Acanthaceae for identification :: 030115 :: MK005

[Muthu Karthick]

Dear all,

Please help me in identifying this Acanthaceae shrub. Is this any Stenosiphonium?

Habitat: evergreen forest edge; roadside

Habit: gregarious shrub of 1-2 m high

Date: 14 Nov 2014

Alt.: 1800 m asl

Place: Kodaikanal, TN

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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

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Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

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Date: 3 January 2015 at 13:27
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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Kunhikannan ji.

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From: C Kunhikannan
Date: 21 January 2015 at 21:13
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:211844] Acanthaceae for identification :: 030115 :: MK005
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Seems to be member of Strobilanthes

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Division of Biodiversity,
Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding,
Forest Campus,  R.S.Puram,
Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu.

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Kunhikannan ji.

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From: C Kunhikannan

Date: 21 January 2015 at 21:56
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:211844] Acanthaceae for identification :: 030115 :: MK005
To: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>

 if it is very thick brownish- white pubescent on back side of leaf, then check it for  Strobilanthes lawsoni. 

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Forest Campus,  R.S.Puram,
Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu.

[Muthu Karthick]

Thank you Kunhikannan ji, the underside of the leaf is silvery- glaucous and not brownish.

[Muthu Karthick]

Dear all,

Can this be Strobilanthus cuspidata?

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

Seems to be member of Strobilanthes

-- Dr. C.Kunhikannan

if it is very thick brownish- white pubescent on back side of leaf, then check it for  Strobilanthes lawsoni. -- Dr. C.Kunhikannan

Thank you Kunhikannan ji, the underside of the leaf is silvery- glaucous and not brownish.

Can this be Strobilanthus cuspidata? -- Muthu Karthick, N

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[A.Sinha]

Muthu-ji

Very interesting plant.

Pls give some more details such as plant height and leaf size.

I could not find the "front view" of a flower; It is "two lipped" but  was it having flaring limbs and the limb tips lobed :  2-lobes on top, 3-lobes below ?

  The best refs I found are :

Oxford herbaria-Mark Carrine  and 

N,Sasidharan-Kerala Plarts

It could be Stenosiphonium  cordifolium  (Vahl) Alston   , which is described as distributed in Pen. India and SriLanka.  and this genus seems to be not fully researched and rare.  

So it is definitely worth seeking again.

regards

A.Sinha

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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

Seems to be member of Strobilanthes  -- Dr. C.Kunhikannan

if it is very thick brownish- white pubescent on back side of leaf, then check it for  Strobilanthes lawsoni. -- Dr. C.Kunhikannan

Thank you Kunhikannan ji, the underside of the leaf is silvery- glaucous and not brownish.

Can this be Strobilanthus cuspidata? -- Muthu Karthick, N

Very interesting plant. Pls give some more details such as plant height and leaf size. I could not find the "front view" of a flower; It is "two lipped" but  was it having flaring limbs and the limb tips lobed :  2-lobes on top, 3-lobes below ? The best refs I found are : Oxford herbaria-Mark Carrine  and  N,Sasidharan-Kerala Plarts

It could be Stenosiphonium cordifolium (Vahl) Alston, which is described as distributed in Pen. India and Sri Lanka.  and this genus seems to be not fully researched and rare.

So it is definitely worth seeking again. regards A.Sinha

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[Muthu Karthick]

Dear all,

I am taking this post again for Acanthaceae fortnight. I have seen this plant growing gregariously in various landscapes that are quite wet. Last week I found the same plant in Tirunelveli hills, which I am posting in a separate thread.

[Vijayasankar]

It may be Stenosiphonium russellianum. Very common understorey element in many E.Ghats forests.

Vijay

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Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi, MS, USA

[Dr Santhosh Kumar]

Supporting Dr VijayasankarJi, now the genus Stenosiphonium is treated as a synonym under Strobilanthes

SANTHOSH
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Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar MSc, PhD, FIAT,FABSc, FLS 

Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode

Thiruvananthapuram-695562
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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

It could be Stenosiphonium cordifolium (Vahl) Alston, which is described as distributed in Pen. India and Sri Lanka.  and this genus seems to be not fully researched and rare.

So it is definitely worth seeking again. regards A.Sinha

I am taking this post again for Acanthaceae fortnight. I have seen this plant growing gregariously in various landscapes that are quite wet. Last week I found the same plant in Tirunelveli hills, which I am posting in a separate thread.- from Muthu ji.

It may be Stenosiphonium russellianum. Very common understorey element in many E.Ghats forests. Vijay

Supporting Dr VijayasankarJi, now the genus Stenosiphonium is treated as a synonym under Strobilanthes SANTHOSH

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[J.M. Garg]

I hope I am able to nail it finally as Strobilanthes gamblei Carine as per images herein.

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot, Dr. Wood

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Date: 30 Aug 2016 18:26
Subject: Fw: [efloraofindia:211844] Acanthaceae for identification :: 030115 :: MK005
To: "jmg...@gmail.com" <jmg...@gmail.com>
Cc:

I showed the images in Muthu Karthik's email to Dr Carine, who described Strobilanthes gamblei. You will see in his reply  that he considers it to be a good match for Strobilanthes consanguinea.

Regards

John Wood

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From: Mark Carine <M.Ca...@nhm.ac.uk>
Sent: 30 August 2016 13:45
To: 'John Wood'
Subject: RE: [efloraofindia:211844] Acanthaceae for identification :: 030115 :: MK005

 

Dear John,

 

Thanks for the message. It looks a good fit for S. consanguinea (Nees) T. Anderson – please see the attached.

 

Best wishes,

 

Mark

 

 

Dr Mark Carine

Plants Division, Department of Life Sciences

The Natural History Museum

Cromwell Road

London

SW7 5BD

United Kingdom

 

Tel: 020 7942 5541

 

From: John Wood [mailto:jri...@hotmail.com]
Sent: 29 August 2016 09:28
To: Mark Carine
Subject: Fw: [efloraofindia:211844] Acanthaceae for identification :: 030115 :: MK005

 

Dear Mark

 

I wonder if you have any thoughts on the attached images.

 

Best wishes

 

John

 

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