Forwarding for ID Distributed as Gomphostemma ovatum ? <https://efloraofindia.com/2017/09/20/gomphostemma-ovatum/> Group discussion at Plants from Northeast Tour 2017- Herb for id from Meghalaya (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/vNYKfbmNl7A>
On Sunday, September 29, 2019 at 9:31:49 PM UTC+5:30 Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote: > Nice images Dr. Singh ! > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 5:10 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On further perusal of Flora of Bhutan, Nepal and China and GBIF specimens >> of all the species at Gomphostemma >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/l/lamiaceae/gomphostemma>, >> >> I think closest I can go is *Gomphostemma ovatum Wall. ex Benth.* >> <http://www.plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=473869&SID=0&size=1>, >> >> which is a *15-30 cm herb*. *Other species are much bigger or shrubs. >> *Description >> given in Flora of Bhutan are reproduced below: >> Ascending herb. Stems somewhat slender, 15-30cm, rooting near base only. >> Leaves ovate-elliptic, 8—12(—18) * 5—8(—9)cm, acute, base rounded to >> cuneate, margin crenate; upper surface with scattered, simple, appressed >> hairs; lower surface stellate; petiole 2—7cm. Verticillasters >> many-flowered. Outer bracts elliptic, +/- obtuse at apex. Calyx 10-12mm, >> stellate-tomentose; teeth narrowly triangular, c 5.5mm. *Corolla pale >> yellow*, 35—38mrn; tube e 25mm; upper lip entire. Nutlets 6 * 4mm. >> Darjeeling: Ryang, Rangit River, Sitong, Rishap, Balasun. 610-l220m. >> July-August. >> Two varieties have been recognised: var. ovatum (var. typica Prain nom. >> superfl.) and var. flaccidum Prain. Both are recorded from Darjeeling but >> only differ in the degree of hairyness. >> >> I think also appears close to specimens at GBIF >> <https://www.gbif.org/species/7612385> as per high resolution specimen >> <https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Frepo.rbge.org.uk%2Fimage_server.php%3Fkind%3D1500%26path_base64%3DL2hlcmJhcml1bV9zcGVjaW1lbl9zY2Fucy9FMDAvMzAxLzk3My81MjcxNy5qcGc%3D> >> (bracts >> may have fallen off). Corolla colour is creating doubt, but white colour >> variant is seen in so many species. >> >> May I request Nidhan ji to pl. have a look. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Nidhan Singh <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2017 at 20:32 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:274513] Plants from Northeast Tour 2017- Herb for >> id from Meghalaya >> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear All, >> >> Please identify this very short herb (I think Acanthaceae) from forest >> shade near seven sisters falls, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya.. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Assistant Professor >> Department of Botany >> I.B. 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