At present all the 64/68 previously described genera by Bremekamp are merged into one genus Strobilanthes. This plietesial/monocarpic genus is very interesting. We have 30 species in our living collection at Tropical Botanic Garden . Carvia callosa? lost from our collection.
Santhosh On 27 February 2013 21:46, Aneeta Kindre <[email protected]> wrote: > Santoah ji, > Flowering of Karvy happen after 7 yrs !! > And yes, agree with you Satish ji, > Strobilanthes callosus is a new name for this plant !! > I hd already mentioned Carvia callosa (as a synonym) > N also agreed that in 2008 Karvy was blooming in some region of > W.ghats_Glad to share that I'm having photographs of Karvy in 2008 too :) > (at Purandar fort n Bhimashankar region.) > I wonderd when i saw blooming in Oct 2012 , these Photographs taken near > Torna fort,Velhe(Pune) !! > > Warm regards, > Anita Kindre. > On Feb 27, 2013 6:52 PM, "Satish Phadke" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Strobilanthes callosus * >> appears to be the new/latest/unresolved name of the species on The Plant >> List <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-100112> we used to call >> *Carvia callosa* earlier. >> Mass flowering was observed in Western ghats in Sep 2008. (Most pictures >> on our forum and my collection confirms so) Occasional flowering is >> observed every year though in an isolated plant in the same region. Its >> flowering cycle is supposed to be 7 years so next flowering cycle will be >> in Aug/Sep 2015. >> >> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Aneeta Kindre <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> Sharing photographs of Strobilanthes callosus >>> Synonyms: Carvia callosa >>> Vernacular name: Karvy >>> Family: Acanthaceae >>> Location : Pune, MH_Oct 2012 >>> >>> >>> Warm regards, >>> Anita Kindre >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- SANTHOSH ------------------------------------------ Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar MSc, PhD, FIAT, FLS (on leave for 2 years) Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala India www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com Presently working for the British Aerospace, Riyadh, KSA NB: Please consider your environmental responsibility! Ask yourself before printing this email !!! -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

