Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 9: 268 (1807) (syn: Diapedium chinense (L.) K.D.Koenig; Dicliptera roxburghiana Nees; Justicia canescens Wall.; Justicia chinensis Roxb.; Justicia chinensis L.; Justicia rotundifolia Wall.; Justicia sexangularis Forssk.);
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E. Afghanistan to Nansei-shoto and Indo-China: Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; Introduced into: Hawaii, Jawa as per POWO;
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Common name: Chinese Foldwing
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Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 111, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 483, excl. syn. ; leaves elliptic acute obscurely pubescent or glabrate, flower-clusters axillary and terminal sessile more rarely shortly peduncled, bracts cuneate-elliptic or obovate apiculate not acuminate. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 519, partly ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 196 ?. Justicia chinensis, Wall. Cat. 2466, letter D, and part B, C.
Plains of N. INDIA, from the Punjab to Assam, Silhet and E. Bengal, frequent. BHOTAN ; Griffith.
Stems 1-3 ft., elongate, nearly glabrous. Leaves 2.1/2 by 1 in., base cuneate ; petiole 1/4 in. Bracts nearly 1/2 by 1/5 in., often 3-nerved, ciliate, thinly pubescent. Corolla 3/4 in. Capsule 1/4 in., clavate, puberulous or glabrous. Seeds conspicuously verrucose.—The whole of the plains form of D. roxburghiana (now D. chinensis) differs from var. bupleuroides (now D. bupleuroides) in the broader, more or less obovate, bracts (in comparison to bracts linear or linear-oblong nearly parallel-sided acuminate cuspidate in Dicliptera bupleuroides as per FBI) Nees founded his species on the common Assam and E. Bengal plant, and the original ticket on his type specimen is marked Assam. Bentham, however (in Fl. Hongk. 266), says this was an error, and that this type specimen came from the Calcutta Botanic Garden ; but it is not known how Bentham discovered this. Nees, however, is in error in citing Roxburgh’s Justicia chinensis, for Roxburgh’s Ic. Ined, proves this to have been the true plant, long cultivated at Calcutta.
(Attributions: IBIS Flora (Flora of British India))
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Wild Plant for ID : Patni Top : 131112 : AK-3:
A small wild plant found growing by the roadside on 5/9/2011 at Patni Top, on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway.
Tiny purple flowers on the plant.
Id please.
… looks like some species of Dicliptera (family: Acanthaceae)
Yes Dicliptera, D. chinensis
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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efloraofindia: For ID 271112SP9:
Please help me to identify this flower.
Location – Chakrata.
Date: 10/10/2011
habitat : Wild
I hope Dicliptera chinensis
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Requesting to please ID this Dicliptera captured at Almora, Uttarakhand in November 2012.
Dicliptera chinensis
Flowers of India
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Chinese Foldwing : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2).
Chinese Foldwing (Dicliptera chinensis)
Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP
About 1800m ‘
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
HP, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID :: ARKJAN-07 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6)
Requesting to please provide ID of this Dicliptera at different places in Manali and Mandi, HP in October 2014.
Is this Dicliptera chinensis?
The key above is from “Bengal Plants”
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 268. 1807.
Herb differentiated by leaf ovate-elliptic, abaxially puberulent along veins, base decurrent onto petiole, apex shortly acuminate to acute; floweres in 1-4 flowered cymules, with 3-4 cymules per cyme, on 2-5 mm peduncles from upper leaf axils, bracts subulate to linear to oblanceolate to obovate, 3-7.5 × 0.3-1 mm; outer bracteoles elliptic to obovate, 5-13 × 3-8 mm, unequal, abaxially puberulent, 3-veined,; inner bracteoles linear, ca. 5 mm, abaxially hirsute, apex acuminate. Pedicel 0.5-3 mm, puberulent. Calyx ca. 5 mm; lobes linear, equal, margin hirsute, apex acuminate. Corolla pale purple, 1-1.2 cm, lip in lower position ovate, ca. 5 × 3 mm, apex entire; lip in upper position oblong, ca. 4 × 1.5 mm. filaments ca. 4 mm, style ca. 1.4 cm. Capsule broadly ellipsoid, ca. 6 mm. Seeds 2 mm.
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D. chinensis
Thanks, for pointing this out.
Yes, agree with your original id as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Dicliptera chinensis from Kud J & K Pl. validate:
Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 268. 1807.
