Strobilanthes anceps, Nees (1837: 312), Nees, 1837

Nilanthi, Rajapakse Mudiyanselage Renuka, Samarakoon, Hiruna, Jayawardana, Nuwan, Wijesundara, Siril & Bandaranayake, Pradeepa Chandani Gunathilake, 2021, Strobilanthes medahinnensis (Acanthaceae) a new species, based on morphological and molecular data, from the Peak Wilderness Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka, Phytotaxa 514 (1), pp. 26-38 : 36

Specimens of S. anceps examined:—

SRI LANKA. Matale District: Sudagalle Kande , Sep 1893, Trimens, 00011051 ( PDA). Kandy District: Rangala , Apr 1886, Trimens, 00011051 ( PDA) ; Ratnapura District: Adam’s Peak , 17 Oct 1927, Alston 940, 00011054 ( PDA) ; 1700m, 21 Sep 1969, Van Beusekom 1554 ( PDA) ; 2 Oct 1969, Reitz 30012 ( PDA) ; Eknaligoda, Sep 1855, Thwaites C.P. 2000, 00011050 ( PDA) ; Sinharaja forest, Sep 1891, White, 00011049 ( PDA) ; Handepan Ella, 1200 feet, 5 Jul 1975, Waas 1402 ( PDA) ; Medahinna, E 166892, N 179540, 1430 m, 29 June 2020, Nilanthi 149 ( PDA) . Nuwara Eliyadistrict: Horton Plains , Nov 1893, Nock, 00011053 ( PDA) ; 2300 m, 3 Dec 1970, Theobald & Krahulik 2741 ( PDA) ; 2400m, 20 Oct 1993, Cramer 6864 ( PDA) ; Jungle above Hakgala , 4 Apr 1906, A.M.S., 00011047 ( PDA) ; 5 Oct 1906, J.C. Willis 00011052 ( PDA) ; 1700m, 21 Sep 1969, Coll. CoF & R J Van Beusekon 1554 , ( PDA) ; Pundaluoya to NuwaraEliya , 1600m, 26 Dec 1970, Theobald & Krahulik 2819 ( PDA) ; Godamaditta, Kotmale , 1300 m, 27 Oct 1972, Jayasuriya 968 ( PDA) ; Ramboda, 2000 m, Nov.1978, Horton Plains , 20 Oct 1993, L. Cramer 6864 ( PDA) ; Kostermans 27096 ( PDA) ; Kikiliyamana , 1530 m, 29 Oct 1994, Jayasuriya 8397 ( PDA) ; Mipilimana , 1845 m, 16 Oct 1994, A. H. M. Jayasooriya 8435 ( PDA) ; Hambantota District: Ussangoda near Ambalantota , 29 Oct 1993, Clayton & Jayasekara, 6100 ( PDA) .