Acanthaceae for ID

Ajay Ramakrishnan

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Dec 6, 2011, 7:40:14 AM12/6/11

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Photographed last month in Kerala. Fingernail sized flower white flower with pink spots on lower petal(s). Pls help with ID

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Madhuri Raut

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Dec 6, 2011, 8:24:40 AM12/6/11

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may be Pseuderanthemum variabile from the flower apperance but I do not know about the flower size.
Please wait for expert comments

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Ajay Ramakrishnan <ajay...@gmail.com> wrote:

Photographed last month in Kerala. Fingernail sized flower white flower with pink spots on lower petal(s). Pls help with ID

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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 6, 2011, 8:43:38 AM12/6/11

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... any chances of Phaulopsis OR Lepidagathis ?
Regards.
Dinesh

Madhuri Raut

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Dec 6, 2011, 9:56:34 AM12/6/11

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Sorry Dinesh ji I was totally off track :)

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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 6, 2011, 10:25:24 AM12/6/11

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... but Bhagyashri ji ... no one has yet told whether I am on track !
Let us wait for comments.

Regards.
Dinesh

Ajay Ramakrishnan

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Dec 6, 2011, 10:23:41 AM12/6/11

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Some more details:

Date/Time- 24-Nov-2011 10:35 AM
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Karimba, Palakkad district, Kerala
(close to Western Ghats)
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb
Height/Length- Less than 30 cms
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Dark green, ovate, oppositely arranged,
about the size of curry leaves
Inflorescence Type/ Size- Single flower emerging from hairy bracts
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- Fingernail sized flower, white

with pink spots on lower petal(s)

Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Not known

Nearest match I could find on FOI website was Dyschoriste vagans
(http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Wandering
%20Snakeherb.html)

Also found some similar photos by Dinesh ji on Flickr with the label
"Phaulopsis OR Lepidagathis ?"

Madhuri Raut

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Dec 6, 2011, 10:45:43 AM12/6/11

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Dinesh ji,

I too found similar photos by you on Flickr with the label
"Phaulopsis OR Lepidagathis ?" and they match I think

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Dinesh Valke

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Dec 6, 2011, 11:51:02 AM12/6/11

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Many thanks Ajay ji and Bhagyashri ji.

Pravin Kawale ji's post at https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/c9eZA-aXi78/discussion has similar looking plant (could be different species).

Let us wait for comments.

Regards.
Dinesh

Ushadi micromini

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Dec 7, 2011, 8:48:13 AM12/7/11

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I read that thread with great interest...
this is what said there....
I quote myself....

"" What a confusing and hence very interesting plant!!!!

Are are there papers that show line drawings or dissection of the
flowers :?????
GIby???

thanks usha di

PS I do not have access to the gamble book...END QUOTE.....

Usha di
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On Dec 6, 9:51 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Many thanks Ajay ji and Bhagyashri ji.
>
> Pravin Kawale ji's post athttps://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/c9eZA-aXi78/discussionhas
> similar looking plant (could be different species).
>
> Let us wait for comments.
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
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> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dinesh ji,
> > I too found similar photos by you on Flickr with the label
> > "Phaulopsis OR Lepidagathis ?" and they match I think
>

H S

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Dec 7, 2011, 11:59:14 PM12/7/11

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look like Lepidagathis sp. to me..

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prasad dash

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Dec 19, 2011, 4:22:18 AM12/19/11

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L.incurva to me

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Prasad

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S. More

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May 15, 2021, 2:34:37 PM5/15/21

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This is lepidagathis incurva

J.M. Garg

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May 16, 2021, 12:22:02 AM5/16/21

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Thanks, Sushant ji

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