It may be *Stenosiphonium russellianum. *Very common understorey element in many E.Ghats forests.
Vijay ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Research Scientist National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi, MS, USA On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am taking this post again for Acanthaceae fortnight. I have seen this > plant growing gregariously in various landscapes that are quite wet. Last > week I found the same plant in Tirunelveli hills, which I am posting in a > separate thread. > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:03 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> Seems to be member of Strobilanthes >> >> -- >> Dr. C.Kunhikannan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> if it is very thick brownish- white pubescent on back side of leaf, then >> check it for Strobilanthes lawsoni. -- >> Dr. C.Kunhikannan >> >> Thank you Kunhikannan ji, the underside of the leaf is silvery- glaucous >> and not brownish. >> >> Can this be *Strobilanthus cuspidata*? -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Very interesting plant. >> Pls give some more details such as plant height and leaf size. >> I could not find the "front view" of a flower; It is "two lipped" but >> was it having flaring limbs and the limb tips lobed : 2-lobes on top, >> 3-lobes below ? >> The best refs I found are : Oxford herbaria-Mark Carrine >> <http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/content/Projects/oxford/ops/ops5.pdf> >> and >> N,Sasidharan-Kerala Plarts <http://www.keralaplants.in/index.html> >> It could be *Stenosiphonium cordifolium *(Vahl) Alston, which is >> described as distributed in Pen. India and Sri Lanka. and this genus seems >> to be not fully researched and rare. >> So it is definitely worth seeking again. >> regards >> A.Sinha >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> >> Date: 3 January 2015 at 13:27 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:211844] Acanthaceae for identification :: 030115 >> :: MK005 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear all, >> >> Please help me in identifying this Acanthaceae shrub. Is this any >> *Stenosiphonium*? >> >> Habitat: evergreen forest edge; roadside >> Habit: gregarious shrub of 1-2 m high >> >> Date: 14 Nov 2014 >> Alt.: 1800 m asl >> Place: Kodaikanal, TN >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Care Earth Trust >> # 3, Sixth Street, >> Thillaiganga Nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 0091 96268 33911 >> >> -- >> 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). You can also use them for free as >> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of >> Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
