Sir, As per "Monograph On Indian Leucas...", by Dr. V. Singh, the species *Leucas biflora* features "flower-whorls laxly 1 to 6 flowers...".
I would rather select *Leucas chinensis* for the identity of this photographic plate. Thank you Regards surajit On Wed, 13 Oct 2021 at 15:02, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding for ID > Distributed as Leucas species- Goa > <https://efloraofindia.com/2015/06/14/goa-d55/> > My trying to key out species from FBI leads me to L. chinensis and not L. > biflora in which we have just one two flowers at each node. But then this > publication is interesting: > Leucas sahyadriensis (Lamiaceae: Lamioideae) an overlooked new endemic > species from India and notes on Leucas chinensis | Phytotaxa (biotaxa.org) > <https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.399.3.2> > Wight’s specimen from Peninsular India which Bentham considered as *Leucas > chinensis* is different from Retzius specimen from China. A lectotype for > this name is selected from specimens collected by Bladh for Retzius in > China. In contrast, Wight’s specimen represents a new species endemic to > southern Western Ghats, having long branches, broadly ovate leaves, funnel > shaped calyx with a wide mouth and stellately spreading, broadly triangular > teeth and the corolla 16–17 mm long. > I don't have access to full paper, but is worth comparison. It is also > interesting that this paper came full 4 years after Surajit ji's critical > analysis. > Group discussion at > Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: TC03 - Leucas for id. (google.com) > <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/4xjaNalO92U> > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: tchakrab <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 7:43:28 PM UTC+5:30 > Subject: Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: TC03 - Leucas for id. > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Goa, Kolem, roadsides, somewhat straggling. > Regards, > TC. > -- 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/CAMV_mc2XZQO3PnPu0CnVxKJTJWsDpLy0Au9sk10eQ%2BDaCFEmyw%40mail.gmail.com.
