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Neanotis tubulosa (G.Don) Mabb., Bot. Hist. Hort. Malabar. 92 1980. (Syn: Anotis quadrilocularis (Thwaites) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.; Hedyotis quadrilocularis Thwaites; Neanotis quadrilocularis (Thwaites) W.H.Lewis; Oldenlandia tubulosa G.Don);
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Annual, slender herb, Leaves subsessile, shortly petioled, ovate, flowers purplish white in terminal or axillary clusters.
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Valparai: Rubiaceae herb for identification 280812MK03: Please help me to identify this small herb found on a foot pathway in an estate in Valparai of western ghats.
Height: 15-20 cm spread
Leaf: pubescent; 3cm long
Flower: white; 0.7cm long
Date: 26 Aug 2012
Place: Valparai, TN
Alt.: 930 m asl Seems to be Dentella sp Could this be Dentella serpyllifolia? You should check under the genus Neanotis It looks like a Neanotis species to me too. Anotis quadrilocularis Benth is there any other synonym for Anotis quadrilocularis (syn. Neanotis quadrilocularis)? I think it is not earlier reported from Tamil Nadu, so may I ask you the literature in which this plant is described? . Family: Rubiaceae Most probably an Oldenlandia sp. Oldenlandiaspecies in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available) It look like the species of Neanotis I am not sure, please check probability of Neanotis species. Since fruits seem to be 4 locular N. quadrilocularis (Thwaites) W.Lewis? May be Hedyotis neesiana Arn. (= Oldenlandia nitida (Kurz) Gamble), reported from the collection locality in Flora of Hassan DT; another closely related is Oldenlandia auricularia, where the flowers are shortly pedicellate. efi page onNeanotis tubulosa (Syn: Neanotisquadrilocularis (Thwaites) W.H.Lewis) &Hedyotis neesiana This is what you have for Hedyotis neesiana Arn. Check the calyx and corolla ratio.
Here the corolla tube is significantly longer, and calyx teeth are cuspidate, seggesting characters of Anotis quadrilocularis Thwaites.
The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia-Anotis is my favourite, because I can get away very easily! And there is one Oldenlandia auricularia (L.) K.Schum and one O. auricularia F.Muell., the accepted name of which is Hedyotis auricularia var. auricularia. Description can be found in sub-page of http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=220006133.
Corolla in the attached pictures doesn’t look like having 1 to 1.5 mm tube with white flowers!
I agree that O. auricularia and Hedyotis neesiana may not be possible.
What I have for Neanotis quadrilocularis is that style is 3-4 fid which, albeit is blurry, can be made out in the attached photo. I fail to make out style feature in the attached images. A detail account of N. quadrilocularis can be found in http://www.biology.sc.chula.ac.th/TNH/archives/v14_no2/101-111%20Khanit%20edit3.pdf. Somewhere I read calyx teeth are cuspidate, but now I fail to find that document.
However, the ID was suggested by me partly on reading various docs and partly based on efi thread. If you think it is something else it is quite possible. .
[EfloraofIndia_Rubiaceae week_090212PD03_Neanotis tubulosa_Flora of Odisha]: 2 images. Name: Neanotis tubulosa
Habit: Annual herb
Habitat: Wild, Open grasslands in Moist and shady places
Place of collectiuon: Mahendragiri hills, Gajapati district, Odisha
Altitude: 1100 m above msl
Annual, slender herb, Leaves subsessile, shortly petioled, ovate, flowers purplish white in terminal or axillary clusters. Interesting (high altitude) Neanotis … Many thanks. … it has distribution in Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Thanks for appreciation. .
780 ID wild herb: 14 high res. images.
Please ID wild herb, Location: near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1800fsl Flower date: 03AUG2025, 04.35pm Habitat: wild moisture rocky misty windy highland Plant habit: micro erect unbranched epilithic herb, weak fleshy cylindrical stem 03mm base diameter, annually Height: 07cm Leaves: opposite elliptical acute flexible hairy, size upto: 03×02cm Flower: axillary buds, whitish violet, non fragrant, diameter:02.5mm Fruit: capsule green into brown globular lobate diameter:03.5mm Seed: Lindernia crustacea No matches Please check Neanotis. Yes, it is Neanotis dear …, thank you very much for the Genus ID of my plant. Sharing more images.
I checked all the species in FoPI, with distribution in Kerala.
I think it is Neanotis tubulosa (syn. Anotis quadrilocularis (Thwaites) Hook.f.) (Currently images not being displayed due to update work, thus giving links below) as per
https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/t463Xt5hgbA Yes, it is Neanotis tubulosa.
Thank you very much for ID my plant with confirmation link.
. References:
http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:757323-1http://keralaplants.in/keralaplantsdetails.aspx?id=Neanotis_tubulosahttp://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=8546&cat=7
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Neanotis tubulosa
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