D. bupleuroides: Outer bracteoles oblong-lanceolate, 5-7 mm, more than twice as long as broad; crorolla 5 mm long D. chinensis: Outer bracteoles 5-13 mm long, less than twice as long as broad; corolla 10-12 mm long. Longer corolla is very distinctive in latter
On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 12:17:32 PM UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: > Let us keep it D. chinensis vs D. buplleurioides now, as both COL and POWO > treat D. roxburghiana as synonym of D. chinensis > > On Monday, March 21, 2022 at 1:24:43 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > >> Let us analyse both species again (I could not find var.* riparia* in >> IBIS Flora for FBI details, but POWO >> <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47665-1> >> gives distribution in Nepal only): >> >> *Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides (Nees) C.B.Clarke*: >> FBI >> <https://flora.indianbiodiversity.org/content/dicliptera-roxburghiana-var-bupleuroides-nees-cbclarke-0> >> : >> Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 111, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 485, excl. >> syn. Roxb, (sp.) ; leaves ovate or elliptic acute or acuminate glabrous or >> somewhat pubescent, flower-clusters dense axillary and terminal mostly >> sessile, *bracts linear or linear-oblong nearly parallel-sided acuminate >> cuspidate, **D. cardiocarpa*, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Bar. iii. 111, and >> in DC. Prodr. xi. 480. D. hirtula, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 485. D. >> Roxburghii, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 519, chiefly. *D. >> Roxburghiana*, Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 526, not of Nees. *D. rupestris*, >> Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 486. *D. crinita*, Nees l. c. 485, as to the >> Indian examples so named by Nees. *Justicia chinensis*, Wall. Cat. 2466, >> letter B, C partly ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 125, Obs. only. *J. canescens*, >> Wall. Cat. 2423. >> >> *Throughout India in the hills, alt. 1-6000 ft., abundant in the north,* >> becoming rare in the Malabar Ghauts ; *in the Himalaya from Kashmir to >> Upper Assam and the Chittagong Hills ; Mt. Aboo, Stocks ; Central India. >> Distrib. Afghanistan.* >> >> A large very uniform series, varying only slightly in the pubescence of >> the bracts. In the extreme forms the bracts are 3/4 by 1/16 in., glistening >> ciliate, and in some of Beddome’s Malabar specimens they are almost >> subulate. Though the bracts are often broader than in these, the plant as a >> whole is tolerably well separable from* D. Roxburghiana*. >> >> FoP illustration >> <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=86909&flora_id=5> >> POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47472-1> >> Keys in Flora of China >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=109954> >> >> >> *Dicliptera roxburghiana Nees*: >> FBI >> <https://flora.indianbiodiversity.org/content/dicliptera-roxburghiana-nees-2> >> : >> >> *Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar.* iii. 111, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 483, excl. >> syn. ; leaves elliptic acute obscurely pubescent or glabrate, >> flower-clusters axillary and terminal sessile more rarely shortly >> peduncled, *bracts cuneate-elliptic or obovate apiculate not acuminate*. >> T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 519, partly ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. >> 196 ?. Justicia chinensis, Wall. Cat. 2466, letter D, and part B, C. >> >> *Plains of N. INDIA, from the Punjab to Assam, Silhet and E. Bengal, >> frequent.* BHOTAN ; Griffith. >> >> Stems 1-3 ft., elongate, nearly glabrous. Leaves 2.1/2 by 1 in., base >> cuneate ; petiole 1/4 in. Bracts nearly 1/2 by 1/5 in., often 3-nerved, >> ciliate, thinly pubescent. Corolla 3/4 in. Capsule 1/4 in., clavate, >> puberulous or glabrous. Seeds conspicuously verrucose.—*The whole of the >> plains form of B. Roxburghiana differs from Var. bupleuroides in the >> broader, more or less obovate, bracts.* Nees founded his species on the >> common Assam and E. Bengal plant, and the original ticket on his type >> specimen is marked Assam. Bentham, however (in Fl. Hongk. 266), says this >> was an error, and that this type specimen came from the Calcutta Botanic >> Garden ; but it is not known how Bentham discovered this. Nees, however, >> is in error in citing Roxburgh’s Justicia chinensis, for Roxburgh’s Ic. >> Ined, proves this to have been the true plant, long cultivated at Calcutta. >> FoC illustration >> <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=119439&flora_id=2> >> POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47485-1> >> Keys in Flora of China >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=109954> >> >> Thus clear distinction is in the bracts (*linear or linear-oblong nearly >> parallel-sided acuminate cuspidate in bupleuroides & **more or less >> obovate, bracts in roxburghiana*) and distribution (*Throughout India in >> the hills, alt. 1-6000 ft., abundant in the north in bupleuroides & **Plains >> of N. INDIA, from the Punjab to Assam, Silhet and E. Bengal, frequent** in >> roxburghiana).* >> >> I will work on these lines to analyse our postings again. >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> > -- 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/3da7446a-841d-4548-81ef-5721c6ee2901n%40googlegroups.com.
