Strobilanthes medogensis (H. W. Li) J. R. I. Wood & Y. F. Deng

Flowering from August to September.

Strobilanthes medogensis is occurring in S Xizang, W Yunnan of China.

Chloroplast trnL-F sequence data, nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence data, and morphology were used to analyze phylogenetic relationships among members of the subtribe Strobilanthinae (Moylan et al., 2004). Results indicate that Hemigraphis, Sericocalyx, and Strobilanthes are nonmonophyletic. Then, a single expanded genus Strobilanthes sensu lato is proposed at the level of the well-supported and monophyletic Strobilanthinae.

Perennial herb, 1-1.5 m tall. Stems apparently ascsending, sulcate, pubescent when young and become glabrous. Leaves unequal, sessile in upper part, petiolate in the below part, 1-2 cm, smooth; blades ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 12-15 cm long, ca. 7 cm wide, long acuminate at apex, base rounded or blunt, margins densely dentate, pilose on both surfaces, lateral veins 5-10 pairs. Inflorescence narrowly panicle, up to 30 cm. Calyx ca. 1 cm, densely pubescent, 5-lobed to base, lobes linear. corolla ca. 2.5-3 cm long, nearly erect, glabrous outside, purple; tube cylinder in the below part; stamen 4, filaments smooth; ovary villous, style slender, sparsely pilose below. Capsule cylindrical, 4-seeded.

Growing in broad-leaved forest in ravines; 1200-1500 m.