Phlogacanthus pubinervius

Phlogacanthus pubinervius T. Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 508 1867. (syn: Aeschynanthus dunnii H. Lév.; Lonicera menelii H. Lév.);

China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi), India (E-Himalaya, Darjeeling, NE-India), Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Mandalay, Shan), Bhutan, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life;

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Shrub up to 6m, much branched and spreading.Stems grey, puberulent. Leaves broadly elliptic, 4-13 x 2-8cm, acute at both ends, glabrous except for pubescent veins; petiole 0.5-3cm. Flowers in small, subsessile, axillary cymes c 2-3cm. Bracts minute, c 1mm. Calyx 5-8mm, thinly hairy except for conspicuous grey-pubescent margins of lobes. Corolla orange-yellow, strongly curved, shortly pubescent, c 15mm, 7-8mm wide at mouth; tube inflated from base; upper lip longer than lower. Anthers c 3mm, exserted. Capsule c 3cm.

(Attributions- A.J.C. GRIERSON & D.G. LONG. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE and RGOB. 2001 from Bhutan biodiversity portal)

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Addition of Phlogacanthus pubinervius T. Anders. (Acanthaceae) to EFI website : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)
Kindly find photographs of Phlogacanthus pubinervius T. Anders. (Acanthaceae) for addition to the website

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Beautiful pics …, please also add place of collection for the database..

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Superb upload & photographs depicting all plant parts in detail.

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You are correct about some of the images. However if check the eflora image and some herbarium sheets in gbif, they seem to match.
**Some herbarium sheets collated in gbif seem to be misidentified!!

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References:
Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  IPNI  GBIF (with type specimens) BSI Flora of India checklist  Flora of China  FOC illustration  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  India Biodiversity Portal  IIIM (specimen) Bhutan biodiversity portal