Garg Sir, This is possibly *Staurogyne glutinosa* Kuntze <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2477785>, unresolved name of *Ebermaiera glutinosa* Wall. of "Bengal Plants". The problem is I have no other reference except my old lit., Dinesh Ji's post of another species <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/PdLufRlNRJU> and two KEW herb.-
1. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000838881 2. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000838882 And many many thanks to Sarah S.Y. Tsai for keeping a watch on my *Limnophila* uploads. Thank you Regards surajit On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 10:38 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Garg Sir, > > *This is NOT Limnophila diffusa Benth*. > > About a fortnight ago i received a mail from Taiwan. A botanist working on > *Limnophila* confirms this. We had a few correspondence regarding various > *Limnophila* species. And i am convinced that this is not *L. diffusa*, > for sepals and leaves are different in *L. diffusa*. She suggests this > can be an acanthaceae species. > > Regarding other two species i copy (highlighted in yellow) part of her > mails - > > 1) > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/indiantreepix/zPGSUbtWrvw > > *"About the first > post > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/indiantreepix/zPGSUbtWrvw > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/indiantreepix/zPGSUbtWrvw> > , it > might be Limnophila hirsuta (Heyne ex Benth.) Benth. in Prain's "Bengal > Plants". The name now become a synonym of Limnophila chinensis (Osbeck) > Merr. Actually, the plant L. chinensis in China has purple flowers, and > pale blue in Vietnam. It's my first time to see pink flowers on L. > chinensis."* > > 2) > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups=#!starred/indiantreepix/XqJO-7bupdo > > * " I also think there are some different thinking > about Limnophila between most people from India and me. But I think yours > is quite correct. As I see in this discuss.* > > > *https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!starred/indiantreepix/XqJO-7bupdo* > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!starred/indiantreepix/XqJO-7bupdo> > > *In my point of view, I would say it's Limnophila aquatica, with densely > long hair and bigger flower. Please see the attachment. > It's Limnophila heterophyllathat I think which is shortly hirsute and with > much smaller flowers."* > > > Please, note that in another subsequent mail she writes - > > *"About L. aquatica or L. cana, it's also a thorny problem for me. In my > point of view, I think they might be same species. Do you think the length > of pedicels is stable enough? I thought sometimes they can be pedicellate, > sometimes they can be sessile or sub-sessile. Or depend on different part > of inflorescence. If you have time, you can observe it nearby. Regretfully, > my images mostly come from specimens. * > > *Just like one of my friend from Europe who is desirely willing to come to > Taiwan, I wish I could go to south Asia and southeast Asia to botanize > around someday.* > > *Best wishes,"* > > Hope the ID of this plant, in this thread, will come out soon. > > Thank you, > > Regards, > surajit > > > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:18 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: surajit koley <[email protected]> >> Date: Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:15 PM >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:143747] Limnophila diffusa Benth.? Hooghly >> 13-01-13 sk2 >> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> >> Cc: Subir Ghosh <[email protected]> >> >> >> Sir, >> >> Attaching new set of photographs of the same plant, recorded on >> 27-01-2013 at the same place. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 3:28 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> May I request you to pl. confirm or otherwise pl. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> >>> First we have to decide if those flowers in this thread can be a >>> *Limnophila* species. I think it can be. A google search for "limnophila >>> flowers" shows similar looking flowers, an example - >>> http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/103353/#b. >>> If it is a *Limnophila* sp., it is certainly *Limnophila diffusa* Benth. >>> as per "Bengal Plants" key >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/dr8_J99SGAM/discussion> >>> and distribution. >>> GRIN, The Plant List, FoC or FoP may not recognize it, IUCN does >>> <http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/199705/0> !!! So, does the "Bengal >>> Plants" or "Flora of British India". >>> Thank you, >>> Regards, >>> surajit >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: surajit koley <[email protected]> >>> Date: 13 January 2013 12:48 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:143747] Limnophila diffusa Benth.? Hooghly >>> 13-01-13 sk2 >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Sir, >>> >>> I found this small herb on the margin of agri-lands. This is somewhat >>> similar to the post at - >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/indiantreepix/zPGSUbtWrvw, >>> except that leaves are not sessile and the plant is much less hairy. Could >>> this be *Limnophila diffusa* Benth. >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/indiantreepix/dr8_J99SGAM> >>> of "Bengal Plants" (F. B. I. iv. 266)? >>> >>> Species : UNKNOWN >>> H & H : wild herb of less than 1 ft, on the margin of agri-land >>> (including paddy-fields around) >>> Date : 6/1/13 >>> Place : Hooghly >>> Searched :- >>> >>> 1. >>> >>> http://books.google.co.in/books?id=KwkDI9qKyJ8C&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=limnophila+diffusa&source=bl&ots=faP4JywuxZ&sig=dcPoYCuaOxvtoUpPDqJ9tDZLbi8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aVryUMG2FsXXkAX--YDYCw&ved=0CHIQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=limnophila%20diffusa&f=false >>> 2. >>> >>> http://ia600606.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot21753000004357&itemPath=%2F23%2Fitems%2Fmobot21753000004357&server=ia600606.us.archive.org&page=n269_w1150.jpg >>> 3. >>> >>> http://ia600606.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot21753000004357&itemPath=%2F23%2Fitems%2Fmobot21753000004357&server=ia600606.us.archive.org&page=n270_w1150.jpg >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> surajit >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* >>> & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>> alphabetically & place-wise): >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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