17. Strobilanthes paniculiformis J. R. I. Wood, Kew Bull. 61: 10. 2006.

Figs 9 A, 11 C

Type.

India, Naga Hills, 1887, Clarke 40945 (holotype K [K 000545689!]; isotype K [K 000545690!]).

Distribution.

India, Myanmar, Thailand.

Ecology.

In hill evergreen forest or open plateau; 1,200 –2,285 m alt., flowering and fruiting from October to December.

Selected specimens examined.

Thailand, Northern: Chiang Mai, Fang, Doi Pha Hom Pok NP, 2,285 m alt., 10 Nov 2012, Chamchumroon 5541 (BKF); Phitsanulok, Phu Hin Rong Kla NP, 1,400 –1,600 m alt., 10 Dec 1990, Larsen et al. 41827 (AAU, P); ibid., 1,200 m alt., 11 Dec 1990, Larsen et al. 41870 (AAU); ibid., 1,300 m alt., 14 Oct 1998, Suksathan 1302 (QBG- 2 sheets); North-eastern: Loei, Phu Kradueng NP, 1,150 –1,250 m alt., 1 Nov 1984, Murata et al. 42539 (BKF, L).

Preliminary conservation status assessment.

This species has an Extent of Occurrence (EOO) of 12,195.648 km 2 and an Area of Occupancy (AOO) of 12.000 km 2 and is assessed as Vulnerable (VU), B 1 a, b (i, ii, iii) following IUCN (2022). This species grows on the open plateau of evergreen mountains and is recorded from only a few collections. The changes of the habitat through increasing droughts and fire might lead to causing decline of S. paniculiformis .

Notes.

Strobilanthes paniculiformis was formerly known from the Naga Hills of Eastern India was also recently recorded in the Kachin State and Sagaing Region of Myanmar (Wood et al. 2022) but is now seen to have a wider distribution stretching into the Northern and North-Eastern floristic regions of Thailand.