Ruellia beddomei

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Ruellia beddomei C. B. Cl., Fl. Brit. India 4: 413 1884. (syn: Dipteracanthus beddomei (C.B.Clarke) Santapau; Ruellia cernua T.Anderson);
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India (C- to E- & S-India, Upper Gangetic Plains), Nepal as per CoL;
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Clarke ; leaves elliptic acute hairy on both surfaces, bracteoles subpetioled ovate acute leaf-like, sepals 1/2 in., corolla 3 in. R. cernua, Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460, partly, not of Roxb.
CENTRAL INDIA ; Tubbulpore, Beddome.
This seems nearer R. suffruticosa than R. cernua, of which T.Anderson reckoned it a form; but it differs from both in the very large corolla, the lobes of which are 1 by 3/4 in., roundly elliptic.
(Attributions- IBIS Flora (Flora of British India))
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SK 2977 21 September 2021: 6 very high res. images.
Location: Dailekh, West Nepal
Altitude: 831 m.
Date: 14 August 2021
Habit : Wild
Acanthaceae …???

I think Ruellia longepetiolata (Oerst.) Hemsl. as per images and details herein.
May have escaped cultivation.

I am not sure because this sp. was found in the natural habitat at many locations far from public dwellings.

Dr Bhaskar Adhikari has suggested Ruellia beddomei C. B. Clarke which seems correct ID.
https://efloraofindia.com/species/a—l/a/acanthaceae/ruellia/ruellia-longepetiolata has
got no distribution in Nepal.
floraofnepal

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Ruellia beddomei C. B. Clarke: 6 very high res. images.

Location: Dailekh, West Nepal
Altitude: 814 m.
Date: 14 August 2021 
Habit : Wild

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Ruellia beddomei C. B. Clarke: 12 very high res. images.

Location: Surkhet, West Nepal
Altitude: 1382m.
Date: 29 August 2021
Habit : Wild

Yes, it looks like Ruellia beddomei.

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Id Request 1050922NS1: 1 image.
Posting again after converting to JPG and in different plants in different emails:
please help me to identify this two species

Location  – Sonbhandra  UP
Habitat – Forest
Date – 28 Aug-

Ruellia ??

I think Ruellia beddomei C. B. Cl.,
Pl. check.

 

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References:
POWO  Catalogue of Life (syn: Dipteracanthus cernuus (Roxb.) Santapau; Ruellia cernua Roxb.) The Plant List Ver.1.1  IPNI  Flora of Nepal  GBIF (High resolution specimens) High resolution specimen  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Flora of peninsular India  India Biodiversity Portal  IBIS Flora (Flora of British India)
Dipteracanthus beddomei (C.B. Clarke) Santapau (Acanthaceae) – A new report to southern India – R. Vijaya Sankar, K. Ravikumar and P. Ravichandran- April 2004 Zoos’ Print Journal 19(4):1442