19. Strobilanthes phyllocephala J. R. I. Wood & Scotland, Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 62 (1): 31. 2017.

Fig. 11 C

Type.

Thailand: Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan NP, 6 Aug 1995, Larsen et al. 45466 (holotype K [K 000224872!]; isotype AAU!).

Distribution.

Endemic to Thailand.

Ecology.

Near stream in evergreen forest or bamboo forest; 10–1,000 m alt., flowering and fruiting from November to March.

Selected specimens examined.

Thailand, South-western: Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan NP, 400–600 m alt., 6 Aug 1995, Larsen et al. 45466 (AAU, K); ibid., 840 m alt., 24 Oct 2013, Tagane et al. 2132 (BKF).

Preliminary conservation status assessment.

This species is only known from its type locality and is assessed as Data Deficient (DD) following IUCN (2022). More field work needed to assess the conservation status of S. phyllocephala .

Notes.

Strobilanthes phyllocephala resembles S. falconeri . It differs in having the ovate or ovate-elliptic leaves vs. elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate leaves in S. falconeri . The apex of bracteoles of S. phyllocephala is obtuse vs. acute in S. falconeri .