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| status = CR<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| genus = Rhinacanthus<br />
| species = grandiflorus<br />
| authority = [[Stephen Troyte Dunn|Dunn]]<br />
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'''''Rhinacanthus grandiflorus''''' is a plant from the family [[Acanthaceae]], native to [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in Northeast India. It was first described by British botanist [[Stephen Troyte Dunn|Dunn]] in 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goswami |first=Roopak |date=2025-11-20 |title=Rare Himalayan shrub rediscovered after 95 years in Arunachal |url=http://eastmojo.com/premium/2025/11/20/rare-himalayan-shrub-rediscovered-after-95-years-in-arunachal/ |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=EastMojo |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Taxonomy ==<br />
The specimen was found and documented by Col. [[Isaac Henry Burkill]] during the Abor Expedition 1911-12 and later sent to the Calcutta Herbarium (now, Central National Herbarium, Howrah).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burkill |first=I. H. |date=1920 |title=Image - 137c8253-8689-462d-8274-c7b8f7fd2a00 |url=https://images.data.kew.org/image/details?imageId=137c8253-8689-462d-8274-c7b8f7fd2a00&_gl=1*1txayga*_ga*MTMxNjI5OTQ3OS4xNzQ4NDU5MTk4*_ga_ZVV2HHW7P6*czE3NjM5NTA2NTMkbzQkZzEkdDE3NjM5NTE4ODQkajQ3JGwwJGgw&lang=en-GB |access-date=2025-11-24 |website=Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, Data Portal}}</ref> It was then described by British botanist [[Stephen Troyte Dunn|Dunn]] in 1920.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=1920 |title=Rhinacanthus grandiflorus |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42077#page/139/mode/1up |journal=Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew |volume=4 |pages=135 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Rhinacanthus grandiflorus Dunn {{!}} Taxonomy |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53550-1 |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Distribution and habitat ==<br />
The plant specimen was first found in the [[Abor Hills]] in the [[Eastern Himalayas]] [[biodiversity hotspot]].<ref name=":0" /> It was then in the shade of the now extinct [[hopea shingkeng]] in the locality of Janakmukh and Ramidambang villages.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maity |first=Rohan |last2=Goswami |first2=Samrat |last3=Shenoy |first3=Akshath |last4=Dash |first4=Sudhansu Sekhar |date=2025 |title=Recollection of endemic Rhinacanthus grandiflorus (Acanthaceae) after almost a century |url=https://phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.730.1.8 |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=730 |issue=1 |pages=96–102 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.730.1.8 |issn=1179-3163|url-access=subscription }}</ref><br />
[[File:Preserved specimen of Rhinacanthus grandiflorus.jpg|thumb|357x357px|Specimen collected during the Abor Expedition 1911-12 by Col. Isaac Henry Burkill]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Flora of Assam (region)]]<br />
[[Category:Arunachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Rhinacanthus|grandiflorus]]<br />
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