Rhinacanthus


 

Rhinacanthus calcaratus Nees (Images by Sourav Mahmud (Identified by Surajit Koley) (Inserted by J.M.Garg))

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Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz (Images by tspkumar)

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Rhinacanthus species ?- Suttagati, Karnataka (Images by Dinesh Valke & Prashant Awale (Inserted by J.M.Garg))

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FLOWERING PLANTS OF INDIA, DICOTYLEDONS, Vol-I (Acanthaceae-Avicenniaceae) authored by S. Karthikeyan, M. Sanjappa and S. Moorthy and published by BSI, Kolkata in 2009 is an important document for names, authority and distribution of Acanthaceae species in India.

As per this document (Karthikeyan et al., 2009) following species of Rhinacanthus occur in India:

  1. Rhinacanthus calcaratus (Wall.) Nees
  2. R. grandiflorus Dunn.
  3. R. nasutus (L.) Kurz [var. nasutus; var. montanus]


 
BinomialHabitNotesReferencesDistributionCommon name
Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz var. montana (Clarke) KumariShrubWestern Ghats, Evergreen ForestsFlora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987Nilgiri 
Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz var. nasutusShrubDeciduous Forests, Cultivated in PlainsFlora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987All districtsNagamalli




 
Botanical nameSynonymsFamilyCommon name
Rhinacanthus nasutus Rhinacanthus nasuta, Justicia nasuta, Rhinacanthus communis Acanthaceae Snake Jasmine



Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004)- Details-

A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon -, Volume 12 By M. D. Dassanayake  (1998)- Details with keys-






Gardening in India By George Marshall Woodrow, G Marshall (1999)- Brief details-


Floristic Plants of the World By Rashtra Vardhana (2006)- Details-

Rhinacanthus grandiflorus, Dunn, Acanthacea, (Kew Bull., 1920, p. 135), E. Himalaya. ...

Rhinacanthus : 5 posts by 3 authors.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Rhinacanthus 

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful.

Any comments/ corrections are welcome.


I have added list of species
Thanks, ... Species at other links match with this.
In Bangladesh has 2 species
1. R. calcaratus (It was recorded from Chittagong District
(Prain,1903))
2. R. nasutus (found all parts of the  country)


Pl. go through Rhinacanthus page with images of species in efloraofindia (done by me).

If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know.

If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), it will be really nice. Also, if anybody is interested to take up the activity of inserting images on efloraofindia pages from efloraofindia posts, pl. let us know.