Thanks, Tabish ji -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Sun, 14 Aug, 2022, 11:02 pm Tabish, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Garg ji, > I also think the plants in the other two posts referred to by you are > Mussaenda roxburghii. > Tabish > ------------------------------------------- > <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net > The waterhole of flower lovers > > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2022 at 12:16 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think the main difference appears to be in Calyx lobes: >> For *Mussaenda frondosa*, it is 'Calyx with hypanthium portion >> ellipsoid, 3-4 mm, strigose to sericeous; lobes narrowly triangular to >> narrowly ligulate, *7-12 mm,* hirsute, acute to acuminate' as per Flora >> of China >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=220008890>. >> For M*ussaenda roxburghii*, it is 'Calyx lobes filiform, tapering from >> base, *6-9mm x 1mm, *densely covered in long silky hairs' as per Flora >> of Bhutan <https://biodiversity.bt/species/show/6298>. >> >> Let us see the detailed description to arrive at the right id: >> >> >> Flora of Bhutan <https://biodiversity.bt/species/show/6298> >> >> Flora of China >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=220008890> >> >> >> *Mussaenda roxburghii* Hook.f.: >> >> *Much branched shrub 1-4.5m.* stems glabrous or pilose with spreading >> hairs *leaves petiolate usually elliptic, rarely ovate or oblong,* *5-25 >> x 4-9cm,* acuminate at both ends, *subglabrous or thinly pilose above, >> thinly to densely pilose below, veins adpressed pilose on both surface; >> *petioles >> 2-15mm; *stipules broadly triangular, 6-10mm.* *Inflorescence a dense >> terminal head, usually 3 branched from base, but differentiated, many >> flowered. Calyx lobes filiform, tapering from base, 6-9mm x 1mm, densely >> covered in long silky hairs.* *Corolla tube 2.4-2.8cm, densely covered >> in long silky hairs. lobes narrowly ovate, 4-8 x 2-2.5mm, terminating in a >> long fine hairpoint. Berry globose, 6-10mm, glabrous calyx persistent until >> fruit is ripe.* >> >> *Mussaenda frondosa* Linnaeus: >> >> *Climbing shrubs; *branches terete to compressed, moderately to densely >> pale red sericeous to hirsute becoming glabrescent, red-brown or brown, >> rather densely lenticellate. Leaves opposite; petiole 4-10 mm, densely >> sericeous; blade drying thinly papery or leathery, adaxially dark green to >> brownish green, abaxially pale green to yellowed, *broadly elliptic, >> elliptic-oblong, ovate, or oblanceolate, 8-15 × 3-8* cm, *both surfaces >> sparsely strigillose on lamina and strigose to sericeous on principal >> veins, *base acute, obtuse, or rounded, apex acute to caudate-acuminate; >> secondary veins 7-10 pairs, tertiary venation visible and reticulate; >> *stipules >> persistent, triangular, 5-10 mm, densely strigose to pilose, deeply >> 2-lobed, lobes lanceolate to narrowly triangular, acute to acuminate.* >> *Inflorescences >> congested-cymose* *becoming lax with lateral axes elongating markedly, >> 4-8 × 8-20 cm with lateral axes to 8 cm, *sparsely to moderately >> pubescent with 2 types of pubescence, mixed strigillose to appressed >> puberulent and hirsute to villous, *pedunculate or sessile *and >> 3-partite; peduncles 1-3 cm; *bracts triangular or elliptic, 4-10 mm, >> usually 2- to multifid, acute to acuminate; *pedicels 1-6 mm. Flowers >> pedicellate, biology not noted. Calyx with hypanthium portion ellipsoid, >> 3-4 mm, strigose to sericeous; *lobes narrowly triangular to narrowly >> ligulate, 7-12 mm, hirsute, acute to acuminate, *with 1 lobe of 1-4 >> flowers per inflorescence sometimes expanded into calycophyll, blade >> elliptic-oblong to ovate, 6-8 × 2.5-5 cm, both surfaces glabrescent on >> lamina and strigillose on principal veins, base acute to cuneate, stipe >> 10-30 mm, apex acute or acuminate. *Corolla salverform, outside hirsute; >> tube 22-25 mm; lobes ovate, 6-7 mm, acuminate. Berry ovoid or ellipsoid, >> ca. 10 × 7 mm, strigose to glabrescent, *calyx limb deciduous. Fl. >> Apr-May. >> >> >> >> >> After going through the descriptions, I feel it may be *Mussaenda >> roxburghii* Hook.f. only. >> >> The following posts may also be of *Mussaenda roxburghii* Hook.f..: >> Mussaenda sp. for ID >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/PyVRNEpVc3o> >> Mussaenda frondosa? >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/3wHuOtgb-wA> >> Mussaenda glabrata (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble from Assam KD 02 Jul’ 2017 >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/RGEdgz4IpYY> >> MS July, 2017/06 Mussaenda sp. for Id >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/cz3kw_lgEqk> >> MS, June,2021/20 Mussaenda sp. for id. >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/Djx0yAK3a2Y> >> >> >> >> On Sat, 13 Aug 2022 at 09:51, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> To my eye, the sepals of Mussaenda frondosa >>> <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:756632-1> >>> look broader in comparison to my images, and also more hairiness of the >>> plant. Also the buds of my plant look different from those of M. frondosa. >>> The buds of my plant appear to agree with the M. roxburghii images on Flora >>> of Bhutan site >>> https://biodiversity.bt/species/show/6298 >>> https://biodiversity.bt/group/royal_manas_national_park/ >>> observation/show/5360 >>> Tabish >>> >>> >>> On Friday, August 12, 2022 at 10:40:59 PM UTC+5:30 Tabish wrote: >>> >>>> Found this plant growing by riverside in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh in >>>> May end. >>>> I think this is Mussaenda roxburghii. Looking for confirmation or >>>> otherwise id suggestions. >>>> Best wishes >>>> Tabish >>>> >>> -- >>> 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/e2712789-7494-4034-9cdb-c942aacaf0f4n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e2712789-7494-4034-9cdb-c942aacaf0f4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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]. 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