Torenia

  
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The keys in Dr. Almeida's flora.
Here the key from the flora Vol  III B , pg 423: Torenia Linn
1.Calyx broadly winged-------------------------------------------2
     2. Filaments toothed------------------------------------------ T. cordifolia         
     2. Filaments not toothed                                              3
           3. Flowers with dark purple patches----------------- T.fournieri
           3. Flowers without dark purple patches------------  T. indica
1. Calyx narrowly winged                                                 4  
     4. Fruiting calyx ribbed                                                5
           5. Flowers solitary                                                 6
                6. Calyx hirsute; corolla pale blue with dark 
                    blotches on the lobes of lower lip--------- ----T. diffusa
                6. Calyx not hirsute ; corolla purple, no
                    dark blotcheson lips-------------------------------T. bicolor
            5. Flowers in clusters------------------------------------T. thouarsii
     4. Fruiting calyx not ribbed                                          7
            7.Corolla less thn 1 cm long----------------------------T. lindernioides
            7. Corolla more than 2 cm long------------------------T. asiatica
 
Lindernia--------calyx lobes not winged on back, actinomorphic
Torenia----------calyx lobed winged on back, 2-lipped
 
 
Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution
Torenia bicolor Dalz. Trailing Herb Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987 Coimbatore, Dindigul, Nilgiri, Theni, Tirunelveli
Torenia cordifolia  Roxb. Herb Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987 Nilgiri
Torenia courtallensis Gamble Trailing Herb Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987 Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, Theni, Tirunelveli
Torenia fournieri Linden ex Fourn. Herb Plains, Cultivated, Native of East  Asiatic  Region Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987 All districts
Torenia hirsuta Willd. Herb Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Gamble 1957 Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Tirunelveli
Torenia travancorica Gamble Herb Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Fischer 1921 Coimbatore,  Nilgiri, Theni, Tirunelveli
Torenia vagans Roxb. Trailing Herb Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987 Nilgiri
 
 
 
Botanical nameSynonymsFamilyCommon name
Torenia cordifolia Torenia Indica Linderniaceae Indian Wishbone Flower
Torenia fournieri 'Catalina Pink' Linderniaceae Wishbone Flower pink
Torenia fournieri Linderniaceae Wishbone Flower
Torenia thouarsii Torenia parviflora, Nortenia thouarsii, Torenia ramosissima Linderniaceae Small Wishbone Flower
Torenia violacea Mimulus violaceus, Torenia peduncularis Linderniaceae Violet Wishbone Flower
 

Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):

Torenia asiatica L. (Himalaya, India, Ceylon, Burma, east to China, Malaysia)

Torenia cordifolia Roxb. (Himalaya (Punjab to Bhutan), India, Burma, east to W. China)
Torenia diffusa D. Don (Himalaya, India, Indo-China, S. W. China)
Torenia fournieri Linden ex Fourn. (Indo-China, cultivated in India and Malaysia)
Torenia parviflora Hutch. & Dalzel [India, Indonesia; tropical Africa and America].
Torenia violacea (Azaola ex Blanco) Pennell (Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), Tibet, Assam, N. Burma, Malaysia)
 
Torenia asiatica Linnaeus [Japan, Vietnam].
Torenia cordifolia Roxburgh  [Bhutan, Cambodia, India (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Vietnam].
Torenia flava Buchanan-Hamilton ex Bentham [Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].
Torenia fournieri Linden ex Fournier [Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam].
Torenia parviflora Buchanan-Hamilton ex Bentham [India, Indonesia; tropical Africa and America].
Torenia violacea (Azaola ex Blanco) Pennell [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Java), Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].
 
Scrophulariaceae of the Western Himalayas By Francis . Pennell (1946)- Details-
 
Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (1986)- Details-
 
Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Dictionary edited by C.P. Khare (2007)- Details-
 
 
 
Biodiversity in India, Volume 2 edited by T. Pullaiah (2003)-
Torenia bicolor - Endangered
Torenia indica- Low Risk
 
 

Pl. go through ‎Torenia (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Linderniaceae) page with images of species (done by ...) in efloraofindia.

If you find any incorrect identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, it will be really nice.

  

Pl. go through ‎Torenia (Linderniaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia. Few species (which are either unidentified or wrongly identified) are under process of sorting out and will be added in due course.

If you find any incorrect identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice.