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03AFF0348873FFF5053AFF7AFCF3F970.text	03AFF0348873FFF5053AFF7AFCF3F970.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepidagathis diffusa C. B. Clarke	<div><p>Lepidagathis diffusa C.B.Clarke versus Lepidagathis decumbens Dhatchan. &amp; Soosairaj</p><p>Lepidagathis diffusa was described by Clarke (1885) based on the collections of Robert Wight from the Deccan Peninsula (K [K000950052]) and R.H.Beddome from Bellary in Karnataka (K [K000950051], BM [BM013860273]). It was compared with L. cristata Willd., the type of Lepidagathis . The specific epithet diffusa was taken from Barleria diffusa Wight, which was a name annotated on the Wight specimen at Kew.It is endemic to India, occurring in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu (Dhatchanamoorthy et al., 2017; Susmitha et al., 2023) and its geographical distribution is given in Fig. 4.</p><p>Dhatchanamoorthy et al. (2017) reported that L. diffusa was rediscovered after a lapse of 142 years from Palacode in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu. A thorough consultation of herbarium specimens in various herbaria during the present study shows that the species was collected regularly by many workers in the past after its type collection, although all these specimens were misidentified as either L. cristata or L. trinervis Nees.</p><p>Recently, Dhatchanamoorthy et al. (2022) described a new species, L. decumbens Dhatchan. &amp; Soosairaj, based on specimens collected from a single locality in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu, and distinguished it from L. diffusa . The results of our study suggest that the differentiating diagnostic characters between L. decumbens and L. diffusa listed by the authors either overlap with those of L. diffusa or erroneous observations. Thus, L. decumbens is reduced here to the synonymy of the widespread endemic species, L. diffusa . A comparison of diagnostic characters with critical notes based on our present observations are given in Table 1. In a recently published synopsis of Indian Lepidagathis, Brahmadande and Nandikar (2023) recognised L. decumbens as a distinct species, but we do not follow this conclusion here as outlined above.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AFF0348873FFF5053AFF7AFCF3F970	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	G., Gnanasekaran;A. F. J., King;M. N., Mitta;Abstract, W. Arisdason;Willd., Lepidagathis	G., Gnanasekaran, A. F. J., King, M. N., Mitta, Abstract, W. Arisdason, Willd., Lepidagathis (2023): Two new heterotypic synonyms in Lepidagathis (Acanthaceae: Barlerieae) from India. Rheedea 33 (4): 359-375, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.04.07, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.04.07
03AFF0348873FFF2053AF928FB2AF87F.text	03AFF0348873FFF2053AF928FB2AF87F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepidagathis diffusa C. B. Clarke	<div><p>Lepidagathis diffusa C.B.Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 518. 1885. Lectotype (designated by Dhatchanamoorthy et al., 2017): INDIA, Deccan Peninsula, R. Wight s.n. (K [K000950052, digital image!]).</p><p>Lepidagathis decumbens Dhatchan. &amp; Soosairaj, Adansonia, sér. 3, 44(24): 322. 2022, syn. nov. Type: INDIA, Tamil Nadu, Dharmapuri district, Thippampatti village, c. 358 m, 25.10.2013, N. Dhatchanamoorthy 1295 (holo HIFP; iso RHT) .</p><p>Barleria diffusa Wight ex C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 518. 