I think it is interesting and there may be a lot of truth in what H S is
suggested. Perhaps many specimens from Western Ghats actually belonging to
Rungia elegans may have gone under the name Rungia repens. Latter is
reported to be growing throughout India, but Rungia elegans is restricted
to Western Deccan Penninsula, Concan and Canara (Geographical position in
1880 or so). The two species are very close but differentiated as:
Rungia repens
Rungia elegans
1. Stems pubescent or nearly grabrous Stems covered
with white spreading hairs
2. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, up to 5 cm Leaves
ovate-acuminate, up to 7 cm long
long, 16 cm broad, scabrid-puberulus 4 cm broad,
often white hairy beneath.
3. Spikes about 8 mm broad Spikes
12-18 mm broad
4. Bracts glabrous, about 6 mm long, Bracts longer
than 6 mm, white margin broader
white-margined
sometimes purplish.
5. Corolla white with rose or purple spots Corolla
blue, 12 mm
I have a feeling that plants uploaded by Prashant ji on FOI, Dinesh ji's
photostream and few other photographs from Western Ghats actually belong to
Rungia elegans, and my specimens from Morni hills actually belong to Rungia
repens. It is a plant with much smaller leaves and spikes as compared to
these plants.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/Acanthaceae$20Week:$20Rungia$20repens$20from$20Morni$20Hill$20tract,$20Haryana/indiantreepix/6qoYg_w9vbU/LGl_SRSFss4J
Now coming to above plant by Mohina ji, judging from size of inflorescence
and dimorphic bracts, it may be Rungia pectinata as suggested by several
members. It is no where near Rungia repens.
--
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Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 3:59 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Many thanks HS ... had not known about *Rungia elegans*.
> If you have any link to visual representation of *R. elegans *on internet
> please let know. Will help me compare and understand.
> Description of *Rungia elegans* will help to a great extent.
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> Please give me links to photos in my flickr photostream that could be *Rungia
> elegans*.
> It will help me immensely.
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> Dear friends, please validate Mohina ji's ID of posted plant.
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> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 12:30 PM, H S <hemsan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I guess photos of Mr. Dinesh on Flickr. is Rungia elegans and not Rungia
>> repens.. please check once again, i may be wrong..
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>> regards,
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>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Mohina Macker
>> <mohinamac...@gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> many thanks for id confirmation
>>> Dinesh ji I had already seen your photographs before I thought this
>>> plant was R.pectinata
>>> regards
>>> mohina
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>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Dinesh Valke
>>> <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>> Mohina ji, this must be *Rungia pectinata*.
>>>> *Rungia repens* has relatively much larger flowers borne on a finger
>>>> high and thick inflorescence ...
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344@N00&q=Rungia%20repens
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>>>> Regards.
>>>> Dinesh
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>>>> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 10:53 AM, mohina macker <mohinamac...@gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>> The flowers of Rungia repens seem to be atleast 8mm, these were
>>>>> maximum 3mm which is I thought R.pectinata, also the shape of the
>>>>> flower and upper lip seemed more indicative of pectinata rather thaen
>>>>> repens. Anyway, I shall try and get better photographs next time I am
>>>>> in alibaug so the construction of the flower can be seen better. If
>>>>> anyone is willing to share the keys for Rungia, would be very grateful.
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>> - H.S.
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>> A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart
>> of stone
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