I check the related species in Flora of Peninsular India, but could not find the keys between the three species as per Rungia pectinata <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=310&cat=7> Rungia repens <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=311&cat=7> Rungia parviflora <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=309&cat=7> Rungia muralis <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=308&cat=7>
Only description is available for Rungia parviflora <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=309&cat=7> as below: A small, soft annual herb. leaves membranous, variable, ovate, lanceolate or linear- spathulate. flowers in small spikes; barren and flowering bracts very different, the former in 3 rows on one side of the spike, thick, elliptic, mucronate; the later with the flowers on the other side, conspicuously hyaline- margined, ovate or orbicular- ciliate, calyx- lobes 5, corolla blue. On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 09:56, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Rakesh ji. > We will certainly go through the descriptions. > But before that we have to find *keys* between the three species., in > differences sources of literature. > > > On Fri, 3 Jan 2020 at 19:53, dr.rakesh Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> We need to have descriptions of species . >> Garg sir , the keys you have quoted are not enough . >> For one , leaf is highly variable in size , so is petiole . >> Two , bracts in all 3 are having papery white margin . While in bigger >> one margins do not overlap and they show prominently in contrasting colors >> , in two smaller ones bracts overlap and white papery margin is not visible >> on backside , though visible on side of flowers . >> Attached photos belong to larger one , spike going up to 20 cm long . >> Habit prostrate , erect when crowded . >> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 18:16 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Rakesh ji, in a recent thread, has expressed doubts about clarity in >>> these species in efi site. >>> >>> So let us look at these afresh with our literature. >>> Flora of Madhya Pradesh: Chhatarpur and Damoh (Description) >>> <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=nC-TikpU0sEC&pg=PA338&dq=Justicia+pectinata+%2B+INdia&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pr-8UPaoMNCzrAfnkoDYDg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Justicia%20pectinata%20%2B%20INdia&f=false> >>> gives >>> the following keys: >>> 1a. Sterile and fertile bracts dissimilar. Upper lip of Corolla acute. >>> Spikes 2.5-5 cm- *R. pectinata* >>> 1b. Sterile and fertile bracts similar. Upper lip of Corolla emarginate. >>> Spikes 2.5-5 cm- *R. repens* >>> >>> Flora Of Guntur District: Andhra Pradesh, India (Description) >>> <http://books.google.co.in/books?id=1kHNgLyXbJUC&pg=PA273&dq=Justicia+pectinata+%2B+INdia&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pr-8UPaoMNCzrAfnkoDYDg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Justicia%20pectinata%20%2B%20INdia&f=false> >>> gives >>> the following keys: >>> 1a. Bracts dimorphic. Fertile bracts villous, petiole ca. 2 cm long- *R. >>> pectinata* >>> 1b. Bracts uniform. Bracts with white membranous margin, petiole ca. 5 >>> mm long- *R. repens* >>> >>> Does anybody has keys involving Rungia parviflora ? >>> -- >>> 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- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>> 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >>> >>> 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'. >>> >> > > -- > 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- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than > 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). > > 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'. > -- 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- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). 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