Supporting Dr VijayasankarJi, now the genus Stenosiphonium is treated as a synonym under Strobilanthes
SANTHOSH ------------------------------------------ *Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar *MSc, PhD, FIAT,FABSc, FLS Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala India www.drsanthosh.wikifoundry.com <http://www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com> NB: Please consider your environmental responsibility! Ask yourself before printing this email !!! On 25 March 2015 at 01:50, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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