Thanks a lot, Rakesh ji -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Mon 20 Jan, 2020, 1:59 PM dr.rakesh Singh, <[email protected]> wrote: > Garg Sir , from EFI page , from paper by J R I Wood . And descriptions in > JCB herbarium , IBIS pages helped too . > Eye opener was pricks sustained by H. verticillatus inTungi near Lonavala > MH , then came the Paper on revision of Acanthaceae in India with good > account of "Haplanthus neilgherryensis" which made things easier . I went > through my collection and found out H. t. var. plumosa ( or plumosus ? ) > recorded from matheran which is very distinct in having plumose cladodes . > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 12:11 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks a lot, Rakesh ji, for the wonderful presentation and clarity. >> *From where these keys have been taken ?* >> >> On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 at 19:08, dr.rakesh Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Dear members >>> As per recent revision of Acanthaceae in India ,at KEW , we have now two >>> species in Haplanthodes. . . H. verticillatus and H. tentaculatus with >>> three inferior taxa -- H. t. var. tentaculatus , var. plumosa and var. >>> neilgherryensis . (Haplanthus neilgherryensis is now recognised as >>> Haplanthodes tentaculatus var. neilgherryensis ... this epithet is >>> rampantly misspelled in literature , I found on internet .) >>> This Genus has Cladodes substituting leaves in flower bearing part . >>> H. verticillatus has cladodes 2•5cm or longer ,stiff , very sharp >>> pointed bifid or rarely trifid ...accidental prick is very painful , >>> stinging. Plant about a meter tall or less , stout . Flowers light to deep >>> shade of violet . >>> In H. tentaculatus cladodes are up to 1•5cm ,soft , hairy , tip >>> inconspicuously bifid , non-prickly . >>> Three varieties can be recognised by cladodes... >>> In var. plumosa cladodes are covered in dense soft white hairs , >>> inflorescence which is actually terminal part of stem and branches , >>> looking like plume . >>> In var. neilgherryensis terminal spike of cladodes and flowers is >>> densely packed , meaning by , internodes are very small . And ofcourse >>> cladodes not plumose . >>> Var. tentaculatus , seen in suitable habitat in Surat ,is having >>> cladodes sparsely hairy , nodes widely spaced . >>> >>> Flowers can be violet to whitish with dark brown striation deep in >>> throat , more on upper side . >>> >>> Presenting H. t. var. tentaculatus >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/293c5cdb-83b9-455d-93b7-09580e6bab79%40googlegroups.com >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> >> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >> 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >> >> 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). You can also use them for free as >> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFDf_azmVsPKg8uWDWfR%3D0MMnv-XC6r8kkWhrOy4weEukA%40mail.gmail.com.