The species according to Flora of China is differentiated by leaf ovate-elliptic, abaxially puberulent along veins, base decurrent onto petiole, apex shortly acuminate to acute; floweres in 1-4 flowered cymules, with 3-4 cymules per cyme, on 2-5 mm peduncles from upper leaf axils, bracts subulate to linear to oblanceolate to obovate, 3-7.5 × 0.3-1 mm; outer bracteoles elliptic to obovate, 5-13 × 3-8 mm, unequal, abaxially puberulent, 3-veined,; inner bracteoles linear, ca. 5 mm, abaxially hirsute, apex acuminate. Pedicel 0.5-3 mm, puberulent. Calyx ca. 5 mm; lobes linear, equal, margin hirsute, apex acuminate. Corolla pale purple, 1-1.2 cm, lip in lower position ovate, ca. 5 × 3 mm, apex entire; lip in upper position oblong, ca. 4 × 1.5 mm. filaments ca. 4 mm, style ca. 1.4 cm. Capsule broadly ellipsoid, ca. 6 mm. Seeds 2 mm.
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is also D. chinensis
Thanks, for pointing this out.
Yes, agree with your original id as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Could your group of experts please help identify and describe this wild flower i photographed in the foothills of chandigarh. These flowers were found growing on the banks of a wheat field..
I am writing about these flowers in the newspaper and would require your expertise.
Since the inflorescence of this plant is axillary clusters and not panicles, this may not be P. paniculata.
Yes I agree with … and … as this plant is Dicliptera bupleuroides of Acanthaceae family
eFlora
Perhaps a caution is needed in light of diverse treatment in eFlora of Pakistan and eFlora of China.
I am attaching the cropped photograph
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Was posted on the forum earlier and identified.
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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11 May 2016
Should it be Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss. (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana Nees) as per the above keys ?
Thank you … for correcting me. The bracts in my sample are indeed obovate and end abruptly in points rather then tapering into them. It is very likely D. chinensis.
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
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Kalatope id al240511a… Dicliptera??:
This is one of the Dicliptera…. (I think)
Altitude 2100mts
Habit herb
Habitat wild
Height 8 inches approx
Differences between the two species are better appreciated as per FoC illustration and FoP illustration
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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I have been on a lookout for this species for a long time, but none of the findings agreed with the description. This plant of yours agrees very well with the description of Dicliptera bupleuroides. Particularly striking for me is the 3-toothed upper lip, and a round lower lip, and the flowers being velvety on the outer side. To put any remaining doubt to rest, I would probably be happy to see a mature leaf, to see if it is long-pointed.
Differences between the two species are better appreciated as per FoC illustration and FoP illustration
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is clearly D. bupleuroides, observe smaller corolla and shape of corolla lobes.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Acanthaceae Fortnight: Dicliptera bupleuroides from Nandini J & K-GSMAR12/13 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Common along pathways in Manali and Kullu. Photographed from Mandi in October, 2009.
Dicliptera chinensis as per images and details herein. Looks different from Dicliptera bupleuroides as per images and details herein.
Differences between the two species are better appreciated as per FoC illustration and FoP illustration
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
It is clearly D. bupleuroides
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Elevation.1613,mtrs
Dicliptera bupleuroides
Dicliptera chinensis as per images and details herein. Looks different from Dicliptera bupleuroides as per images and details herein.
Differences between the two species are better appreciated as per FoC illustration and FoP illustration
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ???, I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Wild Herb For ID : Uttarakhand : 180413 : AK-2 : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 3 authors.
Small herb seen along the roadside with tiny purple flowers.
Id please.
Looks like Dicliptera bupleuroides
Yes …, nice capture of the tiny flowers..
Dicliptera chinensis as per images and details herein. Looks different from Dicliptera bupleuroides as per images and details herein.
Differences between the two species are better appreciated as per FoC illustration and FoP illustration
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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26 March 2015
Nice images … I think the id is right..
Differences between the two species are better appreciated as per FoC illustration and FoP illustration
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Please validate if the pics belong to Dicliptera bupleuroides, these were recorded from Chakrata, Uttrakhand..
Dicliptera chinensis as per images and details herein. Looks different from Dicliptera bupleuroides as per images and details herein.
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
Request for HP Flora PB120123 – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 3 images.
I had earlier posted pictures of this particular plant earlier in the year but couldn’t get it identified. Posting them once again for identification. Hope these pictures are better than my earlier ones.
Dicliptera bupleuroides
Dicliptera chinensis as per images and details herein. Looks different from Dicliptera bupleuroides as per images and details herein.
Differences between the two species are better appreciated as per FoC illustration and FoP illustration
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Asan Barrage, Dehradun, 14 Mar 09, on the roadside.
Looks like some “Peristrophe Var” from Acanthaceae family. Also check for “Dicliptera“, may be Dicliptera resupinata,
Thank you …, it resembles – leaves and flowers – with Dicliptera resupinata at
home.att.net/%7Elarvalbugbio/foldwing.html
While flower does match with Peristrophe var, but not the leaves.
