I think this plant is distributed in Sirumalai hills and Alagar Kovil hills as well.
Regards, Giby On 29 June 2012 20:07, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > It may be *Barleria acanthoides*. The key in the recent revision lead me > to this id. > Ref.: Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in India. By Shanksr & > Yadav 2010. > > Its nice to know about the new find, Prabhu. Congrats! I look forward to > see your published paper... > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Prabhu kumar KM < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> It is not *Barleria cuspidata*. In *B. cuspidata* leaves are >> Ovate-elliptic. It is linear. >> It shows close similarity to my new species *B. tamilnadensis (in press) >> *except in the flower colour. >> -- >> *Prabhu Kumar K M* >> Scientist >> Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division >> Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) >> & 'CMPR' Herbarium >> Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala >> Kottakkal, Malappuram >> *E-mail: [email protected]* >> >> > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 +919947109987 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
