Hypoestes triflora

Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 1: 141 1817. (Syn: Hypoestes acuminata Hochst. ex T.Anderson; Hypoestes adoensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Hypoestes busii Pic.Serm.; Hypoestes caloi Chiov.; Hypoestes ciliata Lindau; Hypoestes consanguinea Lindau;Hypoestes inaequalis Lindau; Hypoestes kilimandscharica Lindau; Hypoestes microphylla Nees; Hypoestes phaylopsoides S. Moore; Hypoestes rosea Nees; Hypoestes sennii Chiov.; Hypoestes simensis Hochst. ex Schweinf.; Hypoestes toroensis S.Moore; Hypoestes wallichii Nees; Justicia triflora Forssk.) as per POWO;
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Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre as per POWO;
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Roem. & Sch. Syst. i. 88 ; leaves ovate somewhat hairy on both surfaces, flower-clusters capitellate axillary and terminal, bracts narrowly obovate subobtuse, corolla scarcely 1/2 in. Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 506 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 522. H. Wallichii, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 114. Justicia chinensis, Wall. Cat. 2466, letter E.

NEPAL ; Wallich ; Tambur River, alt. 1-3000 ft., J. D. H. SIKKIM and BHOTAN, alt. 4-7000 ft., Clarke, Griffith.—DISTRIB. Abyssinia.
Herbaceous, ramous. Leaves attaining 3.1/2 by 2 in., mostly much smaller, crenate or denticulate, sparsely hairy above, pubescent beneath ; petiole 1.1/2 in. Flower- clusters 1-5 (often 3) together, subsessile ; bracts opposite, paired, flower in one of each pair nearly always 0 or much reduced ; bracteoles 1/4-1/3 in., linear-lanceolate, nearly as long as the bracts. Calyx 1/8 in. Corolla pink or white. Capsule 1/3 in., nearly glabrous. Seeds verrucose.—The placentae tend to rise elastically, and the inflorescence also draws this plant very close to Dicliptera.
(From The Flora of British India Book 4 (1885) from IBIS Flora)
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SK811 19 OCT-2017:ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)
Location:  Mudhe, Sindhupalchok, Nepal
Date: 6 September 2017
Elevation : 8000 ft.
Acanthaceae …???
I think some Dicliptera species but not matching with the available species as per comparative images at
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a—l/a/acanthaceae/dicliptera

Thanks, …  You may be right.

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Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. ?? : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)

Location: Godawari Botanical Garden, Nepal
Altitude: 5000 ft.
Date: 6 November 2017

Yes, to me also appear close to the images of the same species posted by you at SK811 19 OCT-2017:ID

Thank you …! Nepali Name : सिम कुरो  Sim Kuro
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Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. ?? : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)- around 600 kb each.
Location: Nagarkot, Nepal  
Date: 27 October 2018
Elevation: 6000 ft.
Habit : Wild

To me also appear close to images at
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Acanthaceae Fortnight ANMAR04/23 Please identify this herb : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)

Family: Acanthaceae
Date: October 2014
Place: Dehra Dun
Habit: Herb

Dicliptera sp.

I hope Dicliptera chinensis (L.) DC (syn: D. roxburghiana Nees).

Thank you very much …

I think appears close to Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.  as per images and details herein.
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Plant for ID-PC-43-27.09.2015 : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2)
please identify the plant here in picture. the snaps were taken on way to Uttarakhanda.

Is it Barleria sp

I think its December plant in telugu

I think Dicliptera or Peristrophe species

Yes, this looks like certain Dicliptera, but species level identification with these low quality images are nearly impossible for those who are not familiar. However, please check probability of D. chinensis (L.) Juss.

I think appears close to Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.  as per images and details herein.

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here is my 2nd request for the day.
After cropping all and putting them together, I noticed that a lot of the wildflowers are either purple or blue. Is there a reason for that?
Could be  Dicliptera bupleuroides, not sure though. You can check this out:

Thank you again. The link opens up an illustration of Dicliptera bupleuroides from which I really have very little knowledge to know whether it is the same as the photo.

May be Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.  as per images and details herein.

