The inflorescence is not monochasial as apparently appears in the first pic which may lead to thinking of some novel species. A close look in the highest resolution of the other two pictures reveals the inflo may be a panicle or a thyrse.
*Pseuderanthemum* species can have same flower form http://www.cvh.org.cn/db/data_photos/data_index.php?id=1&page=316&orderr=SPPING_LATIN2. In fact FoC thinks *Pseuderanthemum polyanthum* (C. B. Clarke ex Oliver) can be misidentified with *Rhinacanthus calcaratus* (Wall.)Nees. At least two more *Pseuderanthemum* distributed in India can have flowers with similar form. But, here the upper leaves are seemingly sessile and pubescent and significantly smaller than those *Pseuderanthemum* above. *Rhinacanthus communis* Nees of FBI (can't help...) is cultivated as well as wild in Deccan peninsula. In spite of Shrikant Ji's view please check what is the habit of wild form. Because it has several synonyms in FBI, one of which is *Justicia scandens* Vahl and also other. One African species <http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=154320> have upper leaves sessile. Leaf size, whatever little can be found in your pics, and calyx lobes suggest it can be *Rhinacanthus*. Thank you Regards surajit On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:51 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > The flower reminds me of Rhinacanthus nasutus. > Kindly check for it. > I have seen in MNP. > Regards, > Aarti > > I too have similar thoughts Aarti ji; but during this trip I was with > Shrikant ji - and he does not think this plant to be Rhinacanthus > nasutus. Hopefully we get some other thoughts; let us wait. Thank you very > much. > Regards. > Dinesh > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: 26 March 2015 at 19:09 > Subject: [efloraofindia:219249] Acanthaceae Fortnight :: FOR ID :: > Suttagati :: DVMAR116/127 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > > Acanthaceae Fortnight > acanthus, or ruellia family > ID please > Dear friends, > This herb found prostrate, growing among dry scrub vegetation on a > gentle-sloped hillock, perhaps a climber. Could not locate leaves. The > flower about 15 mm across. > ------------------------------ > at Sutagatti, Karnataka on April 22, 2011 > > [image: Untitled] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5656465089&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfTZOA4uUzCDhptNplwTIDNbSVhug> > > > [image: Untitled] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5657032220&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf4LILdxbC7jefQq00CYh2g0-uYtQ> > > > [image: Untitled] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F5656456021&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf7ebxaER-x4LIia2j3RwMLGuaPOw> > Regards. > Dinesh > > -- > 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 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.
