Category: Strobilanthes

Strobilanthes nutans T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 475 1867. (syn: Goldfussia nutans Nees; Ruellia strobilina Wall.); SK1525 21 Oct 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8)- around 500 kb each. Location:  Shivapuri National Park, Nepal  Date: 25 August 2018 Elevation:6500 ft. Habit : Wild Related to Strobilanthes ?? Strobilanthes nutans (Nees) T. Anders. […]

Strobilanthes pulneyensis C. B. Cl., Fl. Brit. India 4: 438 1884. (syn: Nilgirianthus circarensis (Gamble) Bremek.; Strobilanthes circarensis Gamble; Strobilanthes punctatus Bedd.; Xenacanthus pulneyensis (C.B.Clarke) Bremek.); India (E- & S-India) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Palani Coneflower • Malayalam: Chonayamkallu Kurinji Profusely branched shrubs; branchlets densely hirtus. Leaves elliptic, acuminate, densely hirtus; nerves […]

Strobilanthes gracilis Bedd. (syn: Mackenziea gracilis (Bedd.) Bremek.; Strobilanthes beddomei T. Anders.); . India (SW-Ghats (Kerala,Tamil Nadu)) as per Catalogue of Life;  . Common name: Slender Coneflower • Malayalam: Thokakurinji . Thick shrubs; stems obtusely quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves 12-15 x 4-6 cm, elliptic, decurrent and auricled at base, acuminate at apex, serrate; lateral nerves 6-7 […]

Strobilanthes lurida Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1515 1850. (syn: Didyplosandra lurida (Wight) Bremek.); India (SW-Ghats (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)) as per Catalogue of life; Common name: Lurid Coneflower • Malayalam: മുട്ടകന്നികുരിന്ജീ Muttakannikurinji Large straggling branched shrubs; stem thick, virgate, swollen at nodes, glabrous. Leaves opposite, ca 20 x10 cm, ovate-elliptic, obtuse towards base, crenulate […]

Strobilanthes urceolaris Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 74 1923. (syn: Nilgirianthus urceolaris (Gamble) Bremek.); India (SW-Ghats (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)) as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Pitcher Coneflower • Malayalam: പന്ജിക്കുരിന്ജീ Panjikkurinji Shrubs; branchlets densely hirtus. Leaves to 9 x 5 cm, ovate, acute at either ends, densely scabrous, crenate, nerves 7-8 pairs; petiole 3 […]

Strobilanthes adnata C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 436 1884. (syn: Endopogon decurrens Nees; Hymenochlaena decurrens (Nees) Bremek.; Strobilanthes decurrens (Nees) T. Anderson);  India (NE- & S-India) as per Catalogue of Life;   MS Aug., 2018/15 Strobilanthes sp. ? for Id. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Location : Ailawng, Mizoram Date : 04-08-2018 […]

Strobilanthes andamanensis Bor, Indian Forest Rec., Bot. n.s., 2: 237 1941.; Andamans as per Catalogue of Life;  .     Strobilanthes scaber from South Andaman : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Strobilanthes scaber from South Andaman– confirmation please Persumably Strobilanthes andamensis Bor, endemic to the Andamans. I compared the specimen with the images […]

Strobilanthes cernua Blume, Bijdr. 797 1826. (syn: Apolepsis dispar Hassk.);   Flowers of Java : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)- 1 MB.  Could you help me identify the following plant please.  Some Strobilanthes ? I am just guessing.  Strobilanthes cernua Blume  ?? When I checked it, I thought you were right. Thanks, …, […]

Strobilanthes jomyi PUNNAKOT BIJU, ELAYANITHOTTATHIL JOSEPH JOSEKUTTY, DAMODARAN REKHA, JOHN R.I. WOOD, Phytotaxa Vol 332, No 1 (2017); Two new species and a new name : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- Phytotaxa 332 (1). 2017.docx Please find an attachment a file as above. You may request the individual authors for PDF of their publications. […]

Strobilanthes affinis (Griff.) Terao ex J.R.I. Wood & J.R. Benn., Kew Bull. 58: 134 2003. (syn: Adenosma affinis Griff.; Strobilanthes acrocephalus T. Anders.; Strobilanthes affinis (Griff.) Y.C.Tang (ambiguous synonym); Strobilanthes darrisii H. Lév.; Strobilanthes thirionni H. Lév.; Tarphochlamys affinis (Griff.) Bremek.; Tarphochlamys darrisii (Levl.) E. Hossain);  China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan), Vietnam, NE-India, Myanmar [Burma] […]

