Hi, Rakesh ji, Based on your observations as above and earlier work, I reviewed all our posts in efi site. I have recommended for corrections of a few by reposting, which you may pl. pursue.
One thing I observed after going through all the posts is that cladodes are pointed upwards in *Haplanthodes tentaculatus* (Nees) Majumdar <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/haplanthodes/haplanthodes-tentaculatus> or its to oother varieties, while these are pointed either straight or downwards in *Haplanthodes verticillatus* (Roxb.) R.B.Majumdar <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/haplanthodes/haplanthodes-verticillatus> On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 19:08, dr.rakesh Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear members > As per recent revision of Acanthaceae in India ,at KEW , we have now two > species in Haplanthodes. . . H. verticillatus and H. tentaculatus with > three inferior taxa -- H. t. var. tentaculatus , var. plumosa and var. > neilgherryensis . (Haplanthus neilgherryensis is now recognised as > Haplanthodes tentaculatus var. neilgherryensis ... this epithet is > rampantly misspelled in literature , I found on internet .) > This Genus has Cladodes substituting leaves in flower bearing part . > H. verticillatus has cladodes 2•5cm or longer ,stiff , very sharp pointed > bifid or rarely trifid ...accidental prick is very painful , stinging. > Plant about a meter tall or less , stout . Flowers light to deep shade of > violet . > In H. tentaculatus cladodes are up to 1•5cm ,soft , hairy , tip > inconspicuously bifid , non-prickly . > Three varieties can be recognised by cladodes... > In var. plumosa cladodes are covered in dense soft white hairs , > inflorescence which is actually terminal part of stem and branches , > looking like plume . > In var. neilgherryensis terminal spike of cladodes and flowers is densely > packed , meaning by , internodes are very small . And ofcourse cladodes not > plumose . > Var. tentaculatus , seen in suitable habitat in Surat ,is having cladodes > sparsely hairy , nodes widely spaced . > > Flowers can be violet to whitish with dark brown striation deep in throat > , more on upper side . > > Presenting H. t. var. tentaculatus > > -- > 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/293c5cdb-83b9-455d-93b7-09580e6bab79%40googlegroups.com > . > -- 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%2BiuSFCfD11VsAj91dwgijrvSvDhYM-fNDGHVeL94Ff1rPf8%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com.
