Leaves are not opposite so cannot be Lamiaceae ! Thank you. Saroj Kasaju
On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 10:09 AM Plantaholic Sheila. < [email protected]> wrote: > Dr. Sunojkumar....thank you for looking and reading my comments. > I may be an amateur...but I do have a fair amount of knowledge. > I discounted Lamiaceae /and Leonotis...with my reasons ...so > frustrating, no one seemed to believe me! > > They will believe you .....an Assistant Professor > in a Department of Botany > On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 5:46:07 AM UTC JM Garg wrote: > >> Thanks a lot, Sunoj ji >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J. M. Garg >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Sunojkumar P <> >> Date: Tue, 15 Mar, 2022, 11:12 am >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:415866] MYSTERY SHRUB 23rd Feb 2022...SS >> To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >> >> >> I think it is not a Lamiacean member. Leaf is alternate here >> It is not close to Leonotis. >> sunoj >> >> On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 4:24 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> Appears to be from Lamiaceae like Phlomis?- from me >>> Thank you for your thoughts Mr Garg. >>> However, I do not believe it is Lamiaceae. >>> The leaves of which emerge oppositely, each pair at right angles to the >>> previous one (decussate) or whorled. >>> >>> Mystery shrub has alternate leaves.- from Sheila ji >>> I have worked very hard to try and id this myself. ..but I am not a >>> botanist, just a keen amateur. >>> I loved those green square stems so interesting >>> To me the globose /spherical heads of flowers on stalks remind me of 3 >>> shrubs/trees. >>> Button bush ..............Cephalanthus...... ..............in >>> Rubiaceae...however leaves always seem to be opposite. >>> Paper mulberry.........Broussonetia......................in >>> Moraceae.....leaves are alternate. >>> London Plane tree ...Platanus x hispanicain .... in Platanaceae..I >>> discounted these as they are just North hemisphere. >>> Broussonetia so far seems to be leading in the right direction. >>> In inaturalist I found Broussonetia kazinoki...in Ecuador. But there is >>> very little on www about it. >>> https://ecuador.inaturalist.org/taxa/470727-Broussonetia-kazinoki >>> >>> Someone in the world will surely recognise my mystery shrub/tree - >>> from Sheila ji >>> I still feel it may be from Lamiaceae. >>> >>> Appears close to images at *Leonotis nepetifolia* (L.) R.Br. >>> <https://efloraofindia.com/species/a---l/l/lamiaceae/leonotis/leonotis-nepetifolia>, >>> but peduncles are long in your images. - from me >>> Thank you for taking the time to look at my mystery shrub, and for your >>> suggestion. >>> I do not believe that *Leonotis nepetifolia* is the answer. >>> It is a plant that I am familiar with. >>> The flowers of which form in a circle surrounding the stem. >>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lion%27s%20Ear.html >>> My pics show the developing seed head on a stalk. , pendulous from the >>> square stem. >>> >>> It was more woody, tree-like than a herbaceous plant. - from Sheila ji >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: Plantaholic Sheila. <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 21:18 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:415866] MYSTERY SHRUB 23rd Feb 2022...SS >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> [image: 001 04-04-2019 10-48-58.JPG][image: 001 04-04-2019 >>> 10-49-05.JPG][image: >>> 001 04-04-2019 10-49-10.JPG][image: 001 04-04-2019 10-49-36.JPG][image: >>> 001 04-04-2019 10-50-01.JPG][image: 001 04-04-2019 10-50-05.JPG]My >>> humble apologies. >>> It has been so long since I posted here I have forgotten what to do. >>> I saw this shrub on Isla de la Plata. Ecuador. >>> Part of Machalilla National Park. >>> On 4th April 2019...just 6 pics >>> >>> I have tried since than to id it...with no joy. >>> Please may I seek the assistance of the world wide experts that help >>> here to id this very distinctive plant. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/f54acb4e-9131-4110-a567-58e29067526dn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f54acb4e-9131-4110-a567-58e29067526dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Sunojkumar. 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