Thanks Rakesh ji. I have always considered *Rungia* / *Justicia pectinata* to be an *erect* herb, about 2 feet high, and as wide, many branched, with *distant* nodes - at least relative to what I consider as *parviflora*. I may be wrong. From my observations, the height of inflorescence and size of flowers seem to vary in both species *pectinata* as well as *parviflora* - depending on habitat. There is a need for some field expert familiar to this genus to sort out the confusion and mistakes. Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 7:26 PM dr.rakesh Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dinesh sir , you are right in saying first one as distinct species ... it > used to be Rungia repens ! > ................... > 2nd and 3rd ... well , I do not know ... > There used to be Rungia pectinata and Rungia parviflora . I do not know > how distinct those two are ... > could not get clarity on facebook , efi or foi . > Here in Surat I have this tiny flowered herbaceous plants ... I am seeing > it since 2016 . > In my zeal , on facebook I declared the one with larger spike and larger > sterile bracts as R. pectinata , > smaller one (image 3) as R. parviflora , and everyone agreed !!! > Well , except myself . > In 17 , I had been to Matheran , and saw plants identical to 2nd with > overall reddish tinge ... in plenty . > This February , in Tungi near Lonawala , again I saw plants identical to > 2nd with reddish complexion . > But I am yet to find anything like 3rd . Anywhere . > Habitat... there are two spots in city limits where 2 and 3 are found , > almost together . > > On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 6:59 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks Rakesh ji for lining up images of *Justicia* (*Rungia*) spp. >> To me IMAGE 1 is one species, and the rest IMAGE 2 and IMAGE 3 *could be* >> one species - that is, the last two could have variations based on habitat >> - this is purely my thought. >> Will wait for comments. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 1:43 PM dr.rakesh Singh < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thank you ! >>> >>> On Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 1:42:40 PM UTC+5:30, dr.rakesh Singh >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear members >>>> Please set this straight for me . >>>> I have got 3 species of erstwhile Rungia in Surat . >>>> All 3 images are captured within last one month , inside Surat city >>>> limits , >>>> >>>> [image: IMG_20191206_140246 - Copy.jpg] >>>> >>>> IMAGE 1 >>>> >>>> This one has flowers larger than 1 cm , one sided flowering spike can >>>> be longer than 15 cms , >>>> >>>> erect to procumbent , much branched , usually single inflorescence >>>> spike at tip of branches >>>> >>>> >>>> .................................. >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: IMG_20191214_085357 - Copy.jpg] >>>> >>>> IMAGE 2 >>>> >>>> This one is again erect to procumbent , spikes at nodes in bunches >>>> >>>> most of them about 3 to 5 cm long , flowers blue 2-3 mm , >>>> >>>> sterile bracts on behind are longer than fertile bracts . >>>> >>>> ...................................... >>>> >>>> >>>> [image: WP_20191119_016 - Copy.jpg] >>>> >>>> IMAGE 3 >>>> >>>> Mostly procumbent , much branched , multiple short spikes at nodes , >>>> >>>> only few of them enlarge to a max 3.5 cm , shorter than previous one , >>>> >>>> tiny blue flowers about 2-3 mm >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e82e22e9-092d-42e6-aea4-59cf1a16eeea%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e82e22e9-092d-42e6-aea4-59cf1a16eeea%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC0XE7xWgLyCfKBQpmbhZ4EuSf_9vrTZ4kR6bnt5ac3ubQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC0XE7xWgLyCfKBQpmbhZ4EuSf_9vrTZ4kR6bnt5ac3ubQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC2FC4wKQ3y2QQFmaVFAC%3DD4OgkEdU3S52s_TWRffbSBcg%40mail.gmail.com.
