钟花草Codonacanthus pauciflorus (Nees) Nees
钟花草Codonacanthus pauciflorus (Nees) Nees
1．钟花草（海南植物志）针刺草（台湾植物志）图版35：9-13
Codonacanthus pauciflorus (Nees) Nees in DC. Prodr. 11: 103. 1847; Benth. Pl. Hong-Kong. : 247. 1861; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 500. 1884; F. B. Forbes & W. B. Hemsly in Journ. Linn. Soc. 26: 244. 1890; Dunn et Tutch. in Kew Bull. Add. Ser. 4: 199. 1910; Merr. in Journ. Linn. Sci. 5: 169. 1927; 海南植物志3: 557. 1974;中国高等植物图鉴4: 170. 1975; 台湾植物志4: 627. 1978. ——Asystasia pauciflora Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 3: 90. 1832. ——Codonacanthus acuminatus Nees in DC. Prodr. 11: 103. 1847.
纤细草本；茎直立或基部卧地，通常多分枝，被短柔毛。叶薄纸质，椭圆状卵形或狭披针形，长6-9厘米或过之，宽2-4.5厘米，顶端急尖或渐尖，基常急尖，边全缘或有时呈不明显的浅波状，两面被微柔毛；侧脉纤细，每边5-7条；叶柄长5-10毫米。花序疏花；花在花序上互生，相对的一侧常为无花的苞片；花梗长1-3毫米；萼长约2毫米；花冠管短于花檐裂片，下部偏斜，花冠白色或淡紫色，无毛，长7-8毫米，冠檐裂片5，卵形或长卵形，后裂片稍小。雄蕊2，花丝很短，内藏，退化雄蕊2。蒴果长1.5厘米。下部实心似短柄状。花期10月。
产广东（连县、乳源、乐昌、英德、博罗、高要、新丰、茂名、清远、云浮、阳春、罗定、和平、翁源、龙门、珠海）、香港、广西（龙州、宁明、信都、藤县、容县、昭平、金秀）、海南（儋州、保亭、东方、白沙、定安、琼中、三亚、澄迈）、台湾（屏东、花莲、台北）、福建（南平、华安）、贵州（兴义）、云南（镇康、双江、西双版纳）。生于海拔800-1500米，密林下或潮湿的山谷。孟加拉国（吉大港）、印度东北部（卡西山、阿萨姆）、越南西南也有分布。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 19 (2011)
Codonacanthus pauciflorus (Nees) Nees in A. Candolle Prodr. 11: 103. 1847.
钟花草 zhong hua cao
Asystasia pauciflora Nees in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 90. 1832; Codonacanthus acuminatus Nees; Leptostachya repanda Q. H. Chen.
Herbs 20-60 cm tall, much branched or unbranched. Stems 4-angled, sulcate, 2-fariously pubescent. Petiole 3-15 mm, puberulent or glabrous; leaf blade elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate, (2-)4-12 × (0.5-)1.5-4.5 cm, thin, abaxially pale green and glabrous or sparsely pubescent on major veins, adaxially green, glabrous or with few large-celled hairs, and with numerous cystoliths, secondary veins 5-7 on each side of midvein, base rounded, cuneate, or attenuate and decurrent onto petiole, apex acute or acuminate. Racemes simple or terminal ones usually forming a panicle up to 15 cm; rachis puberulent; bracts lanceolate to linear, 1-2.5 mm, puberulent; bracteoles lanceolate, 1-2 mm, puberulent. Pedicel 1-7 mm, puberulent. Calyx 2.5-4 mm; lobes lanceolate, puberulent. Corolla white with purple spots at base of lower lip, 6.5-10 mm, glabrous; tube basally cylindric for 1-2 mm and 1-1.5 mm wide then abruptly widened to 3.5-6.5 mm at mouth; lobes of lower lip 3.5-5.5 × 2-3.5 mm. Staminal filaments ca. 2.5 mm, glabrous; anther thecae 1.2-1.4 mm. Ovary glabrous; style 4-6.5 mm. Capsule 1-1.9 cm, glabrous. Seeds 2-3 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Apr.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests, wet places in ravines; below 100-1500 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].
