Abstract:Pogostemon elsholtzioides Benth. is newly recorded from China. It was discovered in Mêdog Xian, Xizang, China. Its vouchers are kept in the herbarium of Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences (PE). The species is widely distributed in Himalayan regions. It is similar to P. dielsianus Dunn in habit, but differs from it in having calyx campanulate, 3-3.5 mm long, the ratio of the length of calyx teeth and calyx tube is 1/3-1/2, corolla ca. 4.5 mm long.
