Thank you very much Sir for the feedback. Unfortunately I do not think *R. ciliatiflora* Hook. is viable. Because "Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, vol. 80: p. 811, fig. 11 (1993)" clearly states that Curtis' coloured illustration is correct. It also informs *R. ciliatifolia* Hook. is closely related to *R. nudiflora* complex. The species feature 10 mm calyx, 3.5-4.5 cm corolla <http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27995030#page/825/mode/1up>. I think Aarti Ji's species has much smaller flower and doesn't look like a member of *R. nudiflora* complex.
However, thank you very much for the discussion. At least now we have KEY and description of American *Ruellia*! Regards surajit On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 1:28 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > This plant seems more closer to the ID suggested by Surajit Ji > (R.ciliatiflora) than the ID suggested by me (Dipteracanthus prostratus) as > it has terminal cluster of flowers than solitary axillary flower (as in > D.prostratus). This species (R.ciliatiflora) is known in Uttarakhand. > The link for picture of R.ciliatiflora was added by me to further confirm > the ID and not to rule out R.ciliatiflora. In the pics attached by Aarti Ji > leaves are not visible. > The plant probably need a further examination by experts. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 9:03:23 PM UTC+5:30, Aarti S. Khale wrote: >> >> This and my earlier post, both have been identified as being the same by >> Rawat Ji.. >> In the earlier post, the flowers were single, where as there were many >> growing on one stem here. >> Experts, kindly have a look. >> Aarti >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/sW5-E6MBH3o/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
