Can we find differences or keys between R.pectnata and R.parviflora ? On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 19:10, dr.rakesh Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> That is the point ... or controversy ... Dinesh sir , what I know as > Rungia repens , has flowers about 1 cm or little larger ... in colors > purple to light purple to white . Procumbent to erect up to 3 feet when > crowded, leaf up to 5-6 cm long , elliptic , pointed tip , pointed base , > very small petiole , somewhat hairy , more on underside . Spike always > erect , up to 20 cm but usually 10 cm and longer fall down and tip bends > upwards again , width of spike about 10 mm . > If this description fits to both , them either both are conspecific , or > there are differences we need to find out . > From your images , Dinesh sir , I deduce that in R. elegans papery margin > of bract is colorful , and spikes bear more than 2 flowers at a time .. > . in Rungia repens papery part is white , flowers usually 1 or 2 per spike > at a time . > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 18:22 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Garg ji, the flowers of Justicia concinna >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/justicia/rungia-elegans> >> or *Rungia elegans* are very large - as large as 1cm across or even 1.5 >> cm. and as such this species poses no confusion among the tiny flowered >> Rungia spp. >> Image by Dinesh ji at Rungia pectinata in FOI >> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Comb%20Rungia.html>,is >> indeed *Rungia pectinata* - the flowers here are barely 1 to 2 *mm* >> I have no doubts here. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 3:01 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think, Image by Dinesh ji at Rungia pectinata in FOI >>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Comb%20Rungia.html>, is >>> of Justicia concinna >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/justicia/rungia-elegans> >>> as >>> per images and details herein. >>> Pl. check and correct. >>> -- >>> 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'. -- 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/CA%2BiuSFACJFJpuU5bUkXLcwkGREfYLMPB4GO7i%3DmWAsS-M8gvGA%40mail.gmail.com.