1885, pro syn. FiGS. 1–4</p><p>Prostrate to decumbent perennial herbs with woody rootstock; stems 30–45 cm long, greenish when young, ash-coloured when old, 4-angled, tomentose to hirsute when young terete, glabrous when old; internodal distance 0.8–2.5cm.Leaves sessile,opposite-decussate, linear, oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate to obovate, 1–5 × 0.2–0.7 cm, base cuneate or obtuse, margins entire or minutely serrulate, apex acute with a mucronulate to spinous process, sparsely scabrous throughout; lateral veins 3–5 pairs; leaves at the base of inflorescence linear-oblong, 15–18.5 × 1.7–2 mm, stiff and grooved, sericeous towards base. Inflorescence a spike, 1–4 cm long, arising from the lower nodes and less frequent from the axils of leaves on branches; basal spikes often dried or charred (to 4 cm long) with fresh annual spikes 1–3 cm long. Bracts: sterile bract 1 per node, lanceolate–ovate, 8–12 × 2.5–3.2 mm, apex caudate to acuminate with a spinose process, densely tomentose intermixed with sericeous throughout, basal sterile bracts scale-like, 1–2 pairs at the base of each spike; fertile bracts 1 per flower, lanceolate to lance-ovate to oblong, or elliptic, 8.8–13.2 × 2.4–3.5 mm, otherwise as sterile bracts. Bracteoles 2 per flower, dimorphic, lanceolate to lance-ovate or elliptic, 8.6–11.5 × 1.4– 2.8 mm, otherwise as bracts. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes heteromorphic, apex caudate to acuminate with a spinose process, densely tomentose intermixed with sericeous hairs throughout; anticous lobes 2, equal, elliptic to lance-ovate, 8.5–12 × 3–4 mm, connate at base (more than half of their total length, i. e., 4.4–7.3 mm long); posticous lobe lance-ovate to narrowly elliptic, 9–12.8 × 2.8–3.6 mm; lateral lobes 2, linear, 8.4–11.6 × 0.8–1.5 mm. Corolla 12–14 mm long, pinkish-white with many purplish-brown markings on throat and limb inside and yellow patches on palate; tube 7.3–8 mm long, cylindrical below for 3.7–4 mm, abruptly expanded above for 3.6–4 mm, retrorsely hirsute outside; upper lip arcuate, 2.3–2.5 × 4.3–5 mm, margins entire, minutely 2-lobed (0.2–0.4 mm long) at apex, each lobe 3-veined; lower lip 3-lobed, with a membranous portion on either side of the centre of the palate with a line of silky hairs, 4.6–5.3 mm long including lobes; middle lobe broader than the lateral lobes, suborbicular, 2.4–3 × 3.8–4.3 mm, crenulate, 3-veined; lateral lobes oblong, 2.5–3.3 × 2–2.4 mm, 3-veined. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments white with purplish-brown spots, adnate at the base of the expanded corolla tube, glabrous, anticous filaments 3–3.6 mm long, posticous filaments 2–2.4 mm long; anthers bithecous, oblong, divergent, 1.3–1.8 mm long, purplish-brown to white, sparsely hairy at base of the suture and at the connectives, dehiscing longitudinally. Pollen grains prolate, 30.6–32.4 × 18.7–20.3 µm, tricolporate; tectum reticulate more open in area adjacent to apertures. Ovary subglobose, 1.4–1.7 × 1–1.3 mm, glabrous, 2-loculed; ovules 2 in each locule; nectary disk cupulate; style 6.2–6.7 mm long, bristled-glandular-hairy; stigma entire. Capsules ovoid, 5.5–7 × 2.2–3 mm, glabrous, yellowish; seeds 2 per capsule, ovoid, 3–4.5 × 2–3 mm, densely clothed with hygroscopic hairs (longer than seeds) on both surfaces.</p><p>Flowering &amp; fruiting: Flowering from October to January and fruiting from November to February.</p><p>Habitat: Grows on dry open and lightly wooded scrubs and abandoned farmlands, at elevations ranging from 100 to 400 m.</p><p>Distribution: Endemic to India.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Peninsula Indiae Orientalis, s.d., s.coll. Wight 2647 (E [E01024272] digital image). Karnataka, Mysore, 1857, s.coll. s.n. (MH [MH00110011]); Mysore, 3000 ft., October 1910, A. Meebold 11392 (CAL); Mysore, Hassan district, Tiptur to Arsikere road, 19.12.1968, C. J. Saldanha 11912 (US [02863729] digital image); Arsikere town, 20.06.1969, C. J. Saldanha 13815 (CAL, US [02863726, digital image]); Hassan, 25.11.1958, B. M. Wadhwa 44699 (BSI [BSI0000069387]); Tiptur to Arsikere road, 25.01.1971, T. P. Ramamoorthy HFP1262 (US [02863728] digital image); Bellary, s.d., R. H. Beddome s.n. (K [K000950051], BM [BM013860273] digital images]); Bellary, on open hill, Gadiganur, 20.01.1979, S. B. Manohar KFP5923 (CAL); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=78.275505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.248417" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 78.275505/lat 12.248417)">Hasanur reserve</a> forest, Kollegal, 11.02.1924, K. C. Jacob 17311 (MH [MH00110012, MH00110013, MH00110014, MH00110015]); Ramapuram, 21.11.2008, MVS &amp; VSR 33010 (SKU); without specific locality, June 1857, G. Bhide s.n. (MH [MH00110088]); s. loc ., s.d., K. Drew s.n. (E [E01024276] digital image). Tamil Nadu, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=78.275505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.248417" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 78.275505/lat 12.248417)">Dharmapuri district</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=78.275505&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.248417" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 78.275505/lat 12.248417)">Thippampatti village</a>, N 12°14’54.3”, E 78°16’31.8”, 387 m, 25.09.2021, A. F. J. King 12808; Ibid., 06.01.2022, G. Gnanasekaran &amp; A. F. J. King 12851; Ibid., 26.11.2022, A. F. J. King 12976 (Madras Christian College Herbarium, Chennai) .</p><p>L. decumbens Dhatchan.</p><p>Characters L. diffusa C.B. Clarke Present observations</p><p>&amp; Soosairaj</p><p>Plant Prostrate Erect or decumbent Prostrate plants are also seen in the type locality of L. decumbens (Fig. 3b).</p><p>Stem Leaf scars indistinct, Leaf scars prominent, The leaf scars on stem are highly variable internodes long, up to internodes short, up to trivial. The internodal distance ranges</p><p>3 cm 1 cm from 8 to 25 mm.</p><p>Leaf E l l i p t i c -l a n c e o l a t e, Linear-oblong to The leaf shape varies from ellipticnerves prominent on lanceolate, nerves lanceolate to linear-oblong or both surfaces, grooved prominent on abaxial oblanceolate to obovate and veins are along the lateral nerves surface and indistinct prominent on both surfaces.</p><p>on the adaxial surface on adaxial surface</p><p>Inflorescence Spikes sometimes Spikes not aggregated The spikes are distributed densely on the aggregated at base, at base, oblong, 3–6 cm lower nodes and sparsely in the axils of globose-ovoid, up to 2 long leaves in the branches. The spikes at the</p><p>cm long basal nodes are often from the previous year’s growth, with dried up floral structures up to 4 cm long, whereas the fresh spikes are 1–3 cm long and always at the tip of the perennial dried-up spike.</p><p>The small-sized (1.5–2.5 cm) spikes on the axillary and at the tip of the old and dried spikes are also seen in the type locality of L. decumbens (Fig. 3d–f).</p><p>Calyx 7 × 3 mm, anterior 9 × 4 mm, anterior The size of anticous calyx lobes is 8.5–12 sepals united 1/4 of the sepals united 1/2 of the × 3–4 mm, and the lobes are united about way way half or more than half of their total length</p><p>(Fig. 2h).</p><p>Pollen 34.66 × 23.60 μm, exine 41.81 × 28.22 μm, exine The size of the pollen grains (collected thick, c. 4.14 μm thin, c. 3.52 μm from the type locality of L. decumbens)</p><p>ranges from 30.63–32.25 × 18.66–20.27</p><p>µm (Fig. 3g, h).</p><p>Capsule 6 × 2 mm 6 × 4 mm The capsule size is 5.5–7 × 2.2–3 mm.</p><p>Seeds Oblong, 3 × 1.5 mm Ovoid-suborbicular, The seed shape is always ovoid and the</p><p>3.5 × 3 mm size is 3–4.5 × 2–3 mm.</p><p>Conservation status: The estimated Extent of Occurrence (EOO) and Area of Occupancy (AOO) for this species are 82,908.8 km 2 and 48 km 2, respectively. Although the AOO of this species fits the Endangered [EN] category, the species is known to occur in many localities across three southern Indian states. Therefore, this species is provisionally assessed here as ‘Least Concern’ [LC].</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AFF0348873FFF2053AF928FB2AF87F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	G., Gnanasekaran;A. F. J., King;M. N., Mitta;Abstract, W. Arisdason;Willd., Lepidagathis	G., Gnanasekaran, A. F. J., King, M. N., Mitta, Abstract, W. Arisdason, Willd., Lepidagathis (2023): Two new heterotypic synonyms in Lepidagathis (Acanthaceae: Barlerieae) from India. Rheedea 33 (4): 359-375, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.04.07, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.04.07
