Thank you Mr Garg for correcting me. The bracts in my sample are indeed obovate and end abruptly in points rather then tapering into them. It is very likely D. chinensis.
Regards, Ashwini > On 20 May 2016, at 13:21, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > As per efi thread > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/V4L4pwpnxyI>; > (i) bracts obovate or cuneate, elliptic, apiculate, not acuminate = D. > roxburghiana Nees (D. chinensis) > (ii) bracts linear or linear-oblong, with nearly parallel margins, > acuminate-cuspidate = var. bupleuroides (D. bupleuroides) > The key above is from "Bengal Plants" > Should it be Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss. > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/dicliptera/dicliptera-roxburghii> > (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana Nees) as per the above keys ? > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Date: 16 May 2016 at 22:34 > Subject: [efloraofindia:243616] Dicliptera bupleuroides ABMAY01/09 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > I have been lazy in identifying this correctly in the past. New photos and a > careful look suggests Roxburgh’s Foldwing. Please advise. > > Dicliptera bupleuroides—Roxburgh’s Foldwing > Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP > 1800m > 11 May 2016 > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > <_MG_0375_11May2016.jpg><_MG_0425_11May2016.jpg><_MG_0431_11May2016.jpg><_MG_0439_11May2016.jpg><_MG_0443_11May2016.jpg><_MG_0451_11May2016.jpg> > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix > <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > 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- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > 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. > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
