I decided to pursue 1st four specimens each from GBIf fro both species. But there seems to be no clear cut demarcation between them as below: *Rungia parviflora in GBIF: <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=3780135>* *https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fsweetgum.nybg.org%2Fimages3%2F3131%2F353%2F02655615.jpg <https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fsweetgum.nybg.org%2Fimages3%2F3131%2F353%2F02655615.jpg>* *https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fcollections.nmnh.si.edu%2Fmedia%2Findex.php%3Firn%3D13018980 <https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fcollections.nmnh.si.edu%2Fmedia%2Findex.php%3Firn%3D13018980>* *https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Frepo.rbge.org.uk%2Fimage_server.php%3Fkind%3D1500%26path_base64%3DL2hlcmJhcml1bV9zcGVjaW1lbl9zY2Fucy9FMDAvNTQwLzIwMS83Mjc4NTUuanBn <https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Frepo.rbge.org.uk%2Fimage_server.php%3Fkind%3D1500%26path_base64%3DL2hlcmJhcml1bV9zcGVjaW1lbl9zY2Fucy9FMDAvNTQwLzIwMS83Mjc4NTUuanBn>* *https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fmedialib.naturalis.nl%2Ffile%2Fid%2FL.2843456%2Fformat%2Flarge <https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fmedialib.naturalis.nl%2Ffile%2Fid%2FL.2843456%2Fformat%2Flarge>*
*Rungia pectinata* (Linnaeus) Nees in GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=7264305> https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fmedialib.naturalis.nl%2Ffile%2Fid%2FL.3704596%2Fformat%2Flarge https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fmedialib.naturalis.nl%2Ffile%2Fid%2FL.3725672%2Fformat%2Flarge https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fmedialib.naturalis.nl%2Ffile%2Fid%2FL.3725649%2Fformat%2Flarge https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/https%3A%2F%2Fmedialib.naturalis.nl%2Ffile%2Fid%2FL.3725649%2Fformat%2Flarge On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 at 10:09, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Dinesh ji, for the important feedback. > Pl. see the descriptions below: > Description as available for Rungia parviflora > <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=309&cat=7> is > 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. * > > India biodiversity Portal gives the following description for *Rungia > parviflora*: > *Diffuse or ascending herbs*. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 2 by 1 > cm, base and apex acute, lateral veins c. 3 pairs. *Spikes c. 15 mm long; > floral bracts glabrescent*; *corolla pinkish-white.* Capsule ellipsoid. > Flowering and fruiting: March-April. Wastelands in the plains. Peninsular > India and Sri Lanka > > *Rungia pectinata* (Linnaeus) Nees in A. Candolle in Flora of China > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022026>: > *Herbs 20-50 cm tall, annual or perennial*. *Stem basally prostrate and > rooting at nodes then erect, *minutely pubescent. Petiole 0-7 mm; leaf > blade oblong-elliptic, 1-4 × 0.4-1.4 cm, glabrous except for a few > trichomes along veins, secondary veins ca. 4 on each side of midvein, base > cuneate and decurrent onto petiole, margin entire, apex acute. *Spikes > axillary or terminal, 0.5-2 cm, 1-sided, solitary or sometimes 2 or 3 > compound; bracts dimorphic; sterile bracts green, elliptic, ca. 4 × 0.7 mm, > glabrous, apex acute; fertile bracts circular to obovate, 4-5 × ca. 2 mm, > pubescent, margin broadly hyaline, apex obtuse to rounded to emarginate and > mucronulate; *bracteoles elliptic, 2-3 mm, margin ciliate, apex 2-cleft > and subacute. Calyx colorless, pubescent; lobes linear-lanceolate, ca. 3 × > 0.5 mm, margin narrowly hyaline, apex mucronulate. Corolla blue or white, > ca. 5 mm, outside pubescent; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes triangular; upper lip > ovate, 1-2 mm, apex emarginate. Staminal filaments glabrous. Ovary > glabrous. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 2.5 mm, glabrous, 2-4-seeded, apex > apiculate. Seeds orbicular in outline, ca. 1 mm in diam., minutely > verrucose. Fl. Nov-Jan, fr. Jan-Apr. > > Hi, Dinesh ji, > Does they match with your observations ? > > > On Mon, 6 Jan 2020 at 10:04, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From another thread: >> I think the habit of *J. parviflora* is prostrate, mat-forming, while >> *J.pectinata* is an erect herb with diffuse branching ... this is what I >> have been considering. >> If their descriptions are on this lines, then confusion is taken care of. