Exacum sessile

Exacum sessile L., Sp. Pl. 112 1753. (syn: Exacum macrantherum Miq.);

SW. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO;

herb from a laterite hillock of Kozhikode district : 11 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – 2 & 3 mb.

Please identify this herb from a laterite hillock of Kozhikode district of Kerala. 3/9/20

Check with Loganiceceae member of Mitrasacme indica

Looks different from Mitrasacme indica as per

https://biodiversityofsrilanka.blogspot.com/2017/03/mitrasacme-indica.html?m=1

http://keralaplants.in/keralaplantsdetails.aspx?id=Mitrasacme_indica

Could it be Exacum sessile….as per another discussion…

I do not think it matches with Exacum sessile as per

http://plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=428567

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308749778_EXACUM_SESSILE_L_OF_TRIBE_EXACEAE_GENTIANACEAE_A_NEW_REPORT_FOR_FLORA_OF_MAHARASHTRA_STATE_INDIA

https://www.gbif.org/species/3840564

http://keralaplants.in/keralaplantsdetails.aspx?id=Exacum_sessile

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:367546-1

Ok, I will check.

These are the floral details of the same.

Attachments (3)- 1 to 2 mb.

Pls go through the exacum paper.. Looks like exacum sessile. I can send the paper

References:

POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 IPNI India Biodiversity Portal

http://plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=428567

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308749778_EXACUM_SESSILE_L_OF_TRIBE_EXACEAE_GENTIANACEAE_A_NEW_REPORT_FOR_FLORA_OF_MAHARASHTRA_STATE_INDIA

https://www.gbif.org/species/3840564

http://keralaplants.in/keralaplantsdetails.aspx?id=Exacum_sessile

Updated on December 23, 2024