Frankly speaking it was of that color only and at once I thought that its a different species all together. So I was even skeptic in sharing with wrong id. But while reading the protologue I realised that it is supposed to be very pale violet only (dilute violaceus) which to me is same as the colours of the petals in the pic. May be you have seen some more colour variants. Do share pics if possible.
Secondly, thanks a lot for the elaborate description. Thirdly, you have mentioned "Type probably from India". You are absolutely right because according to the protologue the type should be from Cochin only. Regards Pankaj On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice caption Pankaj ji > But Inflorescence is too whitish........ > > Floscopa scandens Lour. Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 192. 1790; Thw., Enum. Pl. > Zeyl. 323. 1864; Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 265. 1881; Hook. f., Fl. Br. > Ind. 6: 390.1892; Lakshminarshiman in Sharma et al., Fl. Maharashtra > (Monocot.) 169, 1996. Tradescantia paniculata Roxb., Pl. Corom. 2: 6, t. > 109. 1799; Moon. Cat. 24. 1824; Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 119. 1824. Type from > India. Tradescantia paniculata Roth., Nov. Sp. Pl. 188. 1821, nom. illeg., > non Roxb., 1799. Dithyrocarpus paniculatus (Roxb.)Kunth, Enum. 4: 79. > 1843.Floscopa paniculata (Roxb.) Hassk. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 151. 1852; Thw., > Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 323. 1864. Dithyrocarpus petiolatus Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. > 6: 32, t. 2079. 1853. Type from India. Dithyrocarpus rothii Wight, Ic. Pl. > Ind. Or. 6: 32, t. 2080. 1853. [Replacement name for Tradescantia paniculata > Roth, non Roxb,] Type from India. Dithyrocarpus undulates Wight, Ic. Pl. > Ind. Or. 6: 32, t. 2080. 1853. Type probably from India. > > Perennial forming dense stands, with decumbent stems 30-60 cm > tall much branched at the base. Leaves strongly reduced below the > inflorescence, sheaths 0.3-1.2 cm long, glabrous to densely pubescent, long > ciliate at the apex, lamina petiolate or at least strongly narrowed basally, > lanceolate-elliptic, 3.5-12 cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide, apex acute to acuminate, > base cuneata, petiole or narrow, basal portion ciliate on the margin and > pillose above, expanded portion usually scabrous above (occasionally > glabrous), glabrous below, margin scabrous. Inflorescence compound, dense to > moderately dense, more or less sessile, composed of terminal thyrse and > smaller, closely associated thyrses from the axils of the reduced, distal > leaves, ovate or obovate, 2..5-6.5 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, densely glandular > pubescent. Flowers 4-6 mm wide, pubescent; sepals 2-3.5 mm long, > pink-purple, glandular-pubescent; petals pink to lilac, upper two elliptic, > apex acute, lower one oblong, apex rounded; filaments of all but lower, > medial stamen fused basally, upper 3 stamens with anthers with a broad > connective and small distal anther sacs, yellow, lower 3 stamens with > anthers with a narrow whitish connective and larger, blackish anther sacs; > ovary stiptate, style long, slender pink, stigma small. Capsules > dorsiventrally compressed, stiptate, broadly ellipsoid to obovoid, rostrate. > Seeds hemispherical, elliptic in outline, testa grey to brown, ribbed with > 12-16 ribs, sometimes farinose, hilum on the edge of a deep ventral furrow, > embryotega white or whitish. > > Flowering and Fruiting: December to February. > > Distribution: India and Sri Lanka to Australia. > > Ecology: Forest, especially along streams. > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Beautiful photographs and excellent info. >> >> On Feb 7, 2:44 pm, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Floscopa scandens Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1: 193. 1790. >> > >> > Synonyms (Govaerts et al. 2011 - Kew Checklist): >> > Tradescantia paniculata Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 6 (1799). >> > Aneilema hispidum D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 45 (1825). >> > Commelina cymosa Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 4 (1827). >> > Commelina densiflora Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 4 (1827). >> > Commelina hispida Ham. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 25 (1827). >> > Commelina hamiltonii Spreng., Syst. Veg. 5: 186 (1828). >> > Tradescantia rufa C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 138 (1828). >> > Aneilema asperum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List: 5204 (1831), nom. >> > inval. >> > Tradescantia geniculata Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 232 (1837). >> > Aneilema cymosum (Blume) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 69 (1843). >> > Aneilema densiflorum (Blume) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 69 (1843). >> > Dithyrocarpus meyenianus Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 78 (1843). >> > Dithyrocarpus paniculatus (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 79 (1843). >> > Dithyrocarpus rufus (C.Presl) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 79 (1843). >> > Floscopa paniculata (Roxb.) Hassk. in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 151 >> > (1852). >> > Floscopa rufa (C.Presl) Hassk. in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 151 (1852). >> > Dithyrocarpus petiolatus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2079 >> > (1853). >> > Dithyrocarpus rothii Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2079 (1853). >> > Dithyrocarpus undulatus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2079 (1853). >> > Lamprodithyros paniculatus (Roxb.) Hassk., Flora 46: 389 (1863). >> > Floscopa hamiltonii (Spreng.) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 166 (1870). >> > Floscopa meyeniana (Kunth) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 167 (1870). >> > Floscopa petiolata (Wight) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 167 (1870). >> > Floscopa undulata (Wight) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 166 (1870). >> > Floscopa scandens var. vaginivillosa R.H.Miau, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. >> > Sunyatseni 1981(3): 116 (1981). >> > >> > Location: Palode, Thiruvananthapuram >> > Date: 24.01.2011 >> > Distribution: India, China, Nepal, Sr Lanka, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, >> > Vientam, Bornea, JAawa, Malaysia, Phillipines, Queensland. >> > Camera: Nikon D300 + 60mm Nikor + Macro Ring Flash. >> > >> > Attachments: >> > Three Images of plant and one image of protologue. >> > >> > Regards >> > Pankaj >> > >> > -- >> > *********************************************** >> > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >> > >> > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> > Research Associate >> > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> > Department of Habitat Ecology >> > Wildlife Institute of India >> > Post Box # 18 >> > Dehradun - 248001, India >> > >> > Slide1.JPG >> > 320KViewDownload >> > >> > Slide2.JPG >> > 207KViewDownload >> > >> > Slide3.JPG >> > 229KViewDownload >> > >> > PROTOLOGUE FLOSCOPA SCANDENS.jpg >> > 805KViewDownload > > > -- > Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, > Research Student, > Department of Botany, > Shivaji University, > Kolhapur. > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
