This is what Lamarck noted on *C. longifolia* - http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33349848#page/155/mode/1up. BSI informs the species is distributed in Peninsular, E & NE India. Isn't it surprising that till to date we have no representative in our database?
This is the only species I have ever come across which has larger flowers then the rest. I was very confused when Mayur Ji and Manudev Ji identified two of my threads, featuring this large flower, as *C. diffusa* Burm f. More so, because earlier Mayur Ji identified a smaller flower (where petals are not equal) a species as *C. diffusa* Burm.. f. I have Mayur Ji's paper on *C. beddomei* and Manudev Ji's paper on *C. andamanica* with me. So. I still feel shaky while writing this. I came to know that *C. coelestis* Willd. looks similar in another thread, but differs in some respect - https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/RaAjZgNORCA/74FO9kxJeTAJ. Even the Bangladesh doc i uploaded in one of my recent threads is confusing! With so many pseudobotanists (me too!) playing in the net there are only two pics of *C. longifolia* - - https://www.flickr.com/photos/haile/2384267981 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/haile/2385099498 Where is Roxburgh's *C. salicifolia*, I thought! As for *C. hasskarlii* C.B. Clarke, the docs and the links I shared in another my recent thread will tell that it is exceedingly similar to *C. diffusa* Burm. f. The description in efloras would tell the flowers are of the size of *C. benghalensis*. BSi informs *C. hasskarlii* is distributed throughout our country yet we do not have it in our database!!! Thank you Regards surajit koley a *non-botanist* member of efloraofIndia google group On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 11:26 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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