Thanks for further inputs. It will definitely help in exploring further when one encounters similar flowers in the field. The Karvi season is due in coming years.
Dr Satish Phadke On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Many thanks Satish ji for validating the ID. > Both the plants (*lupulinus* and *heyneanus*) could be close; however a > point mentioned in Talbot's The Trees, Shrubs and Wood-Climbers of the > Bombay > Presidency<http://www.archive.org/stream/TalbotTreesBombay/TalbotTreesBombayPresidency#page/n425/mode/2up>: > the bracts in these two plants are *quite* different -- is noteworthy. > > In the posted plant, the bracts resemble hops, the stem and branches are > woody and warty. These two aspects and Radha ji's guidance convinced me of > the ID. I am not sure of the glabrous / hairy aspect. > > In Flora of the Presidency of > Bombay<http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofpresidenc02cook#page/366/mode/2up> > *S. lupulinus* is described to be without bracteoles though further > describes the nature and dimensions of the bracts. I am not sure I can > distinguish between bracts and bracteoles. Corolla of *S. heyneanus* has > relatively constricted neck. In the posted plant the corolla tube does not > look constricted. For reference and comparison, corolla of *S. heyneanus*can > be seen in Prashant's photo at Flowers > of India<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Karun%20Kurinji.html>. > Nature of bracts also can be seen here. > > Further validation is welcome; will stand corrected. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks for sharing wonderful pictures of an uncommon(Not posted on the >> group) Acanthaceae member >> It just prompted me to go through the key of Strobilanthes(Earlier or >> what BSI Flora mentions as Nilgirianthus) >> *Stamens are 2 in N. reticulatus. All other species have 4 stamens. >> Flowers are without bracteoles in 2 sp. out of which N.heyneanus has >> bracts glabrous or nearly so; whereas N. lupulinus has bracts hairy. >> These characters must be there in your specimens though I couldn't see them >> clearly.* >> >> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> via Species<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species>> >>> S <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/s> > >>> *Strobilanthes lupulinus* Nees ... (*family*: Acanthaceae) >>> [image: Strobilanthes lupulinus >>> Nees]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/8150054304/> >>> >>> [image: Flowers of India] <http://www.flowersofindia.net/> [image: >>> Discussions at >>> efloraofindia]<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups=#%21topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Strobilanthes%20lupulinus> >>> [image: more views in >>> flickr]<http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Strobilantheslupulinus&m=tags&z=m> >>> [image: more views on Google >>> Earth]<http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/india/&tags=Strobilantheslupulinus&format=kml_nl> >>> >>> >>> *stroh-bil-AN-theez* -- cone flower ... Dave's >>> Botanary<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Strobilanthes> >>> *lup-oo-LEE-nus* or *loo-poo-LEE-nus* -- resembling hops ... Dave's >>> Botanary<http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=lupulinus> >>> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: hop-headed >>> strobilanthes<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/hop-headed-strobilanthes> >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Strobilanthes lupulinus* Nees ... *synonyms*: no >>> synonym known >>> >>> >>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >>> ~ ~ >>> Photographed at Matheran, Maharshtra on 01 NOV 12 >>> Many thanks to Radha Veach for the ID. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> Dinesh >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > --