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This plant was found growing wild along with other chickweeds at Ward lake area, Shillong.
Looks like some Dicliptera sp.?
Family: Acanthaceae
Date/Time: 13th Nov./ 01:30PM
Location: Ward lake premises, Shillong, Meghalaya.
Habitat: Wild
Plant habit: Herb
Height: 50 to 60cm,
Leaves ovate, distantly toothed margin, leaves almost sessile,

Dicliptera species in eFIoraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available)

Does look like Dicliptera, but inflorescence is very strange, have some similarity with D. chinensis (L.) Juss., but have differences too!

Any Dicliptera bupleuroides ?  See the link
The foliage is not clear in the photographs.

see Peristrophe sp. also.

Any chance of Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.

This is Hypoestes triflora (Frossk.) Roem. & Schult. to me.

Catalogue of Life lists one Hypoestes triflora var. pedunculata N. P. Balakrishnan from Meghalaya.
This plant was found growing wild along with other chickweeds at Ward lake area,  Shillong. Looks like some Dicliptera sp.?
Family: Acanthaceae
Date/Time: 13th Nov./ 01:30PM
Location: Ward lake premises, Shillong, Meghalaya.
Habitat: Wild
Plant habit: Herb
Height: 50 to 60cm,
Leaves ovate, distantly toothed margin, leaves almost sessile,

Dicliptera for sure !! Can it be Dicliptera brachiata?

Please cross check with Dicliptera bupleuroides
An erect, up to 90 cm, much branched herb with hairy twigs. Leaves on 4-20 (-25) mm long petioles; lamina elliptic-ovate to lanceolate, (1-) 1.5-6 (-12) x (0.6-) 1-2.5 (-6) cm, thinly soft pubescent to glabrate, basally cuneate, entire, acuminate. Flowers pink with purplish tinge, 1.2-1.5 cm long, in terminal and axillary clustered cymes; bracts variable in shape, obovate, elliptic-oblong or linear-lanceolate, 5-10 mm long, thinly pubescent, 1 or 3-nerved, cuneate entire, obtuse to ± acute, mucronate or not, ciliate, cilia white, multicellular or absent; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, nearly as long as calyx lobes. Calyx lobes linear, 6-7 mm long. Capsule clavate, ± stipitate, c. 6 mm long, puberulous or glabrate. Seeds verrucose.

Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. as per images and details herein.

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Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss. from Shillong, Meghalaya :  Attachments (5). 4 posts by 3 authors.
Attached images may be Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss. Please validate.
Date :09.10.2013
Location: Shillong, Meghalaya
Family : Acanthaceae
Genus & species Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss.
Habitat: Grows wild on damp places
Habit : Herb
Flower : Pink in colour
Fruits : Not seen

Again good set of Pics

efi page on Dicliptera chinensis

I think it appears close to Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.  as per images and details herein.

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MS Nov, 2018/02 Peristrophe sp. ? for ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Location : Tan, Mizoram
Date : 05-10-2018
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Wild

Peristrophe bicalyculata ??

Closest I can go as per comparative images is

Pl. check

It should be Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. as per images and details herein.

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Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. : 6 posts by 2 authors. 6 images- 1 to 7 mb each.
Location: Sundarijal, Kathmandu
Date: 30 September  2019
Elevation: 1593 m.
Habit : Wild 
Nepali Name : सिम कुरो  Sim Kuro

Attachments (3)- 1, 1 & 4 mb.

Attachments (1)- 7 mb.

Peristrophe, Dicliptera, Hypoestes !!!
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Is ID doubtful … ?

No, … It is not the ID.
It is the latest advances in taxonomy, we have to keep pace with.
Within last 5 years what used to be Peristrophe, changed to Dicliptera. And Hypoestes differs from Dicliptera in Anther structure only, I read today in the link I quoted… which I think may not be appreciable without a magnifying glass. What a common man wd do in such a fast moving world.

Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult. : 9 posts by 1 author. 9 images- 5 to 7 mb each.
Location: Indra Daha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Date: 10 September 2020
Elevation: 1800 m.
Habit: Wild

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Hypoestes triflora (Forssk.) Roem. & Schult.: 6 high res. images.
Location: Shivapuri National Park, Kathmandu, Nepal
Date: 30 September 2023
Altitude:  1696m.
Habitat : Wild

Nepali Name : सिम कुरो Sim Kuro

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