All three similar species are listed in FBI (under names D. riparia, D. roxburghiana and D. roxburghiana var. bupleuroides): Here is comparison of accepted names
D. riparia Nees is distributed in Pegu and Tenassarim (Myanmar),FBI according to Flora China Nepal, Myanmar to Yunan: Lesves ovate, obtuse often emarginate bracts, bracteoles 6 mm, linear. D. chinensis (L.) Juss. (Syn: D. roxburghiana Nees): Leaves ovate-elliptic, base cuneate to attenuate, decurrent on petiole, outer bracteoles 5-13 mm x 3-8 mm , less than twice as long as broad, corolla 10-12 mm long; Throughout India D. bupleuroides Nees (Syn: D. roxburghiana var. bupleuroides (Nees) Clarke): leaves ovate, base cuneate; outer bracteoles 5-7 mm long, more than twice as long as broad; corolla 5 mm long.; Throughout India When looking for specimens from Western Himalayas we have to be vigilant about size of corolla and relative length breadth ratio of outer bracteoles. This is D. chinensis On Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 3:49:53 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > On further examination and discussions at thread: *Dicliptera > bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ???* > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/8yOt1uf4EyA> , I > feel it should be *Dicliptera riparia * > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/dicliptera/dicliptera-riparia> > *Nees* > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/acanthaceae/dicliptera/dicliptera-riparia> > > (syn: *Dicliptera roxburghiana* var. *riparia* (Nees) Benoist) as per > distribution, specimens and references herein. > > > On Sunday, 15 March 2015 15:21:30 UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> *Dicliptera chinensis* (L.) Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 268. >> 1807. >> syn: *D. roxburghiana* Nees. >> >> The plant was photographed from Kud J & K. >> >> Herb differentiated by leaf ovate-elliptic, abaxially puberulent along >> veins, base decurrent onto petiole, apex shortly acuminate to acute; >> floweres in 1-4 flowered cymules, with 3-4 cymules per cyme, on 2-5 mm >> peduncles from upper leaf axils, bracts subulate to linear to oblanceolate >> to obovate, 3-7.5 × 0.3-1 mm; outer bracteoles elliptic to obovate, 5-13 × >> 3-8 mm, unequal, abaxially puberulent, 3-veined,; inner bracteoles linear, >> ca. 5 mm, abaxially hirsute, apex acuminate. Pedicel 0.5-3 mm, puberulent. >> Calyx ca. 5 mm; lobes linear, equal, margin hirsute, apex acuminate. >> Corolla pale purple, 1-1.2 cm, lip in lower position ovate, ca. 5 × 3 mm, >> apex entire; lip in upper position oblong, ca. 4 × 1.5 mm. filaments ca. 4 >> mm, style ca. 1.4 cm. Capsule broadly ellipsoid, ca. 6 mm. Seeds 2 mm. >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e68a82ec-9117-4501-b362-b168c0b5ed03n%40googlegroups.com.