Taxonomic revision of Clinacanthus (Acanthaceae) in Thailand

BHANUBONG BONGCHEEWIN; IAIN DARBYSHIRE; VEENA SATITPATIPAN; PANIDA KONGSAWADWORAKUL

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.391.4.2

Issue: Vol. 391 No. 4: 8 February 2019

Type: Article

Published: 2019-02-08

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.391.4.2

Page range: 253–263

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**Taxonomic revision of Clinacanthus (Acanthaceae) in Thailand**

BHANUBONG BONGCHEEWIN⁺⁻
IAIN DARBYSHIRE⁺⁻
VEENA SATITPATIPAN⁺⁻
PANIDA KONGSAWADWORAKUL⁺⁻

Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, United Kingdom

Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

Burman herbarium nomenclature Nicolaas Burman taxonomy medicinal Eudicots

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Abstract

The taxonomy of Clinacanthus in Thailand is revised. Nomenclature, descriptions and a key to the species are provided. Clinacanthus nutans is lectotypified. Clinacanthus burmanni var. robinsoni from Vietnam is found to be distinct from both C. nutans and C. siamensis and is elevated to species status.