Sir, According to F. B. I. iv. 262. - *L. urticaefolia* Lehm. = *Stemodia ruderalis* Vahl. Symb. ii. 69.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 94.; Wall. Cat. 3923. = *S. muralis* Roxb. in Don Prodr. 89. = *Brachycoris parviflora* Schrad, Ind. Sem. Gott. 1830.
Plants of Nepal has *Stemodia ruderalis* Retz.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=230006060>, synonym for *Lindenbergia indica* (L.) Vatke<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=230003283> , According to The Plant List *S. ruderalis* Retz<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2587063>. is also unresolved! On the other hand FoC and The Plant List have one, *Lindenbergia muraria* (Roxb. ex D. Don) Bruhl <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50088859> = synonym *Stemodia muraria* Roxb. ex D. Don, Prodr. FL. Nepal. 1825<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210001029> . Do not know if *Stemodia muraria* Roxb. ex D. Don, Prodr. FL. Nepal. 1825 is same as *Stemodia muralis* Roxb. in Don Prodr. 89. of F. B. I. iv. 262. Our group has some posts of *Lindenbergia muraria* and my species might be the same. Some points from F. I. iii. 94.-95. :- *Stemodia ruderalis* Willd. iii. 345. & c. - flowers axillary, solitary, sub-sessile - found on old walls about Calcutta - flowers during the rain - calyx ten furrowed, five toothed, permanent - upper lip very narrow, bifid; inside of both (lower & upper lip) hairy, and beautifully marked with small purple dots Thankm you & Regards, surajit On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:54 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a lot of confusion in this regard. The Plant list gives three > names as unresolved as per link: > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2498906 (*Lindenbergia* *indica > * Kuntze) > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2498856 (*Lindenbergia* * > urticifolia* Lehm.) > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2498905 (*Lindenbergia* *indica > * Vatke) > Few books from India talks about *Lindenbergia* *indica* (L.) Kuntze as > per the following links: > Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Plants of the Lower Ganga Delta: Its Taxonomy > ...<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=KwkDI9qKyJ8C&pg=PA184&dq=Lindenbergia+indica+%2B+India&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b1_IUPicGcS8rAf32oDIDw&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Lindenbergia%20indica%20%2B%20India&f=false> > Handbook of Excursion Flora of the Gangetic Plains and Adjoining > Hills<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=NtAaG2RDTGUC&pg=PA153&dq=Lindenbergia+indica&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yl3IUJTdCcz_rAemkIDACw&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Lindenbergia%20indica&f=false> > Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated > Dictionary<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=gMwLwbUwtfkC&pg=PA376&dq=Lindenbergia+indica+%2B+India&hl=en&sa=X&ei=b1_IUPicGcS8rAf32oDIDw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Lindenbergia%20indica%20%2B%20India&f=false> > Refrences are also there from India of *Lindenbergia* *indica* Vatke > with *Lindenbergia* *urticifolia* > Lehm.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=230003286> > as > synonym as per the following links: > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=230003283 (Flora > of Nepal) > http://thewesternghats.in/biodiv/species/show/230242 (Western Ghats > Portal) > > There is similar confusion in the different threads of efi as at > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/p/plantaginaceae/lindenbergia-indica/lindenbergia-indica > > Which name we should consider as the correct name ? > May be Singh ji, can sort out the matter with his great knowledge. > > > On 6 December 2012 21:05, surajit koley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> *Lindenbergia urticaefolia* >> Lehm.<http://www.mpbd.info/plants/lindenbergia-indica.php>= >> *Lindenbergia indica* Kuntze<http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/ordering.html>, >> a wild small herb very common on old walls. >> >> ID Help : >> >> 1. >> >> http://ia600604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia600604.us.archive.org&page=n101_w1150.jpg >> 2. >> >> http://ia700606.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot21753000004357&itemPath=%2F23%2Fitems%2Fmobot21753000004357&server=ia700606.us.archive.org&page=n265_w1150.jpg >> 3. >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/Yle92cTLL5c/discussion >> 4. >> http://www.arkive.org/lindenbergia/lindenbergia-indica/image-G119464.html >> >> It is interesting to note that FoI has two different species, using the >> same synonym *Lindenbergia urticaefolia* !!! Also confusing (to me) old >> eFI records. >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > 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. 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