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Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/RhinacanthusR. grandiflorus
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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 Dunn in 1920.[1]
Taxonomy[edit | edit source]
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).[2] It was then described by British botanist Dunn in 1920.[3][4]
Distribution and habitat[edit | edit source]
The plant specimen was first found in the Abor Hills in the Eastern Himalayas biodiversity hotspot.[4] It was then in the shade of the now extinct hopea shingkeng in the locality of Janakmukh and Ramidambang villages.[3][5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Goswami, Roopak (2025-11-20). "Rare Himalayan shrub rediscovered after 95 years in Arunachal". EastMojo. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ↑ Burkill, I. H. (1920). "Image - 137c8253-8689-462d-8274-c7b8f7fd2a00". Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, Data Portal. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Rhinacanthus grandiflorus". Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew. 4: 135. 1920 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Rhinacanthus grandiflorus Dunn | Taxonomy". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ↑ Maity, Rohan; Goswami, Samrat; Shenoy, Akshath; Dash, Sudhansu Sekhar (2025). "Recollection of endemic Rhinacanthus grandiflorus (Acanthaceae) after almost a century". Phytotaxa. 730 (1): 96–102. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.730.1.8. ISSN 1179-3163.