*Leucas aspera* (Willd.) Link should have (ref. FoC) - - densely hispid many flowered globose verticillaster - hispid linear bracts as long as calyx - oblique calyx mouth, calyx hispid outside, teeth straight-triangular-spinescent apex
This species is not *Leucas aspera* (Willd.) Link. This species is *L. lavandulifolia* Smith. Thank you Regards surajit koley On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 5:28 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Mahadeswara ji. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: M Swamy <swamy.c...@gmail.com> > Date: 23 May 2015 at 17:25 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:121034] Req. Leucas Species for ID > To: "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> > > > If the leaves are covered with hairs (wooly) it could be * L.lanata *as > seen n this link http://www.botanicayjardines.com/leucas-lanata/. Not > able to this this character from the photograph > > On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 2:56 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation as *Leucas aspera *or otherwise >> please in view of observations in other thread >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/RJAk8HHWdLM> as >> >> "To me, except for two or three threads where pictures are not at all >> clear to identify the species, *none of the threads accepted as L. >> aspera is L. aspera (Willd.) Link, no matter who identified those threads.* >> >> ................ >> >> Thank you >> >> Regards >> >> surajit koley" >> >> >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> This is the Common Leucas [Leucas aspera]. >> With regards, >> Neil Soares. >> >> >> My sightings of *Leucas lavandulifolia* need validation. >> I think them to be *Leucas lavandulifolia *based on description in >> Monograph on Indian Leucas R.Br. (Dronapushpi) by V. Singh >> But I could be wrong; my sightings could be *Leucas aspera*. >> Both *L. lavandulifolia and **L. aspera* are confusing me. >> >> Your plant is not *Leucas cephalotes* ... the leaves here are linear. >> >> About *Leucas indica*: >> *Leucas lavandulifolia* Sm. (syn. *Leucas indica* (L.) Vatke >> [Illegitimate]) >> *Leucas zeylanica* var. *zeylanica* (syn. *Leucas indica* (L.) R.Br. ex >> Sm.) >> Synonyms referred from The Plants List >> >> About *dronapushpi *- this is a generic name for most of the species of >> *Leucas.*Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: ayush <anandkumarre...@gmail.com> >> Date: 4 July 2012 at 21:41 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:121034] Req. Leucas Species for ID >> To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com >> >> >> Request: Leucas Species for ID >> >> Sir / Madam >> >> In Telugu this plant is called Tummi (తుమ్మి) Ayurveda: Drona Pushpi. >> Ayurvedic Pharmacopeia of India mentioned it as: Leucas cephalotes, Sri >> Dinesh ji in Flickr wrote as Leucas lavandulifolia some others as leucas >> indica. >> Whether all these are synonyms for one plant or are they different >> species. >> >> Regards >> Radha krishna Reddy >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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