Both Barleria montana and B. prattensis resemble in their general morphology hence may be confusing. Calyx features seem to be variable so cannot be wholly relied on. But the seed character is distinct enough to distinguish the two species. According to Shendage & Yadav (2010, Revision of genus Barleria in India):
Seeds clothed with appressed-silky hairs -------------- *Barleria montana* Seeds glabrous --------------------------------------------------- *Barleria prattensis* Vijay ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Research Scientist National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi, MS, USA On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Garg ji, it is *Barleria prattensis*. > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:22 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pl. confirm it as *Barleria prattensis* Santapau as per *another thread* >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/sqs4bh42TaE> or >> otherwise. >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: JM Garg <[email protected]> >> Date: 21 March 2015 at 19:51 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:218577] Fwd: Wild flower for ID-061009-RK-3 >> To: >> Pl. confirm it as *Barleria prattensis* Santapau as per *another thread* >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/sqs4bh42TaE> or >> otherwise. >> >> >> On Tuesday, 6 October 2009 21:26:56 UTC+5:30, ranjini kamath wrote: >> >>> Pic taken in Bannarghatta Forest on 04-10-09.Please ID this for me. >>> Thank You. >>> Ranjini Kamath >>> >> -- >> 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.
