Phlogacanthus yangtsekiangensis (H. Lév.) C. Xia & Y. F. Deng 2013

Xia, Chun & Deng, Yunfei, 2013, Phlogacanthus yangtsekiangensis, a new combination in Chinese Acanthaceae, Phytotaxa 104 (1), pp. 58-60 : 58-59

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.104.1.9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4776610
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6A1AEA0E-B111-5B7F-FF0F-C267FDCFE8FD
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Phlogacanthus yangtsekiangensis (H. Lév.) C. Xia & Y. F. Deng
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Phlogacanthus yangtsekiangensis (H. Lév.) C. Xia & Y. F. Deng View in CoL , comb. nov.

Basionym: Strobilanthes yangtsekiangensis Léveillé (1915: 7) View in CoL .⎯ Cystacanthus yangtsekiangensis (H. Lév.) Rehder (1935: 315) View in CoL . Type:⎯ CHINA. Yunnan: Dêqên Xian, Rives du fleuve Bleu à Ta-Tchai, 400–450 m, May–June 1912, E. E. Maire s.n. (holotype E!)

Cystacanthus affinis Smith (1916: 103) View in CoL , syn. nov. Type: ⎯ CHINA. Yunnan: Lijiang Shi, Fengkow Valley , Lat. 27°40’N ”, 8000 ft., June 1914, G. Forrest 12493 (holotype E!; isotype A!, K!) .

Cystacanthus yunnanensis Smith (1916: 104) View in CoL , syn. nov. Type:⎯ CHINA. Yunnan: Dengchuan Xian, Tengchwan Valley , Lat. 26°5’N, 7000 ft, May 1913, G. Forrest 10007 (holotype E!) .

Distribution:— Phlogacanthus yangtsekiangensis is endemic to China and occurs in Sichuan and Yunnan.

Ecology:—This species grows in thickets in the valley at the elevation of 400–2200 m.

Conservation status:— Phlogacanthus yangtsekiangensis was collected from more than thirty localities and has a large area of occurrence in Jinsha Jiang Valley in N Yunnan and SW Sichuan Provinces which cover more than 20000 km 2. It is thus considered to be of Least Concern (LC) according to the IUCN (2001, 2011) Red List criteria and categories.