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 13:05, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Description as available for Rungia parviflora >>> <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=309&cat=7> is >>> 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. >>> >>> India biodiversity Portal gives the following description for *Rungia >>> parviflora*: >>> Diffuse or ascending herbs. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 2 by 1 >>> cm, base and apex acute, lateral veins c. 3 pairs. Spikes c. 15 mm long; >>> floral bracts glabrescent; corolla pinkish-white. Capsule ellipsoid. >>> Flowering and fruiting: March-April. Wastelands in the plains. Peninsular >>> India and Sri Lanka >>> >>> *Rungia pectinata* (Linnaeus) Nees in A. Candolle in Flora of China >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022026>: >>> Herbs 20-50 cm tall, annual or perennial. Stem basally prostrate and >>> rooting at nodes then erect, minutely pubescent. Petiole 0-7 mm; leaf blade >>> oblong-elliptic, 1-4 × 0.4-1.4 cm, glabrous except for a few trichomes >>> along veins, secondary veins ca. 4 on each side of midvein, base cuneate >>> and decurrent onto petiole, margin entire, apex acute. Spikes axillary or >>> terminal, 0.5-2 cm, 1-sided, solitary or sometimes 2 or 3 compound; bracts >>> dimorphic; sterile bracts green, elliptic, ca. 4 × 0.7 mm, glabrous, apex >>> acute; fertile bracts circular to obovate, 4-5 × ca. 2 mm, pubescent, >>> margin broadly hyaline, apex obtuse to rounded to emarginate and >>> mucronulate; bracteoles elliptic, 2-3 mm, margin ciliate, apex 2-cleft and >>> subacute. Calyx colorless, pubescent; lobes linear-lanceolate, ca. 3 × 0.5 >>> mm, margin narrowly hyaline, apex mucronulate. Corolla blue or white, ca. 5 >>> mm, outside pubescent; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes triangular; upper lip >>> ovate, 1-2 mm, apex emarginate. Staminal filaments glabrous. Ovary >>> glabrous. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. 2.5 mm, glabrous, 2-4-seeded, apex >>> apiculate. Seeds orbicular in outline, ca. 1 mm in diam., minutely >>> verrucose. Fl. Nov-Jan, fr. Jan-Apr. >>> >>> But I am unable to find out the clear cut difference between the two >>> from the above. >>> >>> On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 10:25, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Checklist of Nepal, gives *Rungia parviflora* (Retz.) Nees as a syn. >>>> of *Rungia pectinata* (L.) Nees >>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200022026> >>>> Flora of Pakistan did not mention any Rungia species. >>>> Flora of China >>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=128875> >>>> has only *Rungia pectinata* (Linnaeus) Nees >>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022026> out >>>> of these. >>>> Pl. see FOC illustration >>>> <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=119450&flora_id=2> >>>> for this. >>>> >>>> As per Dr. Wood (who changed the names from Rungia to Justicia)" >>>> *Rungia muralis* is usually seen as a variety of *Justicia parviflora*. >>>> I have made no combinations for the varieties as they are a chaos and need >>>> a thorough revision - most are probably of no value. >>>> >>>> Thus, from the above discussions, there are broadly two complexes, one >>>> related to *R. pectinata* (syn: *Rungia parviflora* var. *pectinata* >>>> (L.) C. B. Cl.) and* Rungia parviflora* (*Bracts dimorphic*) and other >>>> related to *R. repens* (*Bracts uniform*). >>>> >>>> Thus, Rakesh ji's posted species in this thread with uniform bracts >>>> should be *R. repens* >>>> >>>> However, we have to still find keys and differences between *R. >>>> pectinata* (syn: *Rungia parviflora* var. *pectinata* (L.) C. B. Cl.) >>>> and* Rungia parviflora* (*Bracts dimorphic*) >>>> >>>> On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 at 10:12, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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). 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