Satara, MH :: White tiny flowers for ID :: ARK2020-011

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Alka Khare

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Jan 5, 2020, 6:19:09 AM1/5/20
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Hello friends

Saw this plant at the Sadawaghapur plateau near Satara. MH in October 2019.

Seems to be some Rubiaceae member.

Requested to please provide ID, if possible.

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Alka Khare
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dr.rakesh Singh

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Jan 5, 2020, 8:51:59 AM1/5/20
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Spermacoce sp.

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Saroj Kasaju

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Jan 5, 2020, 9:39:35 AM1/5/20
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I guess Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. !
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Paradesi Anjaneyulu

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Jan 5, 2020, 10:30:22 PM1/5/20
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It could be Mitracarpus hirtus,
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Alka Khare

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Jan 6, 2020, 12:15:38 AM1/6/20
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Thanks you Rakesh ji, Saroj ji and Paradesi ji for possible IDs.

Mitracarpus hirtus stems do not look hairy as per Mitracarpus, however,some pics in Spermacoce ocymoides do look hairy.
The posted plant stem is very hairy as can be seen in Pic 2.

Would request further help from members.

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Alka Khare

On Monday, January 6, 2020 at 9:00:22 AM UTC+5:30, Paradesi Anjaneyulu wrote:
It could be Mitracarpus hirtus,
With regards.

On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 at 20:09, Saroj Kasaju <kasaj...@gmail.com> wrote:
I guess Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. !
Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju


On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 7:36 PM dr.rakesh Singh <dr.rake...@gmail.com> wrote:
Spermacoce sp.

On Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 16:49 Alka Khare <alk...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello friends

Saw this plant at the Sadawaghapur plateau near Satara. MH in October 2019.

Seems to be some Rubiaceae member.

Requested to please provide ID, if possible.

Thanks and regards
Alka Khare

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Saroj Kasaju

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Jan 6, 2020, 12:48:37 AM1/6/20
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Please cross verify with Fwd: Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. (accepted name) ??? if it matches?
Thank you.

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Alka Khare

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Jan 6, 2020, 9:20:28 PM1/6/20
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Yes Saroj ji, it does seem to match your plant.

Let see if we get validation from others as well.

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Alka Khare

Alka Khare

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Jan 12, 2020, 11:07:13 PM1/12/20
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ID suggested on FB as well - Spermacoce ocymoides

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Alka Khare

J.M. Garg

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Jan 20, 2020, 6:43:23 AM1/20/20
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Can anybody find out the difference/ keys between Spermacoce ocymoides and Mitracarpus hirtus (syn:  Spermacoce hirta L.) ?

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Paradesi Anjaneyulu

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Jan 20, 2020, 8:35:35 AM1/20/20
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Ovules many in each locule....Mitracarpus 
Ovule single in each locule.....Spermacoce,
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J.M. Garg

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Jan 22, 2020, 1:48:07 AM1/22/20
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Thanks, Paradesi ji. 
But we want keys/ differences that we can check in a flowering plant. 
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Paradesi Anjaneyulu

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Jan 23, 2020, 11:43:17 AM1/23/20
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That both plants have most of the characters overlapping Garg JI, 
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J.M. Garg

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Jan 31, 2020, 2:04:59 AM1/31/20
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As I am not finding the difference between the two online and also the details from the same source. Let us examine their descriptions for clues.
Mitracarpus hirtus (Linnaeus) Candolle from Flora of China:
Herbs, annual, branched, 40-80 cm tall; branches flattened to subterete or 4-angled, sometimes becoming woody in lower part, sparsely hirsute to villous. Leaves sessile; blade drying thinly papery, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, 3-4.5 × 0.7-1.5 cm, adaxially scaberulous and usually also sparsely villosulous or pilosulous, abaxially moderately to densely villous or pilose, base acute to obtuse or rounded, apex acute; secondary veins 3-6 pairs; stipule sheaths 1-4 mm, villosulous or pilosulous to glabrescent, with 1-9 setae 1-5 mm. Inflorescences 5-20 mm in diam. (not including subtending leaves), villosulous or pilosulous; bracts linear, 1-2 mm. Calyx sparsely to densely puberulent or strigillose; ovary portion subglobose to ellipsoid, ca. 0.5 mm; limb deeply lobed; lobes unequal, triangular to lanceolate, 2 larger 1.8-2 mm, 2 smaller 0.8-1.2 mm, ciliate. Corolla funnelform, outside puberulent to glabrous; tube 1-1.5 mm, glabrous inside; lobes triangular to ovate, 0.5-1 mm, obtuse to acute. Capsules subglobose, ca. 1 mm in diam., scaberulous or sparsely puberulent; seeds dark brown, oblate-suboblong, ca. 0.8 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr-Nov.
Wastelands at highway sides; near sea level to 800 m. Hainan (Wanning), Hong Kong, Yunnan [native to the Antilles and Central, North, and South America; naturalized in tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and Pacific islands].

Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. from PIER:
A weak erect, decumbent or procumbent annual herb, usually ± well-branched, 3-40 cm tall, with fine fibrous roots; stems with sparse to fairly dense crisped hairs on the ± wing-like prominent angles. Leaf-blades elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 0.4-3.6 cm long, 0.25-1.6 cm wide, rounded to ± acute at the apex, concavely narrowed into the petiole at the base, glabrous on both surfaces save for short marginal hairs or ± pubescent on the main nerve beneath; petiole 0-8 mm long, with scattered hairs; stipules with base 2 mm long, bearing ± 7 fimbriae 1-3 mm long.  Flowers in small few-flowered clusters at many of the nodes, attaining 3-6 mm in diameter in the fruiting state; stipule-like bracteoles with fimbriae 1.8-2 mm long. Calyx-tube transversely oblong, 0.5 mm long; lobes 2 (-4), 0.6-0.8 mm long, ciliate. Corolla white; tube 0.3 mm long; lobes triangular, 0.35 mm long, 0.3-0.4 mm wide, with a few short hairs inside.  Anthers situated just above the sinuses of the corolla-lobes.  Style ± 0.2 mm long; stigma 0.2 mm wide.  Fruit oblong, 1 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, 0.5-0.7 mm thick, compressed, finely transversely wrinkled and very shortly pubescent.  Seeds chestnut-brown, oblong-ellipsoid, 0.7-0.8 mm long, 0.4 mm wide, 0.3-0.35 mm thick, strongly reticulate with raised ribs, the foveae elongated in the direction of the short axis" (Verdcourt, 1976; p. 361).

But description in Flora of Thailand  appears to be sketchy as also in Flora of Peninsular India.

Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. looks much different as per images and specimens at GBIF as below:

In view I will go for Mitracarpus hirtus (Linnaeus) Candolle

J.M. Garg

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Jan 31, 2020, 2:07:36 AM1/31/20
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I could not find Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. in either Flora of China or Flora of Pakistan.

Alka Khare

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Feb 15, 2020, 10:24:16 AM2/15/20
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Thank you Garg ji for the correct ID.

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