Dear All, I have often noticed that the site KEW many a times has been referred to as a valid data source. According to KEW *Ecbolium linneanum* Kurz<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2780845>is a synonym of *Ecbolium ligustrinum* (Vahl.) Vollesen<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2780839> .
Thank you Garg Sir for taking care of this one. Thank you friends & Regards, Surajit Koley On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 9:07 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Date: 20 May 2012 23:19 > Subject: [efloraofindia:117172] Ecbolium sp. : a riddle > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Sir / Madam, > > This is a very common wild herb found everywhere in villages. > 'ButterflyIndia' (facebook) identified it as *Ecbolium* sp. > > Which species? > > A net search gave me more puzzle than a probable solution :- > > - according to page no.1089 of "Plant Groups (by H. Mukherji....)" : > *Ecbolium > linneanum* Kurz. = *E. viridis* Alston. > - *E. linneanum* = *Justicia ecbolia* : > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecbolium_linneanum and > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Blue%20Fox%20Tail.html > - *Justicia ecbolium* L. = *Ecbolium ligustrinum* (Vahl) Vollesen : > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-104273 > - *Ecbolium ligustrinum* = *Ecbolium viride* : > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Green%20Shrimp%20Plant.html > - *Ecbolium viride* (Forsk.) Alst. = *Ecbolium linnaenum* Kurz. : > http://www.mpbd.info/plants/ecbolium-viride.php > > > Species : *Ecbolium* sp. > Habit & Habitat : wild herb, 2 feet (avg.) and more, undergrowth, bush, > roadside > Date : 20-05-12, 8.58 a.m.; old flower & > spider<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_spider>on 02-04-12, 9.37 a.m.; > butterfly : common > wanderer <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareronia_valeria>, male > on13-11-11, 11.38 a.m. > Place : Nalikul (Hooghly) > > *Please note that the flowers are greenish when they are fresh and > gradually turn bluish after 1 or 2 days.* > > Thank you & Regards, > > Surajit Koley > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 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 1860 members & > 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > >
