Thank you very much Sir for your kind response. But I expected you or other member(s) would ask/query why your specimen can not be *R. suffruticosa* Roxb.! More so because petals and sepals are more or less of equal length in both the spp., (*R. suffruticosa* Roxb. and *R. pseudopatula* Ensermu); including narrower to inflated part of corolla tube!
I am explaining why I choose one of the above two ids. In *suffruticosa*, leaves are 2-5 inch (50-127 mm), while in *pseudopatula* leaves are 15-30 x 10-20 mm. Comparing the flower size with the leaves in the attached photographs of this specimen I think it would go more with *R. pseudopatula* Ensermu. Thank you Regards surajit koley a *non-botanist* member of efloraofIndia google group On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:53 PM, Subhasis Panda <[email protected]> wrote: > Surojit ji many many thanks for your id assistance along with detailed > key. > > S. Panda > darjeeling > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:12 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am expecting some response from Dr. Panda. >> >> Thank you >> Regards >> surajit koley >> a *non-botanist* member of >> efloraofIndia google group >> >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 11:18 AM, surajit koley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Attached here what had been identified, in this group, as *Ruellia >>> prostrata* Poir. Flower colour usually not white, may turn whitish >>> sometimes. In the 4th pic you see flower and foliaceous bract sizes. >>> >>> *Ruellia suffruticosa* Roxb. >>> >>> *Ruellia patula* Jacq. >>> >>> *Ruellia pseudopatula* Ensermu >>> >>> white, maybe pale-purple, corolla 50-57 mm long, 25-32 mm diam., narrow >>> part of the tube 18-26 mm >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> sepals 5-6.5 mm >>> >>> >>> ref. Haines >>> >>> pale blue-lilac or pale purple, corolla 25-38 mm long, lower cylindrical >>> portion is shorter than the upper; >>> >>> >>> style 16-19 mm long >>> >>> >>> should be equal to next sp. >>> >>> >>> ref. Ensermu Kelbessass >>> >>> pure white, corolla 45-60 mm long, lower cylindrical portion of the tube >>> is longer than the enlarged upper portion; >>> >>> >>> style 35-40 mm >>> >>> >>> calyx tube 1-1.5mm, lobes 4-5mm >>> >>> >>> ref. Ensermu Kelbessass >>> >>> This species in this thread is *Ruellia pseudopatula* Ensermu >>> >>> Thank you >>> Regards >>> surajit koley >>> a *non-botanist* member of >>> efloraofIndia google group >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 6:28 AM, dr.rakesh Singh < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I w'd like to see better illuminated photos photos of habit and >>>> leaves , and comment regarding hairs . As for the color , pure white >>>> flowers I have recorded in R. prostrata , but here leaves in the specimen >>>> seem different ! >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:36 PM, surajit koley < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, something more..... I missed the BSI checklist - >>>>> http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/speciesList_PCL.action?resultType=genusWise&parent_Id=130&parent_Name=ruellia >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> *R. patula*, I think, can be skipped - >>>>> http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=130595&mobile=0&code_category_taxon= >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> Instead, there is one *R. pseudopatula* in BSI - >>>>> http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=860. >>>>> Please check probability - >>>>> http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000393972 >>>>> >>>>> Thank you >>>>> Regards >>>>> surajit koley >>>>> a *non-botanist* member of >>>>> efloraofIndia google group >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:20 PM, surajit koley < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> My guess is *Ruellia suffruticosa* Roxb., but I am not confident, >>>>>> for one more species, *R. patula* Jacq. needs to be considered. >>>>>> Attached here record by Haines. *R. patula >>>>>> <http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=153420>* >>>>>> unlikely >>>>>> to be found in the region as per FBI and also that FBI thinks *R. >>>>>> patula* is similar to *R. prostrata.* >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> surajit koley >>>>>> a *non-botanist* member of >>>>>> efloraofIndia google group >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:26 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dipterocanthus sp.-- >>>>>>> *__________________________________________* >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *DR. ROHITKUMAR MANGALBHAI PATEL* >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ***Ruellia* >>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/ruellia> >>>>>>> species in eFloraofindia (with details/ *keys *from published >>>>>>> papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where >>>>>>> ever available on net) >>>>>>> Now all Indian *Dipteracanthus* fall under *Ruellia* >>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/ruellia> >>>>>>> only. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>>> From: Subhasis Panda <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Date: 22 August 2015 at 12:09 >>>>>>> Subject: Need id assistance for JNU Plant 130415SP1-4 >>>>>>> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]>, "J.M. 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