Strobilanthes mastersii T. Anderson (1867: 481)

Albertson, Winston D. & Wood, Hn. R. I., 2012, Forgotten types of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) in The Central National Herbarium, Kolkata, India, Phytotaxa 43, pp. 49-60 : 54

Strobilanthes mastersii T. Anderson (1867: 481) . Lectotype (designated here): INDIA. “ignota” [probably

Arunachal Pradesh], Simons s.n. (CAL0000019672!). Figure 4A .

Strobilanthes scoriarum W.W. Smith (1918: 199) . Holotype: CHINA. Yunnan, G. Forrest 8862 (E!).

Goldfussia scoriarum (W.W. Smith) Bremekamp (1944: 234) .

Strobilanthes schweliensis W.W. Smith (1920: 224) . Holotype: CHINA. Yunnan, G. Forrest 16107 (E!).

Diflugossa schweliensis (W.W. Smith) Hossain (1973: 406) .

Strobilanthes aborensis Dunn (1920: 208) . Holotype: INDIA. Arunachal Pradesh, I. H. Burkill 35757 (K!, isotype CAL!).

Anderson cited collections by Masters and Simons as types of Strobilanthes mastersii, At CAL there are three syntypes, all annotated by Anderson, two collected by Masters and one by Simons. This last is the best collection and the only one with well-developed leaves and so is here selected as the lectotype.

Strobilanthes mastersii is most abundant in China being well-known from SE Tibet (Xixang) and Yunnan ( Hu et al, 2011) but the earliest collections are from India. Although no precise localities for this species are known from India, it is most likely to occur in Arunachal Pradesh near the border with Tibet.

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FIGURE 4 A. Lectotype of Strobilanthes mastersii T. Anderson. B. Lectotype of Strobilanthes haplanthoides T. Anderson.