Dictyospermum montanum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2069 1853. (Syn: Aneilema montanum (Wight) Thwaites; Aneilema montanum (Wight) C.B. Clarke; Commelina montana Steud.; Tradescantia montana B.Heyne ex Wall.; Tradescantia paniculata B.Heyne ex Roth ); Dictyospermum montanum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: 30. t. 2069. 1853, Type India. Aneilema montanum (Wt.) Wall. ex Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 217. 1881; Hook. f., Fl. Br. Ind. 6: 381.1892.
Erect to ascending perennial herb, up to 30 cm hight. Roots fibrous, from lower nodes, internodes up to 13 cm long, glabrous; sheath up to 2.5 cm long, with a line of cilia along the fused margins, mouth ciliate. Lamina elliptic-lanceolate, base obtuse, margin entire, scabrous, upper and lower surfaces scabrous; terminal leaves small apex acuminate, up to 13 x 4.3 cm. Inflorescence terminal; peduncle c. 8 cm long, puberlous; bract leafy, green ovate, c. 2.3 x 9 mm. Pedicel recurved, 4 mm, glabrous. Sepals 3, ovate, pale green, free, glabrous, 2.5 x 1.5 mm, margin entire. Petals 3, ovate, white, glabrous, 3.5 x 2.5 mm, margin entire. Fertile stamens 3; 2 filaments 1 mm long, middle filament 2.5 mm long, violet band on one side, glabrous, white, apex violet; anther lobes basifixed, yellow, connective yellow. Ovary globose-ovate, pale green-white, glabrous, 1 x 1 mm, style white, 0.5 mm long, glabrous; stigma simple. Capsule globose, glabrous, 3 x 3 mm; seeds pyriform cream coloured, reticulate, hilum punctiform in furrow; embryotega lateral. Flowering and fruiting: November to May. Localities: From Nilmbur forest. Commelinales and Zingiberales Week :: Commelinaceae :: (ID No. 07022011 RD 02): 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). Help me to ID this Commelinaceae sps. Plant height is about 30-40cm.
Thank you ... for Sharing such a beautiful snaps and a beautiful plant. No doubt here we are completing the genus Dictyospermum for India. ....... (one was earlier posted i.e. ovalifolium) and remaining one is Dictyospermum montanum (which was posted earlier with poor photograph of mine). So here is......................... One thing I forgot to mention Please try to provide the locality/ ies, caption Information and other details for further flexible documentation process. This is quite easily the most gorgeous Commelinaceae member I have come across. Found on the forest floor near a stream. Family: Commelinaceae Place: Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala Date: 8th November 2014 Identified by: ... ANSEPT28/28 Dictyospermum montanum Wight : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) Family: Commelinaceae Date: 12th September 2015 Place: Thattekadu Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala Habit: Herb Habitat: Semi-evergreen forest Please see my earlier post for leaves and habit.
Rhopalephora scaberrima, this small herb with large leaves and small flowers was growing at Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Thattekkad, near Kothamangalam First week of October 2018 Beautiful images, perhaps Dictyospermum montanum. thank you ... for the correction References:
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