03AFF0348875FFF30681FF64FAC1FF0E.text	03AFF0348875FFF30681FF64FAC1FF0E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees	<div><p>Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees versus Lepidagathis rajasekharae K.Prasad &amp; A.M.Reddy</p><p>Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees was originally described as Ruellia fasciculata by Retzius (1786) based on the collection of König (LD [LD1801295]) from “ Habitat in nemorolis prope Thermas Trinquemallënses Zeylonäe ” (Trincomalee), Sri Lanka. Nees von Esenbeck (1832) divided the species into two unnamed varieties α (foliis grosse dentatis) and β (foliorum dentibus minoribus). The α (alpha) variety represents the typical plant based on multiple citations of earlier literature with two collections, Wall. Numer. List: n. 2394a and 2406. The β (beta) variety was based on a nomen nudum, Ruellia viscosula Wall. (Numer. List: n. 2394c). Subsequently, Nees von Esenbeck (1847) proposed another variety α* (minor et laxior) based on his species, Lepidagathis hirta Nees (1841), described on the basis of Walkers collections from Sri Lanka.</p><p>Lepidagathis goensis Dalzell was described by Dalzell (1850) based on the collections of Stocks and Dalzell (K [K001392436, K001392438, K001392442]) from the foothills of Syhadree (Sahyadri) mountains and differentiated it from L. ceylanica Nees in its small hairy leaves. Later it was reduced to the synonymy of L. fasciculata by Anderson (1867). This treatment was followed by Clarke (1885), Cooke (1905), Almeida (2003), Karthikeyan et al. (2009) and POWO (2023). However, Brahmadande and Nandikar (2023) did not notice these earlier treatments reporting that they had reduced it to the synonymy for the first time. In most of the published state (Rao, 1986; Moorthy, 2001), regional (Nayar et al., 2014) and national (Arisdason et al., 2020) checklists and floras, L. goensis has neither been cited as a synonym nor as an accepted taxon.</p><p>Prasad and Reddy (2020) described Lepidagathis rajasekharae, based on specimens collected from Talakona in the Sesachalam hills of Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh. They compared it with L. fasciculata, a widely distributed species on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. Our studies suggest that all diagnostic characters used to differentiate the new species from L. fasciculata are either clinal, variable, or erroneous observations. Therefore, L. rajasekharae is treated here as conspecific to L. fasciculata . A comparison of diagnostic characters with critical notes based on our present observations are presented in Table 2.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AFF0348875FFF30681FF64FAC1FF0E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	G., Gnanasekaran;A. F. J., King;M. N., Mitta;Abstract, W. Arisdason;Willd., Lepidagathis	G., Gnanasekaran, A. F. J., King, M. N., Mitta, Abstract, W. Arisdason, Willd., Lepidagathis (2023): Two new heterotypic synonyms in Lepidagathis (Acanthaceae: Barlerieae) from India. Rheedea 33 (4): 359-375, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.04.07, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.04.07