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Some flowering plants from Kalesar National Park, Haryana – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 1 correct images as above.
Attaching some flowering plants from Asan Barrage, Dehradun and nearby Kalesar National Park, Haryana.
Flowers-in-Kashlesar2.jpg – abundantly flower all around.
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Wild flower-1 : Attachments (1). 9 posts by 6 authors.
sharing images of wild flowers taken in the Buxa hills near Tashigaon (2000 feet).
plz help with the IDs.
This looks like some species of Dicliptera.
Thanks for identifying the genus of this flower….
can u tell me whats the species?
Have been to Buxa Tiger Reserve & Jaldapara WLS but am not familiar with the local flora there. To get to the species level you will have to consult the local field guides.
Yes, this is Dicliptera, most probably D. cuneata.
Dicliptera for sure
However, India Biodiversity Portal gives its range as Peninsular India only
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
Flower for Id -ID06072020SH1 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 2 mb.
Date – November 2019
Can it be Dicliptera bupleuroides ? I had seen these flowers in Chakrata few years back.
I guess it could be. Looks matching!
No. It is Dicliptera chinensis as per images and details herein.
On further examination and discussions at thread: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ??? , I feel it should be Dicliptera riparia Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghiana var. riparia (Nees) Benoist) as per distribution, specimens and references herein.
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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According to POWO, Dicliptera riparia is found from Nepal eastwards to China. Flowers at FOI were found in Nainital. So, it is highly unlikely they belong to Dicliptera riparia.
Also our observations match with GBIF specimens and are the same as those from Nepal.
There are no other closer species found in the Himalayas.
That may be just because it is found only in the Himalayan foothills, and not the Himalayas. According to Flora of Morni Hills, it is found in Morni hills. However, Dicliptera chinensis is supposed to have a very wide distribution, from E. Afghanistan to SE Asia.
Well, I don’t know about others, but Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581.is reasonably new.
My feeling is that for some taxon it has given some references and for others it has not. It is also not based on WCSP, as it is not available over there. The Plant List is based on WCSP (under review). It does not show any reference of Karthikeyan et al. (2009), which is the main work on this genus in India.
Just to give an example, Dicliptera nasikensis is distributed in Nasik district of Maharashtra only as per Catalogue of Life and Flora of Peninsular India.
So beware- don’t think it is distributed all over India and be careful.
Well, now Dicliptera chinensis, with a wide distribution, is completely missing from eFI. More thinking and research may be required in this.
Nobody has posted anything similar to Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss. (syn. Dicliptera roxburghiana Nees) from other areas.
So it may be rare in India or some other variety other than type variety of Dicliptera roxburghiana Nees may be reported.
This is D.chinensis only as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Date – November. 2016
Yes It’s Dicliptera, I too agree with …
Thanks … Can i be Dicliptera bupleuroides ? Leaves are not seen, hence unsure.
Cannot say with this image !
It is Dicliptera riparia Nees
This is D.chinensis only as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
it seems to me some Dicliptera species
Could be Peristrophe roxburghiana – an identification with low confidence.
It could as well be a Dicliptera species, as … says
The flowers and spathulate (spoon-shaped) bracteoles suggest this is Dicliptera, most probably D. cuneata.
However, India BiodiversityPortal gives its range as Paninsulur India only.
I too think that this could be a species of Peristrophe.
This is D.chinensis only as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Please have a look on this Dicliptera sp from Rajouri, jandk: 1 high res. image.
Not sufficient details. Dicliptera verticillata (Forssk.) C.Chr. ??
Pl. post clear images of the plant as many plants are seen here.
Appears close to images at Dicliptera riparia Nees as per comparative images at Dicliptera
This is D.chinensis only as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Plant ID help SD142: 2 high res. images.
pls assist with plant ID
Clicked in Pachmarhi, Feb’22
Please check Dicliptera !
This is D.chinensis as per details at Dicliptera roxburghiana and Dicliptera roxburghiana var. bupleuroides
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Plants of Uttarakhand – NSD 3 – ID Please: 1 image.
Looks like some species of Dicliptera, please ID this herb from Chamoli, Uttarakhand, Nov 2022.
I guess Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees !
No. This is
https://efloraofindia.com/2022/03/24/dicliptera-chinensis/
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SK 3908 07 December 2023: 1 high res. image.
Location: Taplejung, East Nepal
Habit : Wild
Images sent by Mr. Sajan Subedi !
Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees ?? Only one image !
It is
https://efloraofindia.com/2022/03/24/dicliptera-chinensis/
In that case I need to collect the sample since it would be a new sp. for Nepal.
OK, It is already there in one book published by the DPR, Govt. of Nepal !
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China FOC illustration Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora (Flora of British India)
