Tuesday, April 21, 2026

[Botany • 2023] Strobilanthes spathulatibracteata (Acanthaceae) • A New Species from northern Vietnam

 

Strobilanthes spathulatibracteata D.V. Hai, Z.L. Lin & Y.F. Deng, 

in Hai, Thuy, Lin et Deng, 2023.

Abstract
Strobilanthes spathulatibracteata is described as a new species from northern Vietnam. Morphologically, it resembles S. tonkinensis, but differs in its perennial undershrub habit, hirsute young stem, fragrant stem and blades, spathulate bracts and bracteoles with gland-tipped hirsute indumentum, 2-lipped calyx, 35–45 mm long corolla being puberulent outside and hirsute inside, and apically pubescent fruits. Photographs, illustrations, information on its habitat, ecology, pollen morphology and a preliminary conservation assessment are provided.

Flora of Asia, new combinations, new status, reinstatement, synonymy 


Strobilanthes spathulatibracteata D.V. Hai, Z.L. Lin & Y.F. Deng


DO VAN HAI, NGUYEN THU THUY, ZHELI LIN and YUNFEI DENG. 2023. Strobilanthes spathulatibracteata, A New Species of Acanthaceae from northern Vietnam. Phytotaxa. 597(2); 184-192. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.597.2.8 [12 May 2023]
https://vast.gov.vn/web/vietnam-academy-of-science-and-technology/tin-chi-tiet/-/chi-tiet/discovering-and-recording-a-number-of-new-species-for-science-in-kim-hy-nature-reserve-bac-kan-province-119914-871.html