taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B1D82BFF8EC957FF1CF9C9FA97FD6F.taxon	description	Received: 28.01.2019; Revised & Accepted: 03.06.2019 Published Online: 30.06.2019 Type: INDIA, Kerala, Kollam district, near Kulathupuzha Range Office, 100 m, 18.04.2017, Dhruvan T. 85005 (holo TBGT!; iso CALI!, MH!). Procumbent or subscandent herbs, trailing at the base and rooting at the lower nodes, 30 − 60 cm long; stem branched, quadrangular, puberulent; internodes 2.5 − 12 cm long; nodes jointed, swollen, 0.2 − 0.5 cm across. Leaves opposite, decussate; petioles 0.2 − 6.5 cm long, adpressedpuberulent; lamina mostly ovate-lanceolate, rarely ovate, 2 − 9 × 2.3 − 4.4 cm, long-attenuate or rarely obtuse to sub-cordate at base, acuminate to subacute at apex, margins entire, adpressedpuberulent above, puberulent on veins beneath, green, young leaves sometimes with dark purple tinge; lateral veins (5) − 7 − (8) pairs. Racemes terminal and axillary, 1 - sided, spike-like, 12 – 25 cm long, 6 − 12 - flowered, lax; bracts lanceolate, 0.2 cm long, acute to acuminate at apex, violet-purple, ciliate along margins, persistent; bracteoles similar to bracts, 0.15 cm long. Flowers 1.8 − 2 cm across, white, with a violet-purple blotch in the middle lobe of lower lip; pedicels 0.08 − 0.1 cm long, densely puberulent. Calyx tube 0.1 cm long, 5 - lobed; sepals 5, linear-lanceolate, 0.3 − 0.35 cm long, puberulent on the back. Corolla limb sub-orbicular, 1.8 − 2 cm across; tube funnelshaped, pilose inside below the insertion of the stamens, lower narrow portion 0.5 − 0.55 cm long, c. 0.25 cm wide, glabrous outside, the upper ventricose portion 0.7 − 0.8 cm long, 0.7 − 0.8 cm broad at the mouth, pubescent outside; lobes 5, almost rounded, 0.5 − 0.6 cm in expanse. Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted at 0.5 cm above the base of corolla tube, included; filaments of the shorter stamens 0.4 − 0.5 cm long, longer ones 0.7 − 0.8 cm long, connate at the base in pairs, glabrous except for few glandular hairs at the base; anthers oblong, c. 0.16 cm long, muticous, spurred, white with a vertical violet-black band on the sides. Ovary oblong-lanceolate, 0.16 − 0.18 cm long, densely pubescent, basally surrounded by fleshy, dull white, nectariferous disc, 2 - celled; ovules 2 in each cell; style linear, 0.8 − 1 cm long, white, basally hispid; stigma shortly 2 - fid, smooth. Capsules clavate, 2.3 − 2.5 × 0.3 − 0.35 cm, densely puberulent, opening widely in a reflexed curve. Seeds 3 or 4, suborbicular, compressed, c. 0.3 cm across, subtuberculate, rugose, angular with double dentate margins; margins slightly thickened, lobes slightly defined. Flowering & fruiting: Throughout the year. Habitat: Occasionally found in shady places in moist deciduous forests, in loamy-lateritic soils, at an elevation of about 100 m. Distribution: Hitherto known only from the type locality. Specimens examined: INDIA, Kerala, Kollam district, Kalladakarikakam, near Madathra, 100 m, 12.09.2017, Dhruvan T 85019 (TBGT!); Attupuram, near Kadakkal, 90 m, 22.10.2018, Dhruvan T 85027 (TBGT!). Etymology: The epithet ‘ Krishnae’ refers to its violet-black coloured band on the sides of anthers.	en	Tandyekkal, Dhruvan, A. G., Pandurangan, Abstract, N. Mohanan, Ghats, Western, Keywords, Kerala. (2019): Asystasia gangetica var. krishnae (Acanthaceae): A new variety from Kerala, India. Rheedea 29 (2): 174-177, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2019.29.2.02, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2019.29.2.02