03AFF0348875FFFA053AFF65FD9CF9A1.text	03AFF0348875FFFA053AFF65FD9CF9A1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees	<div><p>Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 95. 1832. Ruellia fasciculata Retz., Observ. Bot. 4: 38. 1786. Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees var. α (alpha) Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 95. 1832. Lectotype or perhaps holotype (designated by Fischer, 1932): SRI LANKA, Thermas Tranquemallenses (Trincomalee), s.d., König s.n. (LD [LD1801295, digital image!].</p><p>Lepidagathis fasciculata (Retz.) Nees var. β (beta) Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 95. 1832. Ruellia viscosula Wall., Numer. List: n. 2394, 1830, nom. nud. Lectotype (designated here) or perhaps holotype: MYANMAR, Ataran (Atran) and Salween (Selum), 1827, s.coll, s.n. (Wall., Numer. List: n. 2394c, K [K001115849, digital image!]).</p><p>Lepidagathis hirta Nees, Lepidagath. Illustr. Monogr.: 53. 1841. Lepidagathis fasciculata var. α * (alpha star) Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 260. 1847. Lectotype (designated here): SRI LANKA, (Ceylon), Walker s.n. (K [specimen at the bottom of the sheet], digital image!).</p><p>Lepidagathis goensis Dalzell, Hookers J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 340. 1850. Lectoype (designated by Brahmadande &amp; Nandikar, 2023): INDIA, Goa, Dalzell s.n. (K [K001392436, digital image!]).</p><p>Lepidagathis rajasekharae K.Prasad &amp; A.M.Reddy, Phytotaxa 470(1): 112. 2020, syn. nov. Type: INDIA, Andhra Pradesh, Kadapa district, Sesachalam hills, way to Mogalipenta from Talakona top, 25.03.2017, K. Prasad 5208 (holo: BSID; iso: CAL [CAL0000213067!], BSID). FiGS. 5–10</p><p>Decumbent to erect perennial herbs; stems 0.5–1 m long, rooting at lower nodes, greenish, wellbranched, 4-angled, glandular-hairy throughout, internodal distance 2–4 cm. Leaves subsessile, opposite-decussate, lance-ovate to elliptic, (1–)4– 18 × (0.5–) 2–6 cm, base attenuate to decurrent, margins vary from entire, crenate to serrate or dentate and undulate, apex acuminate, sparsely pubescent intermixed with glandular hairs; lateral veins 3–8 pairs. Inflorescence a spike, axillary and terminal, 1–2 cm long; peduncles 1–2 cm long. Bracts: sterile bracts 2, foliaceous, at base of each spike, lance-ovate to elliptic, 10–12 × 3–6 mm, apex acute, tomentose with glandular hairs throughout; fertile bract 1 per flower, oblong-elliptic, 6.3–9.4 × 2.5–4 mm, otherwise as sterile bracts. Bracteoles 2, dimorphic, linear to narrowly oblong and oblong to elliptic, 4.2–7 × 1–2.8 mm, otherwise as bracts. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes heteromorphic, tomentose with glandular hairs throughout; anticous lobes 2, equal, linear-oblong, 5–7.5 × 1–2 mm, connate at base (less than a quarter of their total length, i. e., 1–2 mm); posticous lobe oblong-elliptic, 5.5– 7.5 × 1.3–2.2 mm; lateral lobes 2, linear, 4.2–6 × 0.4–0.8 mm. Corolla 8–9 mm long, white (faintly yellowish at maturity) with pale purplish markings on expanded portion of tube inside throughout and yellow on palate; tube 5–6 mm long, cylindric below for 3–3.8 mm long, abruptly expanded above for 1.7–2.2 mm long, glabrous inside, retrorsely hairy outside; upper lip arcuate, 1.6–2 × 2.4–3 mm, margins entire, minutely 2-lobed (0.2–0.5 mm long) at apex, each lobe 3-veined; lower lip 3-lobed, 3–3.4 mm long including lobes, middle lobe broader than the lateral lobes, suborbicular, 2–2.2 × 2–2.7 mm, entire, 3-veined, lateral lobes oblong, 1.7–2 × 1.3– 1.6 mm, 3-veined. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments white with purple spots, adnate at the base of expanded corolla tube, glabrous, anticous filaments 1.8–2.2 mm long, posticous filaments 0.8–1.3 mm long; anthers bithecous, oblong, divergent, 0.7–1 mm long, white to purple, sparsely hairy at base of suture and at connectives, dehiscing longitudinally. Pollen grains prolate, 28.1–29.7 × 16.3–19.3 µm, tricolporate; tectum reticulate, more open in area adjacent to apertures. Ovary sub-globose, 1.2–1.5 × 1–1.2 mm, minutely hairy at apex, 2-loculed; ovules 2 in each locule; nectary disk cupulate; style 4.5–5.5 mm long, bristled-glandular-hairy; stigma bi-lobed. Capsules lance-ovoid, 5–6.2 × 1.4–2 mm, minutely hairy towards apex, yellowish-brown; seeds 4, lower 2 ovoid, upper 2 sub-globose, 1–2 × 1–1.7 mm, sparsely covered with short hygroscopic hairs throughout.