Dear Pankaj ji, I had just now shared my photographs of this sp. from Mizoram in a seperate link. Do have a look... https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/c197ec22ac08e01a?hl=en
regards Prashant On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Frankly speaking it was of that color only and at once I thought that > its a different species all together. So I was even skeptic in sharing > with wrong id. But while reading the protologue I realised that it is > supposed to be very pale violet only (dilute violaceus) which to me is > same as the colours of the petals in the pic. May be you have seen > some more colour variants. Do share pics if possible. > > Secondly, thanks a lot for the elaborate description. > > Thirdly, you have mentioned "Type probably from India". You are > absolutely right because according to the protologue the type should > be from Cochin only. > > Regards > Pankaj > > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Nice caption Pankaj ji > > But Inflorescence is too whitish........ > > > > Floscopa scandens Lour. Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 192. 1790; Thw., Enum. Pl. > > Zeyl. 323. 1864; Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 265. 1881; Hook. f., Fl. > Br. > > Ind. 6: 390.1892; Lakshminarshiman in Sharma et al., Fl. Maharashtra > > (Monocot.) 169, 1996. Tradescantia paniculata Roxb., Pl. Corom. 2: 6, t. > > 109. 1799; Moon. Cat. 24. 1824; Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 119. 1824. Type from > > India. Tradescantia paniculata Roth., Nov. Sp. Pl. 188. 1821, nom. > illeg., > > non Roxb., 1799. Dithyrocarpus paniculatus (Roxb.)Kunth, Enum. 4: 79. > > 1843.Floscopa paniculata (Roxb.) Hassk. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 151. 1852; > Thw., > > Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 323. 1864. Dithyrocarpus petiolatus Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. > Or. > > 6: 32, t. 2079. 1853. Type from India. Dithyrocarpus rothii Wight, Ic. > Pl. > > Ind. Or. 6: 32, t. 2080. 1853. [Replacement name for Tradescantia > paniculata > > Roth, non Roxb,] Type from India. Dithyrocarpus undulates Wight, Ic. Pl. > > Ind. Or. 6: 32, t. 2080. 1853. Type probably from India. > > > > Perennial forming dense stands, with decumbent stems 30-60 cm > > tall much branched at the base. Leaves strongly reduced below the > > inflorescence, sheaths 0.3-1.2 cm long, glabrous to densely pubescent, > long > > ciliate at the apex, lamina petiolate or at least strongly narrowed > basally, > > lanceolate-elliptic, 3.5-12 cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide, apex acute to > acuminate, > > base cuneata, petiole or narrow, basal portion ciliate on the margin and > > pillose above, expanded portion usually scabrous above (occasionally > > glabrous), glabrous below, margin scabrous. Inflorescence compound, dense > to > > moderately dense, more or less sessile, composed of terminal thyrse and > > smaller, closely associated thyrses from the axils of the reduced, distal > > leaves, ovate or obovate, 2..5-6.5 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, densely > glandular > > pubescent. Flowers 4-6 mm wide, pubescent; sepals 2-3.5 mm long, > > pink-purple, glandular-pubescent; petals pink to lilac, upper two > elliptic, > > apex acute, lower one oblong, apex rounded; filaments of all but lower, > > medial stamen fused basally, upper 3 stamens with anthers with a broad > > connective and small distal anther sacs, yellow, lower 3 stamens with > > anthers with a narrow whitish connective and larger, blackish anther > sacs; > > ovary stiptate, style long, slender pink, stigma small. Capsules > > dorsiventrally compressed, stiptate, broadly ellipsoid to obovoid, > rostrate. > > Seeds hemispherical, elliptic in outline, testa grey to brown, ribbed > with > > 12-16 ribs, sometimes farinose, hilum on the edge of a deep ventral > furrow, > > embryotega white or whitish. > > > > Flowering and Fruiting: December to February. > > > > Distribution: India and Sri Lanka to Australia. > > > > Ecology: Forest, especially along streams. > > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Beautiful photographs and excellent info. > >> > >> On Feb 7, 2:44 pm, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Floscopa scandens Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1: 193. 1790. > >> > > >> > Synonyms (Govaerts et al. 2011 - Kew Checklist): > >> > Tradescantia paniculata Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 6 (1799). > >> > Aneilema hispidum D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 45 (1825). > >> > Commelina cymosa Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 4 (1827). > >> > Commelina densiflora Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 4 (1827). > >> > Commelina hispida Ham. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 25 (1827). > >> > Commelina hamiltonii Spreng., Syst. Veg. 5: 186 (1828). > >> > Tradescantia rufa C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 138 (1828). > >> > Aneilema asperum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List: 5204 (1831), nom. > >> > inval. > >> > Tradescantia geniculata Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 232 (1837). > >> > Aneilema cymosum (Blume) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 69 (1843). > >> > Aneilema densiflorum (Blume) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 69 (1843). > >> > Dithyrocarpus meyenianus Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 78 (1843). > >> > Dithyrocarpus paniculatus (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 79 (1843). > >> > Dithyrocarpus rufus (C.Presl) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 79 (1843). > >> > Floscopa paniculata (Roxb.) Hassk. in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 151 > >> > (1852). > >> > Floscopa rufa (C.Presl) Hassk. in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 151 > (1852). > >> > Dithyrocarpus petiolatus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2079 > >> > (1853). > >> > Dithyrocarpus rothii Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2079 (1853). > >> > Dithyrocarpus undulatus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2079 > (1853). > >> > Lamprodithyros paniculatus (Roxb.) Hassk., Flora 46: 389 (1863). > >> > Floscopa hamiltonii (Spreng.) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 166 (1870). > >> > Floscopa meyeniana (Kunth) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 167 (1870). > >> > Floscopa petiolata (Wight) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 167 (1870). > >> > Floscopa undulata (Wight) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 166 (1870). > >> > Floscopa scandens var. vaginivillosa R.H.Miau, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. > >> > Sunyatseni 1981(3): 116 (1981). > >> > > >> > Location: Palode, Thiruvananthapuram > >> > Date: 24.01.2011 > >> > Distribution: India, China, Nepal, Sr Lanka, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, > >> > Vientam, Bornea, JAawa, Malaysia, Phillipines, Queensland. > >> > Camera: Nikon D300 + 60mm Nikor + Macro Ring Flash. > >> > > >> > Attachments: > >> > Three Images of plant and one image of protologue. > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > Pankaj > >> > > >> > -- > >> > *********************************************** > >> > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > >> > > >> > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >> > Research Associate > >> > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > >> > Department of Habitat Ecology > >> > Wildlife Institute of India > >> > Post Box # 18 > >> > Dehradun - 248001, India > >> > > >> > Slide1.JPG > >> > 320KViewDownload > >> > > >> > Slide2.JPG > >> > 207KViewDownload > >> > > >> > Slide3.JPG > >> > 229KViewDownload > >> > > >> > PROTOLOGUE FLOSCOPA SCANDENS.jpg > >> > 805KViewDownload > > > > > > -- > > Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, > > Research Student, > > Department of Botany, > > Shivaji University, > > Kolhapur. > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
