Rhinacanthus

 

Rhinacanthus calcaratus Nees (Images by Sourav Mahmud (Identified by Surajit Koley) (Inserted by J.M.Garg))

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Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz (Images by tspkumar)

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Rhinacanthus species ?- Suttagati, Karnataka (Images by Dinesh Valke & Prashant Awale (Inserted by J.M.Garg))

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FLOWERING PLANTS OF INDIA,
DICOTYLEDONS, Vol-I (Acanthaceae-Avicenniaceae) authored by S. Karthikeyan, M. Sanjappa and S. Moorthy
and published by BSI, Kolkata in 2009 is an important document for names, authority
and distribution of Acanthaceae
species in India.

As per this document (Karthikeyan
et al., 2009) following species of Rhinacanthus occur in India:

  1. Rhinacanthus calcaratus (Wall.) Nees
  2. R. grandiflorus Dunn.
  3. R.
    nasutus
    (L.) Kurz [var. nasutus; var. montanus    ]

 












Binomial Habit Notes References Distribution Common name






















Rhinacanthus
nasutus (L.) Kurz var. montana
(Clarke) Kumari		 Shrub Western Ghats,
Evergreen Forests		 Flora of Tamil
Nadu, VOL. II, 1987		 Nilgiri  
Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz var. nasutus Shrub Deciduous
Forests, Cultivated in Plains		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987		 All
districts		 Nagamalli
 

Botanical name Synonyms Family Common name
Rhinacanthus nasutus Rhinacanthus nasuta, Justicia nasuta, Rhinacanthus communis Acanthaceae Snake Jasmine
Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004)- Details-
A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon -, Volume 12 By M. D. Dassanayake  (1998)- Details with keys–

Gardening in India By George Marshall Woodrow, G Marshall (1999)- Brief details-
Floristic Plants of the World By Rashtra Vardhana (2006)- Details-
Rhinacanthus grandiflorus, Dunn, Acanthacea, (Kew Bull., 1920, p. 135), E. Himalaya. …

Rhinacanthus : 5 posts by 3 authors.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on ‎Rhinacanthus 

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful.

Any comments/ corrections are welcome.

I have added list of species

Thanks, … Species at other links match with this.

In Bangladesh has 2 species
1. R. calcaratus (It was recorded from Chittagong District (Prain,1903))
2. R. nasutus (found all parts of the  country)

Pl. go through ‎Rhinacanthus page with images of species in efloraofindia (done by me).

If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know.

If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), it will be really nice. Also, if anybody is interested to take up the activity of inserting images on efloraofindia pages from efloraofindia posts, pl. let us know.