I am very surprised that why both FBI and BoBo recorded flowers of *C. salicifolia* Roxb. are small while Roxburgh himslef noted flowers are large and petals are equal..!
Thank you Regards surajit koley a *non-botanist* member of efloraofIndia google group On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 6:41 PM, surajit koley <[email protected] > wrote: > This is no particular species photographs. It's an introduction to my next > couple of threads. > > We have BSI checklist of the genus now - > http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/speciesList_PCL.action?resultType=genusWise&parent_Id=2431&parent_Name=commelina > . > > Interestingly, *Commelina diffusa* Burm. f. likely not to be found in our > area. This is because Hooghly district (South of West Bengal) doesn't fall > under the BSI specified regional distribution of the species > http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=2483 > . > > Yet, Sir Prain thought it was distributed in the western & northern > provinces of then Bengal. Haines also recorded the same in his book BoBO. > lease check the attached literature. > > So, I keep the species, *C. diffusa* Burm.f. in my following table - > > > speciesdistributionleavesspatheflower1C. diffusa Burm, f.Peninsular, NE & > NW India, E Himalaya, Andaman & Nicobarlanceolate, 1.5-3 x 0.33-0.67 > inch, ciliate0.67-1 inch, acute, base rounded or cordate, striate > > Haines = 0.75-2 inchsmaller petals blue, outer pale or white > > Haines = flower blue 0.5 inch diam2C. longifolia Lam. = C. salicifolia > Roxb.Peninsular, E, NE Indialinear lanceolate, 3-6 x 0.16-0.5 inch, > nearly glabrous, sheaths ciliolate1.5-2 inch, axillary, solitary, acute > to acuminate, base roundedsmall, dark blue > > Haines = smaller than diffusa3C. hasskarlii C.B.Cl <http://c.b.cl/>.throughout > Indianarrowly lanceolate, 1-3 x 0.5-0.67 inch, subacute to obtuse, > sheaths short0.5-1 inch, axillary, base rounded, longer than peduncle, > 4C. attenuata Koen. ex vahlalmost throughout Indialinear or lanceolate, > 1-2 (3 Haines) x 0.25-0.5 inch, obtuse or sub-acute0.33-1.5 inch, acute > or caudate-acuminate, longer than peduncles, base auricled, deeply > cordatesmall, > blue > > Haines = very small, brownish sepal5C. apendiculata C.B.Cl > <http://c.b.cl/>.E, NE India, E Himalayalinear or linear-lanceolate, 4-6 > x 0.17-0.67 inch, narrowed at both ends,very long peduncled, 2-3 inch, > caudate-acuminate, base cordate > 6C. benghalensis L.throughout India > > > 7C. maculata Edgwe. = C. obliqua Buch-Ham. ex D. Don = C. paludosa > Bl.throughout > Indialanceolate, 4-7 x 1-2 inch, acute or caudate-acuminate,0.75-1.5 > inch, usually in terminal heads, solitary or crowded, funnel shapedblue8C. > suffruticosa Bl.C, N, E & NE Indialanceolate, 3-14 x 0.75-2 inch, > acuminate, sheaths auricled0.33-0.5 inch, panicled or clustered > > Haines = spathe funnel shaped > 9 > > > > > *C. tuberosa* L. also likely to be found in our region as per BSI. But > that species is different than the usual ones I see around. So, I left the > 9th space of my table blank. > > > Thank you > Regards > surajit koley > a *non-botanist* member of > efloraofIndia google group > -- 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.
