Identification of Ruellia sp.

[S Kasim .]

Dear Aii,

I will be thankful to you in identifying the attached specimen of Ruellia

It was observed at Puzhal, Chennai, Tamilnadu of 14-10-15 & 15-10-15

A herb of 45-50 cm plant with long inflorescence. Flowers arranged in compound cyme. 

Whether it could be Ruellia nudiflora

with regards.

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S M Kasim

F1- 31, Thedral Nagar, 4th Street

Kallikuppam

Ambattur

Chennai-600053

[noorafsha abdulla]

Ruellia brittoniana (Mexican/ Desert Petunia)

Regards,

Noorafsha

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Noorafsha Abdulla
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[noorafsha abdulla]

It's not brittoniana , in an haste I missed out on the leaf characteristics.. 

brittoniana has lance shaped leaf. 

Apologies!

Regards,

Noorafsha

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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

efi page on Ruellia nudiflora

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[Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan]

Garden escape? it is looking close to Ruellia prostrata but, flowers are termnal. 

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Date: 25 October 2015 at 09:50
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Date: 25 October 2015 at 08:02
Subject: Re: Identification of Ruellia sp.
To: surajit koley <surajitno...@gmail.com>


Thank you Sir.

On Saturday 24 October 2015, surajit koley <surajitno...@gmail.com> wrote:

Please check (for Ruellia nudiflora) -

• leaves ovate, basally attenuate
• inflorescence terminal panicle or raceme
• corolla length 3-4 cm
• fruit length 1.6 - 2cm
• number of seeds per fruit 18 or fewer

ref. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2441753?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

protologue http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/741729#page/385/mode/1up

Thank you

Regards

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

efi page on Ruellia nudiflora

Garden escape? it is looking close to Ruellia prostrata but, flowers are termnal. - from Santhan ji.

Please check (for Ruellia nudiflora) - leaves ovate, basally attenuate inflorescence terminal panicle or raceme corolla length 3-4 cm fruit length 1.6 - 2cm number of seeds per fruit 18 or fewer ref. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2441753?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents protologue http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/741729#page/385/mode/1up Thank you Regards

Surajit

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[J.M. Garg]

To me also it appears like images of Ruellia nudiflora 

[S Kasim .]

Thank you Mr.Surajit Ji.
With regards

S Kasim

[J.M. Garg]

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Date: 7 November 2015 at 21:07
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:233677] Identification of Ruellia sp.
To: "S Kasim ." <nasim...@gmail.com>
Cc: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>, Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan <ponsa...@gmail.com>

Kasim Ji,

Can you please confirm the species (R. nudiflora)? Except for attenuate leaf base (which I am not sure as per your uploaded images) I think other characters may comply with.

Is it a garden escape over there? I think it cannot be R. prostrata or even R. tuberosa.

Thank you

Regards

[J.M. Garg]

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Date: 7 November 2015 at 22:35
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:233677] Identification of Ruellia sp.
To: surajit koley <surajitno...@gmail.com>
Cc: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>, Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan <ponsa...@gmail.com>

Dear Surajit Koley

I attach with a photo showing close up of the leaf.

I found the following description in a web site

The plants are erect, 1–2 feet tall, with few branches. The leaves are opposite, 2–5 inches long, narrowed at the base, on short stems. Gray-green leaves have curly or wavy-toothed margins. At the top of the plant are several trumpet-shaped, purplish blossoms that are nearly 2 inches across at the opening. Flowers are lavender to purple, trumpet-shaped, deeply lobed at the flared rim, and open about sunrise, falling from plant in early afternoon, lasting only one day.

As per the description my specimen suits well with Ruellia nudiflora.

I am 100% sure that it is neither R.prostrata nor R.tuberosawhich I am very familiar with.

with regards

S Kasim

On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 9:07 PM, surajit koley <surajitno...@gmail.com> wrote:

Kasim Ji,

Can you please confirm the species (R. nudiflora)? Except for attenuate leaf base (which I am not sure as per your uploaded images) I think other characters may comply with.

Is it a garden escape over there? I think it cannot be R. prostrata or even R. tuberosa.

Thank you

Regards

On 7 November 2015 at 18:29, S Kasim . <nasim...@gmail.com> wrote:

[J.M. Garg]

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Date: 7 November 2015 at 23:27
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:233677] Identification of Ruellia sp.
To: "S Kasim ." <nasim...@gmail.com>
Cc: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>, Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan <ponsa...@gmail.com>

Thank you for the detail, Kasim Ji. I think the attached leaves cannot be called having attenuate base..

However, my view, as a non-botanist, is we can allow small degree of variation in a cultivated species; i mean to say if other characters (that i copied from the document i referred earlier) satisfy we can overlook leaf base.

This much i can say.

Regards

surajit

On 7 November 2015 at 22:35, S Kasim . <nasim...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Surajit Koley

I attach with a photo showing close up of the leaf.

I found the following description in a web site

The plants are erect, 1–2 feet tall, with few branches. The leaves are opposite, 2–5 inches long, narrowed at the base, on short stems. Gray-green leaves have curly or wavy-toothed margins. At the top of the plant are several trumpet-shaped, purplish blossoms that are nearly 2 inches across at the opening. Flowers are lavender to purple, trumpet-shaped, deeply lobed at the flared rim, and open about sunrise, falling from plant in early afternoon, lasting only one day.

As per the description my specimen suits well with Ruellia nudiflora.

I am 100% sure that it is neither R.prostrata nor R.tuberosawhich I am very familiar with.

with regards

S Kasim

On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 9:07 PM, surajit koley <surajitno...@gmail.com> wrote:

Kasim Ji,

Can you please confirm the species (R. nudiflora)? Except for attenuate leaf base (which I am not sure as per your uploaded images) I think other characters may comply with.

Is it a garden escape over there? I think it cannot be R. prostrata or even R. tuberosa.

Thank you

Regards

On 7 November 2015 at 18:29, S Kasim . <nasim...@gmail.com> wrote:

[J.M. Garg]

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Date: 10 November 2015 at 16:57
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:233677] Identification of Ruellia sp.
To: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>

For me also it looks like R.nudiflora

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as Ruellia nudiflora ?

Group discussion at

Identification of Ruellia sp. (google.com)

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as Ruellia nudiflora ?

Group discussion at

Identification of Ruellia sp. (google.com)

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