Dear members, Do we have Stemodia serrata in Maharashtra ? It is reported as per Flora of Peninsular India <http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=9011&cat=7> (Raigad and Thane districts), POWO <http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:809910-1> and CoL <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/7c647294c3e2506e90679149fa19a244> Keys in The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9G45AQAAMAAJ&q=Stemodia+serrata+%2B+india&dq=Stemodia+serrata+%2B+india&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibvs6R8OrpAhXH6XMBHSf0AbsQ6AEINzAC>, Volume 2 <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=9G45AQAAMAAJ&q=Stemodia+serrata+%2B+india&dq=Stemodia+serrata+%2B+india&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibvs6R8OrpAhXH6XMBHSf0AbsQ6AEINzAC> are as below: *Stemodia viscosa* <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/p/plantaginaceae/stemodia/stemodia-viscosa> : Flowers pedicled; corolla twice as long as the calyx. *Stemodia serrata*: Flowers subsessile; corolla scarcely longer than the calyx. GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=3730284> gives only one specimen from India <https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kew.org%2Fherbcatimg%2F643950.jpg> . -- With regards, J.M.Garg
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