Strobilanthes cuspidata (Benth.) T. Anders., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 465 1867. (syn: Endopogon cuspidatus Benth.; Endopogon versicolor Wight; Phlebophyllum versicolor (Wight) Bremek.); . SW. India as per POWO; . T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. is. 465 ; leaves ovate acuminate subentire densely white silky beneath, spikes linear oblong glandular fulvous hairy, bracts narrowly […]

Strobilanthes discolor (Nees) T. Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 477 1867. (Syn: Diflugossa nagaensis Bremek.; Goldfussia discolor Nees; Strobilanthes discolor var. nudicalyx C.B. Clarke); India (Himalayas, NE-India) as per Catalogue of Life; .   MS Jan,2017/05 Strobilanthes sp. for ID : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location : Sairep, Mizoram Date : 25-01-2017 […]

Strobilanthes clarkei J.R.I. Wood, Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 236 1994.; NE-India (Manipur, Nagaland) as per Catalogue of Life;   MS Sept,2018/22 Strobilanthes sp. for ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4) Location : Reiek-tlang, Mizoram Date : 26-09-2018 Habit : Shrub Habitat : Wild Strobilanthes pentstemonoides  ???  Same Strobilanthes sp. to help id. Attachments […]

Strobilanthes lachenensis C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4: 465 1884. (Syn: Pteracanthus lachenensis (C. B. Cl.) Bremek.); . Perennial herbs, up to 80 cm tall; stem erect, quadrangular, with lax white patent hairs. Leaves ovate, decurrent, laxly hairy, 6.4 cm long, 4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base obtuse or triangular. Spikes 5-13 cm long, solitary, […]

Strobilanthes capitata (Nees) T. Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 475 1867. (syn: Goldfussia capitata Nees); . Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal as per Flora of China; . Much-branched undershrub, 0.5-1.5m, often leafless when in flower. Stems decumbent or ascending, glabrescent below, thinly pilose above. Leaves unequal, (Lanceolate-) broadly elliptic (-ovate), shortly acuminate at both […]

Strobilanthes bracteata (Wall. ex Nees) J.R.I. Wood, Edinburgh J. Bot. 51: 232 1994. (syn: Goldfussia bracteata Wall. ex Nees; Ruellia bracteata Wall.; Ruellia quadrangularis Wall.; Strobilanthes quadrangularis (Wall.) C. B. Cl.); . India (C- to W-Himalaya), Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; . As per efi thread: Please note that S. atropurpurea has a glabrous […]

Strobilanthes paniculiformis J.R.I.Wood, Kew Bull. 61: 10 2006. ;   MS Oct.2016/01 Strobilanthes sp. for ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Location : SairepDate : 23/09/2016Habit : UndershrubHabitat : Wild I can’t see the corolla indumentum clearly but I think this is Strobilanthes paniculiformis J.R.I. Wood although it just could be S. […]

Strobilanthes echinata Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 85 1832. (syn: Goldfussia echinata (Nees) N. P. Balakrishnan; Strobilanthes jugorum Benoist; Tetraglochidium jugorum (Benoist) Bremek.);   Monocarpic shrub 0.5-3m. Stems erect, woody, pubescent above, glabrescent below.Leaves unequal, elliptic, slightly falcate, 3-14 x 1.5-6cm, acuminate, base cuneate, serate, pilose above, softly green-tomentose beneath; petioles 0.5-4cm. Flowers in single, […]

Strobilanthes khasyana T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 471 1867. (Syn: Endopogon khasyanus Nees; Listrobanthes khasyana (Nees) Bremek.);   MS Sept, 2016/06 Strobilanthes sp. ? for ID : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)  Place : Sairep, MizoramDate : 21/09/2016Habit : HerbHabitat : Wild Does not seem to match with any species at comparative […]

Strobilanthes glomerata (Wall. ex Nees) T. Anders.,  J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 475 1867. (Syn: Goldfussia glomerata Wall. ex Nees; Ruellia glomerata Wall.; Ruellia nutans Steud.); . MS Sept.2016/07 Strobilanthes sp. for ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Place : Saireptlang, Mizoram Altitude : c. 1,500 m. Date : 21/09/2016 Habit : […]