) - indumentum , acanthaceae , botany , pollen , biology , bract , taxonomy (biology) , inflorescence
Endopogon versicolor Wight, previously treated as a synonym of Strobilanthes cuspidata (Benth.) T. Anderson, is reinstated as a distinct species and a new name S. benthamii B. Mani, Sinj. Thomas, Britto, A.K. Pradeep, Y.F. Deng & E.S.S. Kumar is necessarily proposed here. It differs from S. cuspidata by the stem and leaf indumentum, bract/calyx length ratio, corolla shape, pollen morphology, etc. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, pollen morphology and comparison with similar species are provided.