Staurogyne spathulata (BI.) Koord., Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. 147 1844. (Syn: Adenosma spatulata Bl.; Ebermaiera glauca Nees (ambiguous synonym); Ebermaiera glauca var. spatulata (Blume) C. B. Clarke; Ebermaiera ligulata Bedd.; Ebermaiera spathulata (Bl.) Hassk.; Herpestis cochinchinensis Bonati; Ruellia obovata Vahl ex Nees (ambiguous synonym); Staurogyne candelabrum Bremek.; Staurogyne flexicaulis Bremek.; Staurogyne glauca (Nees) Kuntze; Staurogyne glauca var. siamensis (C. B. Cl.) Benoist; Staurogyne latibracteata Bremek.; Staurogyne leptocaulis Bremek. (ambiguous synonym); Staurogyne leptocaulis subsp. decumbens R. M. Barker; Staurogyne polycaulis Bremek.; Staurogyne siamensis C. B. Cl.));
O. Kuntze, Revis. Gen. v. 1 (1891) p. 497. Stem erect, 12-15 in. high, viscous-pubescent upwards. Leaves 1.1/2-2 by 1/2-5/8 in., the lower opposite, the upper alternate, or sometimes nearly all alternate, spathulate, obtuse, slightly viscous-pubescent or glabrous, base attenuated, running down into the petiole ; petioles 1/4-1/2 in. long. Spikes 2-6 in. long ; bracts at the base of the spike similar to the stem- leaves, gradually becoming smaller upwards ; bracteoles 2, beneath the calyx, 1/4 in. long, linear-oblong or slightly spathulate, obtuse, pubescent, with a strong mid-nerve. Calyx divided to the base or nearly so ; sepals glandular-hairy, the larger 1/3 in. long, linear-oblong, subobtuse, much broader than the other 4, which are 1/4 in. long and linear-subulate. Corolla 1/5-1/3 in. long, straight ; tube cyliudric ; lobes 5, rounded, 1/20 in. long. Filaments pubescent ; anther-cells muticous or very slightly apiculate at the base. Stigma of 2 unequal acute lobes, the lower one reflexed, sometimes 2-fid. Capsules membranous, 1/5 in. long, oblong, obtuse, shortly apiculate, glabrous, bearing seeds from the base nearly to the apex. Seeds minute, globose. Ebermaiera glauca, Nees, in DC. Prodr. v. 11 (1847) p. 73 ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 395 : Dalz. & Gibs. p. 184 : Wight, Icon. t. 1488 ; Woodr, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 355. Not common. Konkan : Stocks ! S. Konkan, Dalzell & Gibson.—Distrib. India (W. Peninsula, Bengal, Tenasserim). (From The Flora of the Bombay Presidency (1903) from IBIS Flora) ANJAN57 Hygrophila sp. for identification : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) Family: Acanthaceae Date: 25th December 2014 Place: Agumbe, Karnataka Habit: Herb Nice pictures, ...! I look forward to know its ID.The number of stamens here (4?) makes me think that this is not Hygrophila polysperma (2 stamens) that I suggested earlier in ... post. Many thanks ... for this clarification. The flower form doesn't look like that of other Hygrophila we have seen so far. Here corolla is not markedly 2 lipped. Corolla tube is rather cylindric, marked with stripes. To me it looks more like Ebermaiera species than anything else. Bracts and bracteoles also conform. I think this maybe Ebermaiera glauca Nees. Please check the probability. Please also note anthers in the illustration and the submitted picture (DSC_04061). While going through my photos from the same trip, I found another set of photos from another place (Hebri) we had been to. I am attaching close ups of that set here. They show the characters much better than in the original uploads.Please also see http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/img/pdf/Staurogyne%20glauca/page_348.pdf.jpg from the Flora of Udupi. Hebri, the place where this one was clicked lies in the Udupi district and hence the distribution also matches. Attachments (9) Thank you very much ..., I had some hesitations regarding the loops of lateral veins at margin, but I think your picture DSC_0406 satisfies Wight illustration. Please check my species which I think is Ebermaiera glutinosa Wall., I have two sets of pictures and this species grows on the margin of paddy field -
Thank you once again. As far as I can find, there are only two species of Staurogyne/Ebermaiera found in Karnataka. Gamble too lists two species in the flora of Madras Presidency. Out of the two species that fall under them, S. zeylanica can be ruled out (http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=48&cat=1) on the basis of lack of viscid structures which are very evident in the photos clicked by me and ... which leaves S. glauca (http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/img/pdf/Staurogyne%20glauca/page_348.pdf.jpg). Both names are unresolved according to The Plant List. At the very least, I think we can leave it at Staurogyne sp./Ebermaiera sp.Thank you very much for your efforts sir. In this process, I have learnt about a few more species of plants! I have doubt over the pictures in the link you have provided. A couple of pics look more like Lepidagathis to me. Thank you sir. Yes, there do seem to be certain mistakes in the live specimen photographs on the portal. Yes ..., I think so.
