Thank you Sourav. I think I am wasting time flipping through the pages of outdated lit.
Regards On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Sourav Mahmud <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All > > Hemigraphis latebrosa was recorded from Chittagong and Sylhet District > > > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 7:14 AM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Good morning >> >> I thank you all. It has saved me from searching 150+ *Strobilanthes* >> described >> in FBI. >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 5:27 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A reply: >>> "As far as I am aware Strobilanthes tomentosa always grows in the hills, >>> thus the only locality it is certainly known from in Bangladesh is >>> Chittagong. The alluvial plains of Bangladesh are not good Strobilanthes >>> country but finding Hemigraphis latebrosa would not be unexpected even if >>> there is no old record. I suppose Hemigraphis hirta is another possibility >>> but it is not usually so robust. >>> >>> John Wood" >>> >>> Thanks, Dr. Wood. >>> >>> >>> On 26 June 2014 16:45, 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 >>>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> Other recipients: [email protected], [email protected] >>>> As I suggested the ID I had noted the distribution issue. Aechmanthera >>>> tomentosa Nees var. wallichii had been reported from Chittagong (vide FBI >>>> and BP). The last few words in FBI go like - "The Chittagong example....... >>>> and is therefore AE. tomentos >>>> As I suggested the ID I had noted the distribution issue. >>>> *Aechmanthera tomentosa* Nees var. *wallichii* had been reported from >>>> Chittagong (vide FBI and BP). The last few words in FBI go like - "The >>>> Chittagong example....... and is therefore *AE. tomentosa* var. >>>> *Wallichii*, or a new species." >>>> On the other hand neither 'Bengal Plants' nor FBI informs that *H. >>>> latebrosa* Nees can be found in Bangladesh. >>>> Of course Dr. Wood would know it better than anybody. >>>> Regards >>>> Surajit >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- 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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