A reply: "Looks like Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J.R.I.Wood but flowers are rather small and location (Sundabans) improbable. I would have a look at Hemigraphis latebrosa as a possibility
John Wood" Thanks a lot, Dr. Wood. On 18 June 2014 11:34, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > Flowers look like *Hemigraphis hirta*, but the plant is not. > Heads look like *Hemigraphis dura > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/gantelbua/gantelbua-urens>*, > but leaves not; supposedly not to be found in that region. > This might be *Aechmanthera tomentosa* Nees var. *wallichii*. Unlike FBI, TPL > combines them all > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theplantlist.org%2Ftpl1.1%2Frecord%2Fkew-2897596&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG8SSa1tcoQvNDZ-DouWOHPrYuoew>! > Also check - > > 1. https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/ > acanthaceae/aechmanthera/aechmanthera-gossypina > > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/aechmanthera/aechmanthera-gossypina> > 2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200021988 > 3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250096746 > > Regards > > Surajit > > Thanks, Surajit ji. > > Earlier post by Singh ji & others are at: > Aechmanthera gossypina from Chakrata Mussoorie Road pl. validate > <http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/b67fbc84c83e009e?hl=en_IN#> > & > Arunachal flora-2 > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/DpefAeCXjpE> > > As per GRIN <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?13240>, > *Aechmanthera* Nees is now syn. of *Strobilanthes* > <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11661> Blume > > As per The Plant List Ver. 1.1, these are the details: > *Strobilanthes tomentosa* (Nees) J. R. I. Wood, Kew Bull. 64: 16. 2009. > (Syn: *Aechmanthera* *claudiae* Bernardi > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2623395>; *Aechmanthera* > *gossypina* (Wall.) Nees > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2623396>; *Aechmanthera* > *leiosperma* C.B.Clarke > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2623397>; *Aechmanthera* > *tomentosa* Nees <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2623398>; > *Aechmanthera* *tomentosa* var. *wallichii* C.B.Clarke > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2897869>; *Aechmanthera* > *wallichii* Nees <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2623399> > [Illegitimate]; *Aechmanthera* *wallichii* var. *gossypina* (Wall.) Nees > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2897866>; *Aechmanthera* > *wallichii* f. *leuconeura* Nees > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2897867>; *Barleria* > *blinii* H.Lév. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2669868> > [Invalid]; *Ruellia* *gossypina* Wall. > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2421569>; *Ruellia* > *tomentosa* Wall. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2420661> > (Unresolved); > *Strobilanthes* *blinii* H.Lév. > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2478317>; *Strobilanthes* > *bodinieri* H.Lév. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2478328>; > *Strobilanthes* *cavaleriei* H.Lév. > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2478357>); - from me > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Sourav Mahmud <[email protected]> > Date: 9 June 2014 22:47 > Subject: [efloraofindia:190310] Herb ID from Bangladesh SM055 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Habit: Herb > Habitat ; Floodplain > Location: Sundarbans > > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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