Agumbe :: Phaulopsis FOR VALIDATION & ID :: DVJAN41 : 25 posts by 6 authors. Agumbe ... Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka Date: 25 DEC 2014 ... Altitude: about 700 m asl This plant could be Phaulopsis imbricata as suggested by ... in ...detailed post ... ANDEC08/08. Seemingly a herb; growing in damp area. The flower measured just about 2 - 3 mm across. ¿ Phaulopsis ? ... (family: Acanthaceae) This seem to be different from the plant I have posted (Leaf shape as well as inflorescence differs). Thank you very very much ... for pointing to the error. Dear friends, please ignore my note regarding Phaulopsis and relating it to ... post. Perhaps the posted photos are not at all sufficient to reach any ID. This post may be ignored. For me, it does not like Phaulopsis imbricata. My earlier posting in our group is here. You are correct ... My blunder. Not Phaulopsis at all. Vijayasankar ji has suggested possibility of Hygrophila polysperma. Many thanks to him. It does look Hygrophila for sure. Can it be Hygrophila polysperma?...just a guess... Thank you very much ... for this guess; some glimmer of a hope !! efi page on Hygrophila polysperma This may be Hygrophila polysperma (Roxb.) T. Anderson, as have been suggested by Vijay Sir. I am sure of my species because of the hairy tipped capsule. Attached here a new set, recorded on 4/1/15, for your perusal. Attachments (5) The problem is you don't have a face/front photograph of the flower. And if you look into your Ebermaiera (Staurogyne) upload you will see side view is very deceiving. Some Ebermaiera grows in moist place too. So, please note/check your flower size and decide yourself. Bracts and bracteoles seem to match with Hygrophila polysperma. Thanks very much ... for sharing pictures of Hygrophila polysperma and for the information. I am sure ... would have read this post; he would post his pictures of the same plant in due time. We may get to see more aspects of that plant and flower. ..., I have clicked some photos of the front view of this flower. I have just posted it in a separate thread. Please do take a look. From the FBI description of Ebermaiera zeylanica, I copy here the following words - "corolla, stamens and capsule nearly as of E. glauca" OK, ... Thanks very much. Will check on this species later, after I am through with some other uploads. Ebermaiera glauca Nees as per another post by ... Thank you very much ... for pointing to update in ... post. But not sure - your link leads to Plant Illustrations Org showing Ebermaiera glauca In ... post ANJAN57, the discussion has come to Ebermaiera glutinosa In the discussion of ... thread I brought in Ebermaiera glutinosa because I wanted to draw ... attention about the fact that I took that herb as a Limnophila species. It was never to suggest that ... post could be E. glutinosa. FBI doesn't indicate that E. glutinosa can be found in South India. KEY to E. glauca, E. glutinosa, E. polybotrya can be found in "Bengal Plants" and "Botany of Bihar and Orissa". However, I am not telling that your species is an Ebermaiera (presently Staurogyne). Neither I am opposing your claim of either Phaulopsis or Hygrophila. Thanks, ... May I didn't follow that thread properly. Thanks ... These small herbs are tricky and require many aspects to be shown in photos. Yes, we have not arrived to any ID yet. ... thread features two set of photographs Yes, ... His post ANJAN57 initial set was from Agumbe, and second set was from the foothills, Hebri. Thank you ..., do you think both the set belong to same species? Without using any scale/ruler isn't it very unscientific to try to ID some tricky species? I fully agree with you ... in this regard. It is perfectly good to stop ID of any post for want of aspects and sizes. It saves lot of time - and can be well spent on other uploads. Thank you ..., I agree fully. Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Staurogyne zeylanica :: Chorla Ghat :: DVMAR104/115 : 7 posts by 4 authors. 3 images. Staurogyne zeylanica Kuntze along Chorla Ghat on February 18, 2012 Inflorescence and flowers look different in the 2nd and 3rd pictures than the rest, ... Indeed yes ...!! Thank you very very much for pointing out the error. I made the mistake while labeling the uploads in flickr, and it did not strike me when I posted them here. The incorrectly labeled are Lepidagathis incurva. I have them corrected now in flickr. Thank you very much once again for your keen eyes !! Thank you ... for confirming, I noticed it first in Anurag Ji's thread. Nice pictures of Staurogyne zeylanica On detailed checking, I will go for Staurogyne spathulata (BI.) Koord. (syn. Staurogyne glauca), as per Keys in Flora of Karnataka due to viscous-pubescent nature of the stem and non- trailing nature. 2nd and 3rd images are of Lepidagathis incurva     ¿ sta-uh-ROH-gy-nee ? or ¿ sta-uh-roh-JY-nee ? -- from the Greek stauros (cross) and gyne (female) zey-LAN-ee-kuh -- of or from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: staurogyne botanical names: Staurogyne zeylanica Kuntze ... unresolved name ... synonyms: Ebermaiera zeylanica Nees • Erythracanthus elongatus Dalzell & Gibson ... The Plants List ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Dear friends, Not sure of this plant's distribution status in our country - perhaps southern peninsula. Please help with any name(s) in southern states of India. Yes, it is Staurogyne zeylanica On detailed checking, I will go for Staurogyne spathulata (BI.) Koord. (syn. Staurogyne glauca), as per Keys in Flora of Karnataka due to viscous-pubescent nature of the stem and non- trailing nature.
Acanthaceae Fortnight ::Staurogyne zeylanica ::Chorla Ghat:: PKA-MAR44/44: : : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Small herb seen at "Chorla Ghat, Belgaum-Goa route". Bot. name: Staurogyne zeylanica Family: Acanthaceae On detailed checking, I will go for Staurogyne spathulata (BI.) Koord. (syn. Staurogyne glauca), as per Keys in Flora of Karnataka due to viscous-pubescent nature of the stem.
requires identification please : 13 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3) Seems to be Acanthaceae member. Grows on verticle soil slopes in hills. baramura Tripura 2018 December ... a wild guess: some Haplanthodes. Among the mix of leaves, the coarse dentate is probably Mikania sp. Elatostemma sp. Pl. also check comparative images at Acanthaceae Phaulopsis imbricata (Forssk.) Sweet ?? To me looks different from images at Could not find a match as per comparative image at Haplanthodes Not Elatostema at all. Staurogyne glauca? Thanks ... May be I am not sure. Pl. check https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/staurogyne/staurogyne-glauca On detailed checking, I will go for Staurogyne spathulata (BI.) Koord. (syn. Staurogyne glauca), as suggested by … Thank you all for help and discussion References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved) Keys as per Flora of Karnataka Plant Illustration GBIF (specimens) High resolution specimen India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora JSTOR (specimen) Kerala Plants |
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