</p><p>Flowering &amp; fruiting: Flowering from January to February and fruiting from February to May.</p><p>Habitat: In shady areas of dry evergreen forests and on open slopes of the Ghats, at elevations ranging from 100 to 1000 m.</p><p>Distribution: Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Andhra Pradesh, Godavari district, Sukuwana hill, February 1885, J.S. Gamble 15967 (MH [MH00110399]); Vatangi, 06.02.1916, C.A. Barber 12686 (MH [MH00110370, MH00110371, MH00110372]); Maredumilli, near tiger camp, 600 m, 18.02.1994, M. Mohanan 101277 (BSID [BSID0005360, digital image], MH [MH00110373, MH00110374]); Kadapa district, Sesachalam hills, on the way to Talakona falls, 26.02.2022, G. Gnanasekaran &amp; A.F.J. King 12880, 12881, 12882, 12883 (Madras Christian College Herbarium, Chennai); Karimnagar district, way to Mukunoor, Mahdavpur, 22.02. 1986, 140 m, N. Rama Rao &amp; T. Ravi Shankar 83705 (MH [MH00110377, MH00110378]); Khammam district, Nellippakka forest, 250 m, 22.02.1994, R. Chandrasekaran 99020 (BSID [BSID0005361, digital image], MH [MH00110375, MH00110376]); Mahabubnagar district, Nilagiri view point, 800 m, 10.02.1998, S.R. Srinivasan 109718 (BSID [BSID0005362, digital image]); On the way to Sirivakai, March 1962, D.C.S. Raju 101 (E [E01024235] digital image]); Visakhapatnam district, Mettur (Madgole to Minumuluru), 20.12. 1967,625m, G.V.Subbarao 29563 (MH [MH00110379, MH00110380]); Punniyagiri to S. Kota, 23.12. 1969, 250 m, G.V. Subbarao 32783 (MH [MH00110381, MH00110382]); on the way to Javapuram peak from Madugula, 09.04. 1976, 400 m, G.V. Subbarao 47257 (MH [MH001100384]). Goa, Just before Butpal, 13.03.1964, K.C. Karodia 96231 (BSI [BSI0000068427]); Anmod Ghat, 21.04.2023, N 15°24’50.6628”, E 74°16’40.458”, A.F.J. King 13003 (Madras Christian College Herbarium, Chennai). Karnataka, Bangalore, Nandi hills road, 20.01.1973, B.L. Burtt, C. Townsend, C. Saldanha 18351 (C, digital image); North Canara, s.d., s.coll. 188 (MH [MH00110402]); Chikkaballapur district, Nandi hills, 02.03.1957, E.K. Janaki Ammal 7392 (MH [MH00110287]); Canara &amp; Mysore, s.d., Law s.n. (C, digital image); Malabar Concan, s.d., Stocks Law s.n. (C, L [U1046906], BM [BM013860496], G [G00390455], NYBG [NYBG04204645] digital images); S. Concan, s.d., Ritchie 592 (NYBG [NYBG04204644] digital image); Chikmagalur district, Bababoodan Hills, s.die, Law s.n. (L [L2837927] digital image); South Canara district, 1857, R.H. Beddome s.n. (MH [MH00110401, MH00110407, MH00110408]); Mudabidiri, 15.03.1915, C.A. Barber 11943 (MH [MH00110403, MH00110404, MH00110405, MH00110406]); Someshwar, 14.02.1940, S.R. Raju 85494 (MH [MH00110398, MH00110400]); Shivamoga district, Agumbe, 29.05.1958, S.D. Mahajan 34335 (BSI [BSI0000068431, BSI0000068432, BSI0000068433]); Udupi district, Mookambika WLS, Madur forest, 19.03.2007, P.G. Diwakar &amp; R.K. Singh 184258 (BSI [BSI0000068428, BSI0000068429, BSI0000068430]). Kerala, Kannur district, Kannoth Reserve Forest, 125 m, 19.04.1980, V.S. Ramachandran 66911 (MH [MH00110388, MH00110391]). Madhya Pradesh, Bastar district, way to Thirathgarh falls, 09.02. 1961, 540 m, N.P. Balakrishnan &amp; A.N. Henry 11892 (L [L2837906] digital image); Hoshangabad district, Churna, 413 m, 26.04.1961, J. Joseph 12423 (MH [MH00110394, MH00110395]); Bori Reserve Forest, 550 m, 01.05.1961, J. Joseph 12482 (MH [MH00110383]). Maharashtra, Ratnagiri district, Narur, 25 km from Sawantwadi, 17.04.1971, B.G. Kulkarni 128770 (BSI [BSI0000068422]); Wasul Rai, 40 km from Sawantwadi, 18.04.1971, B.G. Kulkarni 128803 (BSI [BSI0000068423]); Ram Ghat, 24 km from Amboli, 27.04.1971, B.G. Kulkarni 129341 (BSI0000068426); Bhedshi, 02.05.1971, B.G. Kulkarni 129474 (BSI [BSI0000068424]); Hewale, Bhedshi, 28.05.1970, B.G. Kulkarni 