别名：钟刺草;针刺草;白口锁;青木香草;
科名：爵床科 Acanthaceae
属名：钟花草属 Codonacanthus
1．钟花草（海南植物志）针刺草（台湾植物志）图版35：9-13
Codonacanthus pauciflorus (Nees) Nees in DC. Prodr. 11: 103. 1847; Benth. Pl. Hong-Kong. : 247. 1861; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 500. 1884; F. B. Forbes & W. B. Hemsly in Journ. Linn. Soc. 26: 244. 1890; Dunn et Tutch. in Kew Bull. Add. Ser. 4: 199. 1910; Merr. in Journ. Linn. Sci. 5: 169. 1927; 海南植物志3: 557. 1974;中国高等植物图鉴4: 170. 1975; 台湾植物志4: 627. 1978. ——Asystasia pauciflora Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 3: 90. 1832. ——Codonacanthus acuminatus Nees in DC. Prodr. 11: 103. 1847.
纤细草本；茎直立或基部卧地，通常多分枝，被短柔毛。叶薄纸质，椭圆状卵形或狭披针形，长6-9厘米或过之，宽2-4.5厘米，顶端急尖或渐尖，基常急尖，边全缘或有时呈不明显的浅波状，两面被微柔毛；侧脉纤细，每边5-7条；叶柄长5-10毫米。花序疏花；花在花序上互生，相对的一侧常为无花的苞片；花梗长1-3毫米；萼长约2毫米；花冠管短于花檐裂片，下部偏斜，花冠白色或淡紫色，无毛，长7-8毫米，冠檐裂片5，卵形或长卵形，后裂片稍小。雄蕊2，花丝很短，内藏，退化雄蕊2。蒴果长1.5厘米。下部实心似短柄状。花期10月。
产广东（连县、乳源、乐昌、英德、博罗、高要、新丰、茂名、清远、云浮、阳春、罗定、和平、翁源、龙门、珠海）、香港、广西（龙州、宁明、信都、藤县、容县、昭平、金秀）、海南（儋州、保亭、东方、白沙、定安、琼中、三亚、澄迈）、台湾（屏东、花莲、台北）、福建（南平、华安）、贵州（兴义）、云南（镇康、双江、西双版纳）。生于海拔800-1500米，密林下或潮湿的山谷。孟加拉国（吉大港）、印度东北部（卡西山、阿萨姆）、越南西南也有分布。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 19 (2011)
Codonacanthus pauciflorus (Nees) Nees in A. Candolle Prodr. 11: 103. 1847.
钟花草 zhong hua cao
Asystasia pauciflora Nees in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 90. 1832; Codonacanthus acuminatus Nees; Leptostachya repanda Q. H. Chen.
Herbs 20-60 cm tall, much branched or unbranched. Stems 4-angled, sulcate, 2-fariously pubescent. Petiole 3-15 mm, puberulent or glabrous; leaf blade elliptic, ovate, or lanceolate, (2-)4-12 × (0.5-)1.5-4.5 cm, thin, abaxially pale green and glabrous or sparsely pubescent on major veins, adaxially green, glabrous or with few large-celled hairs, and with numerous cystoliths, secondary veins 5-7 on each side of midvein, base rounded, cuneate, or attenuate and decurrent onto petiole, apex acute or acuminate. Racemes simple or terminal ones usually forming a panicle up to 15 cm; rachis puberulent; bracts lanceolate to linear, 1-2.5 mm, puberulent; bracteoles lanceolate, 1-2 mm, puberulent. Pedicel 1-7 mm, puberulent. Calyx 2.5-4 mm; lobes lanceolate, puberulent. Corolla white with purple spots at base of lower lip, 6.5-10 mm, glabrous; tube basally cylindric for 1-2 mm and 1-1.5 mm wide then abruptly widened to 3.5-6.5 mm at mouth; lobes of lower lip 3.5-5.5 × 2-3.5 mm. Staminal filaments ca. 2.5 mm, glabrous; anther thecae 1.2-1.4 mm. Ovary glabrous; style 4-6.5 mm. Capsule 1-1.9 cm, glabrous. Seeds 2-3 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Apr.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests, wet places in ravines; below 100-1500 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].
