Belongs within: Pedicularis.
The section Nothosigmantha of the genus Pedicularis contains species in which the galea is at least shortly beaked, and the leaves most commonly (3-)4-verticillate, rarely opposite (Yamazaki 1988).
<==Pedicularis sect. Nothosigmantha (Tsoong) Yamazaki 1988 [=Grex Sigmantha subgrex Nothosigmantha Tsoong 1963]Y88 |--P. ser. Cheilanthifoliae Maximowicz 1888Y88 | |--P. anasY88 | | |--P. a. ssp. anasY88 | | `--P. a. ssp. nepalensis (Yamazaki) Yamazaki 1986 (see below for synonymy)Y88 | `--P. globifera Hooker 1884Y88 `--P. ser. Graciles Maximowicz 1877 [incl. P. ser. Alopecuroides Li 1948, P. ser. Brevifoliae Prain 1890]Y88 |--P. brevifolia Don 1825Y88 |--P. chamissonoides Yamazaki 1970Y88 |--P. gracilis Wallich ex Bentham 1835 (see below for synonymy)Y88 |--P. instar Prain ex Maximowicz 1888Y88 `--P. pennelliana Tsoong 1955 (see below for synonymy)Y88
Pedicularis anas ssp. nepalensis (Yamazaki) Yamazaki 1986 [=P. cheilanthifolia ssp. nepalensis Yamazaki 1982; incl. P. anas var. tibetica Bonati 1907]Y88
Pedicularis gracilis Wallich ex Bentham 1835 [incl. P. brunoniana Wallich 1829 (n. n.), P. gracilis ssp. stricta (Prain) Tsoong 1963]Y88
Pedicularis pennelliana Tsoong 1955 [incl. P. gracilis var. macrocarpa Prain 1891, P. gracilis ssp. macrocarpa (Prain) Tsoong 1955, P. gracilis f. prostrata Prain 1891]Y88
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[Y88] Yamazaki, T. 1988. A revision of the genus Pedicularis in Nepal. In: Ohba, H., & S. B. Malla (eds) The Himalayan Plants vol. 1. The University Museum, University of Tokyo, Bulletin 31: 91–161.