120925 (BSI [BSI0000068425]); Sindhudurg district, Amboli, 15.04.2017, J.V. Dalavi &amp; M. Lekhak JVD-505 (SUK); Chorla Ghat, s.d., N.V. Malpure NVM2887 (SUK); Nagergali, 23.02.2008, N.V. Malpure NVM2887 (SUK); Satara district, Khandala, Forbay to Saddle, 15.03.1952, H. Santapau, S.J. 14101, 14102, 14103, 14104, 14105, 14106, 14107, 14108, 14109, 14110, 14111 (BLAT); Koyna, 11.02.1979, R.K. Kochhar 158315 (BSI [BSI0000068451]). Odisha, Niasangiri, Kalahandi, 30.04.1986, S.K. Mukherjee 4138 (BM [BM013860497] digital image); Balasore district, Kuldiha forest, 24.01.1986, 80 ft, Geetha, P. 6732 (CALI [CALI129493]); Ibid., Karthiayani, K.P. 6344 (CALI [CALI139494]); Ibid., Jeeja Majeed 8338 (CALI [CALI129495]); Ibid., A.K. Valsa 7034 (CALI [CALI129496]); Tulka, N 20°36’53.1”, E 84°57’35.0”, 307 m, 04.02.2015, K.C. Mohan 6513 (BSID [BSID0010883] digital image); Ganjam district,Hijilly, Dec. 1883, J.S. Gamble 13618 (MH [MH00110356]); Linepada to Koinjur, 25.01.1900, C.A. Barber 1244 (MH [MH00110385, MH00110386]); Durgaprasad, December 1906, s.coll. s.n. (MH [MH00110387]). Tamil Nadu, Dharmapuri district, Denkanikotta taluk, Thalli, Devarbetta reserve forest, 11.02. 1960, 950 m, T.S. Jayaseelan 26386 (RHT [RHT047306]); Ibid., 14.11. 1979, 900 m, K.M. Matthew 24588 (RHT [RHT047305]); Krishnagiri district, Sembiaru, Singarapettai hills, 05.04.1987, M.B. Viswanathan 1412 (MH [MH00110390]; Tiruchirappalli district, Chengattupatti, 800 m, 20.03.1959, K.M. Sebastine 7916(MH[MH00110392,MH00110393]);Thuraiyur, Pachamalais, Karuppankadu Thittu, 17.03.1978, 1000 m, K.M. Matthew 12357 (L [L3720654] digital image]); Tirupathur district, Yelagiri hills, on the way to Swamimalai, 28.03.1987, M.B. Viswanathan 1376 (MH [MH00110389]); Tiruvannamalai district, Jawadhu hillslopes, N 12°24’15.6”, E 78°40’26.6”, 26.03.2023, A.F.J. King 12994 (Madras Christian College Herbarium, Chennai). Sine data (C [C10005034, C10005035], LINN [LINN-HS 1093- 12], digital images]); Sine data (BM [BM014117825, BM013860495] digital images); S.loc ., s.d., Roxburgh s.n. (BM [BM013860499] digital image); S.loc ., s.d., R.H. Beddome s.n. (BM [BM013860499] digital image). SRI LANKA, Naula to Elahera road, 18.06.1932, s.coll. 9826 (BM [BM013860500] digital image); Without exact locality, July 1981, (BM [BM013860498] digital image); without exact locality, in Herb. Madrasp. (Wall., Numer. List: n. 2394a), sine data K ([K001115846 (specimen on left, annotated as a), CAL [CAL0000020058, digital images!]); in Herb. Roxb. (Wall., Numer. List: n. 2406), Sine data (K [K001115870, digital image!]).</p><p>Conservation status: The species is provisionally assessed here as ‘Least Concern’ [LC].</p><p>Typification: Nees von Esenbeck (1832) described L. fasciculata variety β (foliorum dentibus minoribus) with a direct citation of a nomen nudum, Ruellia viscosula Wall. with Wall. Numer. List: n. 2394c that was collected from Ataran (Atran) and Salween (Selum), Myanmar, in 1827. At K, we found two specimens with different barcodes [K001115848, K001115849] and collection localities (a [Trogla?] and b [Atran], respectively), which were mounted on a single sheet with a label, Wall., Numer. List: n. 2394c. Among the two, the specimen with K0011158489 is designated here as the lectotype (perhaps holotype) as it matches the species identity and collection locality given in the protologue.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AFF0348875FFFA053AFF65FD9CF9A1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	G., Gnanasekaran;A. F. J., King;M. N., Mitta;Abstract, W. Arisdason;Willd., Lepidagathis	G., Gnanasekaran, A. F. J., King, M. N., Mitta, Abstract, W. Arisdason, Willd., Lepidagathis (2023): Two new heterotypic synonyms in Lepidagathis (Acanthaceae: Barlerieae) from India. Rheedea 33 (4): 359-375, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.04.07, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.04.07
