Category: Gymnostachyum

Gymnostachyum latifolium var. decurrens Gamble, Fl. Madras 2: 1053 1924; . SW-India (Kerala) as per CoL; . Common name: Winged-Stalk Gymnostachyum . 259 ID wild plant Justicia: 12 images. Please ID wild plant, Location: near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Dist. Kerala PIN:685607 Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 14.01.2022, 11.40pm Habitat: wild, moisture, river/ stream side Plant habit: erect, branches, weak […]

Gymnostachyum polyanthum Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1494 1849. (syn: Cryptophragmium polyanthum Kuntze); Images by Anurag N. Sharma (Inserted by J.M.Garg)  Scapigerous herbs; stem very short, puberulous. Leaves elliptic-ovate, 4-12 by 2-5.5 cm, base sublyrate, decurrent, margin subentire, apex subacute, non lineolate, chartaceous; petiole c.3 cm long, scape to 25 cm long, sharply 4-angled […]

Gymnostachyum warrieranum K. M. Prabhukumar, Indira Balachandran, V. B. Sreekumar, K. S. Ramya, Satheesh George- Kew Bulletin September 2015, 70:40; Images by Prashant Awale (Inserted by J.M.Garg) Gymnostachyum sp. nov. : published : 10 posts by 6 authors. Please go through the link of  one new species ​,​ Gymnostachyum published in the current issue of […]

Gymnostachyum latifolium T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 505 1867. (syn: Cryptophragmium latifolium Dalzell; Phlogacanthus latifolius Wight (Unresolved)); . Common name: Broad-Leaf Gymnostachyum . Subshrubs, stem with small warts. Leaves 9-12 x 5-6 cm, broadly elliptic, acuminate at apex, glabrous; nerves 10-13 pairs, nervules parallel; petiole 5-6 cm long. Panicles axillary and terminal, minutely strigose; bracts […]

Gymnostachyum pubescens (Lam.) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 45 2003. (syn: Cryptophragmium canescens Nees; Cryptophragmium serrulatum Nees; Gymnostachyum canescens (Nees) T.Anderson; Gymnostachyum longifolium T.Anderson ex C.B.Clarke; Gymnostachyum serrulatum T.Anderson; Justicia pubescens Lam.; Justicia serrulata B.Heyne ex Wall. (Unresolved)); . Common name: Grey Gymnostachyum . Vasota :: Gymnostachyum pubescens :: DVFEB08/08 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 5 […]

Gymnostachyum glabrum T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 506 1867. (Syn: Cryptophragmium glabrum Dalzell);   commonly known as: smooth gymnostachyum   Images by Prashant Awale (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     Gymnostachyum glabrum : 3 posts by 3 authors. 4 images. Seen this herb at Dhavlya Ghat (En-route Mahabaleshwar).Date/Time: 27-12-2013 / 12:15PMBot. name: Gymnostachyum glabrumFamily: AcanthaceaeHabitat: Wild […]

Gymnostachyum febrifugum Benth., Flora 32: 558 1849. (Syn: Cryptophragmium febrifugum Kuntze; Gymnostachyum febrifugum var. bracteatum V.S.Ramach.); .  jim-no-STAY-kee-um — Greek: gymnos (naked), stachyum (flower spikes) … Dave’s Botanaryfeb-ri-FEW-gum — Greek: febri (fever); driving away fever … Dave’s Botanary  .commonly known as: fever gymnostachyum • Kannada: ಅಗ್ರದ ಬೇರು agrada beru, ಚಿಟಿಕಿ ಗಡ್ಡೆ chitiki gadde, ಜ್ವರಹರ ಸೊಪ್ಪು jwarahara soppu, ನಾರುಂಬೇಳಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು narumbeli soppu, ನೆಲಮುಚ್ಚಳ nelamuchchala • Malayalam: നാവുനീട്ടി naavuneetti, നിലമുച്ചാള nilamuchchala • Tulu: ಚಿಟಿಕಿ chitki  . Gymnostachyum febrifugum: sending photo for identification […]