Fwd: Rostellularia mollissima (Nees) Nees

J.M. Garg

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Jan 21, 2024, 11:40:58 PMJan 21

to efloraofindia, John Parrotta

Thanks a lot, John ji

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From: John Parrotta <jparr...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 at 18:57
Subject: Rostellularia mollissima (Nees) Nees
To: J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

synonyms: Justicia simplex D.Don; Justicia mollissima (Nees) Y.F.Deng & T.F.Daniel

location/date (both): Nandi Hills, Bangalore, Karnataka, July 1997

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ACANTH_Rostellularia mollissima_jp1.jpg

ACAN_Rostellularia mollissima_jp2.jpg

J.M. Garg

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Jan 26, 2024, 5:15:57 AMJan 26

to efloraofindia, John Parrotta

I think these are two different plants.

1st image appears more closer to

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53712-1

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J.M. Garg

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Jan 26, 2024, 6:11:37 AMJan 26

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Thanks, John ji

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 at 16:33, John Parrotta <jparr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Many thanks for this quality control work! I will need to go back to the (old) field notes as there does seem to be an error here - while the flowers are similar, the leaf morphology is quite difference.