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Anantanarayan Rajaram

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Oct 29, 2010, 5:56:32 AM10/29/10
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For possible id confirmation. Thanks a lot.
Found at Gundupalli near Tedlam/Chintalapudi on Eastern Ghats hillside in Feb.2010. Height of plant  around 50 cm, flowers 1cm width
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Dicliptera foetida.jpg
Dicliptera foetida 2.jpg

Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 29, 2010, 6:10:55 AM10/29/10
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Peristrophe sp. most probably paniculata.
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Dinesh Valke

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Oct 29, 2010, 6:31:57 AM10/29/10
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...  Dicliptera and Peristrophe confuse me.
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Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 29, 2010, 6:54:39 AM10/29/10
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Yes sir, for me too it has been confusing ...

Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India (vol 4, page 389 - 390) writes:

Placentae rising elastically from the base of the capsule ----------- Dicliptera
Placentae not rising elastically from the base of the capsule ----- Peristrophe

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tanay bose

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Oct 29, 2010, 10:10:34 AM10/29/10
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I think Dicliptera foetida
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Smita Raskar

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Oct 29, 2010, 10:58:56 AM10/29/10
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Peristrophe paniculata....it looks like one
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Dinesh Valke

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Oct 29, 2010, 11:05:17 AM10/29/10
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... does not look like Dicliptera foetida OR Peristrophe paniculata.

Dicliptera foetida ... http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Dicliptera%20foetida&w=91314344%40N00
Peristrophe paniculata ... http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Peristrophe%20paniculata&w=91314344%40N00

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Vijayasankar

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Oct 30, 2010, 12:03:50 AM10/30/10
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These two taxa can also be distinguished based on the following simple morphological key:
# Cymes capitate; bracts spathulate........... Dicliptera (for D. cuneata)
# Cymes divaricate; bracts linear................ Peristrophe (for P. paniculata)

I think the posted plant is Dicliptera, most probably D. foetida as identified by Rajaram ji.
Dinesh ji, could your flickr plant be D. cuneata? i am not sure but.

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Vijayasankar

Dinesh Valke

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Oct 30, 2010, 1:16:16 AM10/30/10
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Vijayasankar ji, ... as such Neil ji identified my plant, and am convinced that it is Dicliptera foetida (syn. D. zeylanica).
Attaching descriptions from Cooke's Flora for quick reference.

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D_foetida.jpg
D_cuneata.jpg

Vijayasankar

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Oct 30, 2010, 2:18:33 AM10/30/10
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Thanks Dinesh ji, for the literature. You and Neil ji should be correct. Let's hear from other members too.

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Vijayasankar
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