There is a good monograph on Indian species of Ixora by Tariq Hussain of NBRI. The key and description quite reliable and easy to use. Ixora polyantha is a remarkable species never confusing with any of these shown photographs. I will post a separate photograph of Ixora polyantha for comparison.
Santhosh On 14 November 2011 14:52, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “This is *Ixora finlaysoniana* > > Santhosh” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 14 May 2011 16:45 > Subject: [efloraofindia:69450] two plants two names which is which: Ixora > polyantha and Ixora finlaysoniana?? > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > These two types of plants of Ixora have been bothering me for a long time. > Both differ clearly from similar species I. pavetta in much longer corolla > tube, 20-30 mm long. Both have nearly elliptic-lanceolate to > elliptic-oblanceolate leaves, 6-20 cm long, with cuneate base and narrowed > to 5-10 mm long petiole. Both have white flowers, which in one (sp-a) are > lesser in number, forming a spreading inflorescence and petals are flat > nearly 2.5 mm wide. In second (sp-b) flowers are more in number, dense and > forming nearly globose inflorescence; with corolla lobes which are mostly > reflexed along the margin (and looking similar to I. pavetta) so that they > look very narrow (hardly 1-1.5 mm wide), but a few flowers would have flat > corolla lobes which may be up to 2.5 mm wide or so (latter has been > tentatively identified by Dinesh ji as I. finlaysoniana). > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2093739918/in/photostream/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2093737856/in/photostream/ > > Ixora polyantha is described from Malabar in India and is commonly > cultivated in Pakistan and India according to eFlora of India. Ixora > finlaysoniana is plant from Thialand, Phillippines, widely cultivated in > China and N E India, as per eFlora of China. > > I have tried to find out differences between the two species from > available sources, but could not succeed. Could any member lay hands to a > publication which describes and keys out both the species, so that our > specimens can be clearly fixed?. > > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1740 members & > 90,000 messages on 31/10/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- SANTHOSH ----------------------------------- Dr. E S SANTHOSH KUMAR PhD, FIAT, FLS Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Karimancode P.O. Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala, India www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com Ph: 0091 472 2585373 (Home) 0091 9446085373 (Mobile) 0091 4722869628 extn.225 (Office) Please consider your environmental responsibility:Before printing this e-mail, ask yourself whether you need a hard copy!
