I asked if any member can access the paper http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3417/2013046. What I come to know is that *Haplanthodes tentaculatus* (L.) Nees is further divided in to var. *nilgherryensis <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/haplanthodes/haplanthodes-nilgherrensis>* and var. plumosa <http://plants.jstor.org/stable/history/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000885684>, besides type species.
First, I do not have literature, be it century old, on South Indian flora. I have never seen one physical species, never before even in images. The first time I saw/noticed it in Anurag Ji's thread <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/D5V4vxlW5nc/5q0B7fF9oQ0J>. Second, it appears to me that various uploads of *Haplanthodes*, in eFI, are very confusing. Third, internet doesn't feature any photograph of related species other than those of Dinesh Ji, Prashant Ji and one or two of others. Fourth, I do not even know how to differentiate *H. verticillatus* from *H. tentaculatus*. Dinesh Ji threw some light - 1. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/NbKZ2cRILsc/znbfFPnQ7iAJ 2. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/C6E9D20qujk/tAcJAwm8ZEEJ 3. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/d6pQ0ry1jP0/wfhnGOsjAWEJ FBI recorded, corolla in *H. verticillatus* (*verticillaris*) is pale lilac; against dark lilac in http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=151&cat=1 and "brilliant blue" in Dinesh Ji's KEY in link1 above. Prashant Ji has both white & blue colour *H. nilgherryensis*. So, it is quite impossible for me to decipher the id of this species. More so, because except the flowering spikes no detail on sepals, sizes of corolla and calyx etc are available. If this belongs to *H. tantaculatus* group it is unlikely to be var. *plumosa*, because of the following herbarium - Herb. of *Ruellia tentaculata* - http://linnean-online.org/6882/ possibly type species - http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000885683 var. *nilgherrensis* - - http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000885689 - http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000885688 - http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000885687 var. *plumosa* - - http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000885684 - http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000885685 - http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000885686 I think var. *plumosa* doesn't have dense spike. Thank you Regards surajit On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:43 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Does anybody have access to http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3417/2013046? > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:55 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> efi page on Haplanthodes plumosa >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/haplanthodes/haplanthodes-plumosa> >> >> Haplanthodes >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/haplanthodes> >> species in eFIoraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ >> regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available) >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Prashant Awale <[email protected]> >> Date: 23 March 2015 at 14:03 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:218868] Acanthaceae Fortnight ::Haplanthodes sp? >> :: Ganapatipule:: PKA-MAR29/29: : >> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear Friends, >> Came across this Haplanthodes sp. at Jaigad fort near Ganapatipule. Could >> this be Haplanthodes plumosa?. Kindly validate the ID. >> >> *Botanical name:* >> >> Haplanthodes sp. >> >> *Family:* >> >> Acanthaceae >> >> *Date/Time-* >> >> >> >> 29-03-2010 /11:40 AM >> >> *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- * >> >> >> >> Jaigad Fort near Ganapatipule- Ratnagiri >> >> *Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* >> >> >> >> Wild >> >> *Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- * >> >> >> >> Herb >> >> *Height/Length- * >> >> >> >> 30 to 50 cm >> >> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* >> >> >> >> Opposite, 3 to 5 cm, Some leaves were acuminate and some were with >> somewhat rounded apex , hairy, leaf base extending down to petiole, >> >> *Inflorescence Type/ Size- * >> >> >> >> Photograph enclosed >> >> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* >> >> >> >> Flowers sessile, corolla approx. 8 to 12mm, purple (Photograph enclosed) >> >> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-* >> >> >> >> Not known >> >> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> -- >> 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). 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