Strobilanthes kerrii Craib, 1912

Kladwong, Pornchai & Chantaranothai, Pranom, 2024, Notes on Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) with capitate inflorescences in Thailand, PhytoKeys 244, pp. 89-126 : 89-126

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/phytokeys.244.124260

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12698681

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/38136B72-8EF6-55CC-A995-80A4576A0684

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scientific name

Strobilanthes kerrii Craib
status

 

15. Strobilanthes kerrii Craib View in CoL , Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912 (6): 267. 1912.

Figs 5 View Figure 5 , 11 A View Figure 11

Goldfussia kerrii (Craib) Bremek. View in CoL , Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2. 41: 231. 1944.

Goldfussia lanuginosa Bremek. View in CoL , Dansk Bot. Ark. 23: 276. 1966. Type: Thailand, Kawng San, 22 Jan 1964, Hansen 10872 (holotype C n. v.; isotypes L [ L 0002856!], U [ U 0000027!]).

Type.

Thailand, Phrae [Phrea], Huai [Hue] Kamin, 18 Feb 1910, Kerr 988 (lectotype K [ K 001514920!] designated here; isolectotypes BM [ BM 000793163!], E [ E 00136697!], K [ K 001514921!, K 001514922!], TCD!).

Distribution.

Endemic to Thailand.

Ecology.

By stream bank in dry evergreen forest and hill evergreen forest; 160–1,800 m alt., flowering and fruiting from September to March.

Selected specimens examined.

Thailand, Northern: Mae Hong Son, Pai, Mueang Sroi Waterfall, 800 m alt., 17 Jan 1983, Koyama et al. 32647 ( K, KYO); Chiang Mai, Doi Chiang Dao WS, 1,500 –1,800 m alt., 27 Oct 1979, Shimizu et al. 20918 ( BKF, L) & 20938 ( BKF, KYO, L); ibid., Kawng San, 1,150 m alt., 22 Jan 1964, Hansen 10872 ( L, U); Nan, Doi Phu Kha NP, 1,510 m alt., 4 Dec 1999, Srisanga 1233 ( BKF, QBG); Lamphun, Li, Mae Ping NP, Ko Luang Waterfall, 500 m alt., 23 Jan 2017, Pooma & Pattharahirantricin 7966 ( BKF); Phrae, Huai Kamin, ca. 300 m alt., 18 Feb 1910, Kerr 988 ( BM, E, K- 3 sheets, TCD); Tak, Mae Sot, Inthanin Cave Temple, 26 Dec 2010, Suksathan et al. 5447 ( L); Sukhothai, Kirimat, Ramkhamhaeng NP, 275 m alt., 27 Jan 1995, Maxwell 95-26 ( BKF, CMUB, L); ibid., Srichatchanalai NP, Tham Thara Wasan, 160 m alt., 17 Nov 2014, Norsaengsri 11509 ( QBG). North-eastern: Loei, Na Haew, Phu Suan Sai NP, 3 Sept 2008, Maknoi 2792 ( BKF, QBG); ibid., Phu Luang WS, 19 Nov 2019, Kladwong et al. 505 & 506 ( KKU).

Preliminary conservation status assessment.

This species has an Extent of Occurrence ( EOO) of 80,801.690 km 2 and an Area of Occupancy ( AOO) of 52.000 km 2 and is assessed as Least Concern ( LC) following IUCN (2022).

Notes.

Strobilanthes kerrii has many characteristics in common with S. capitata and S. speciosa , especially the leaf and bract shapes and inflorescence type. However, it can be distinguished due to the presence of rigid dark red trichomes on stems, petiole and peduncle that are absent in S. capitata and S. speciosa . Strobilanthes kerrii was treated as a synonym of S. speciosa ( Bennett and Scotland 2003), but now we conclude that it should be regarded as species in its own right.

This species was described by Craib (1912) based on Kerr 988 which has five duplicates, three of them were deposited at K [ K 001514920, K 001514921, K 001514922] and each one kept at BM [ BM 000793163], E [ E 00136697] and TCD. All are in good shape, but the sheet K 001514920 has more mature leaves and flowers. Therefore, we select this specimen as the lectotype.

C

University of Copenhagen

L

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch

U

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

BM

Bristol Museum

E

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

TCD

Trinity College

KYO

Kyoto University

WS

Washington State University

BKF

National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department

QBG

Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden

KKU

Herbarium, Department of Biology, Khon Kaen University

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Acanthaceae

Genus

Strobilanthes

Loc

Strobilanthes kerrii Craib

Kladwong, Pornchai & Chantaranothai, Pranom 2024
2024
Loc

Goldfussia lanuginosa

Bremek. 1966: 276
1966
Loc

Goldfussia kerrii (Craib)

Goldfussia kerrii (Craib) Bremek. , Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2. 41: 231. 1944.