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Rediscovery of Strobilanthes pothigaiensis (Acanthaceae) in the Agasthyamalai Hills (Southern Western Ghats, India) After 50 Years

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT Strobilanthes pothigaiensis was originally described by Gopalan and Chithra in 2008, but they based the new proposed species on collections made by J. Joseph from Agasthyamalai in 1973. Since then, the species has never been recorded. As part of the ongoing studies on Strobilanthes , we rediscovered this elusive taxon in Agasthyamalai after 50 years. Morphologically, S. pothigaiensis is similar to S. kunthiana from which it differs in having a cylindrical stem with close nodes (vs. quadrangular stem with distant nodes in S. kunthiana ), ovate lamina with an entire margin (vs. elliptic to obovate lamina with serrate margin in S. kunthiana ), narrow spikes (vs. broad spikes in S. kunthiana ), and a glabrous ovary apex (vs. pubescent ovary apex in S. kunthiana ).

Source: Feddes Repertorium

DOI: 10.1002/fedr.70039

Authors: Sinjumol Thomas, A. K. Pradeep, Bince Mani

Language: English

Topic: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: University of Scranton, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India

OpenAlex ID: W4415839140

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