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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-03-25
Page range: 119–120
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Note on Strobilanthes sanjappae (Acanthaceae)

Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Karimankode P.O., Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala-695562, India.
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Karimankode P.O., Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala-695562, India.
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Karimankode P.O., Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala-695562, India.
Acanthaceae Strobilanthes South Andamans Eudicots

Abstract

The plieteial genus Strobilanthes Blume (1826: 781) is the second largest genus in the family Acanthaceae. It consists of about 465 species widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of South and South East Asia (Mabberley 2017; Jomy 2018). About 150 species have been reported from India, of these 62 are reported from South India (Carine & Scotland 2002, Venu 2006).