Canscora heteroclita

Canscora heteroclita (L.) Gilg, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 76 1895. (Syn: Canscora sessiliflora (Roxb.) Schult.; Centaurium malabaricum Borkh.; Exacum heteroclitum (L.) Willd.; Gentiana heteroclita L.; Hippion heteroclita F.W.Schmidt (Unresolved); Pladera sessiliflora Roxb. (Unresolved)); / Gentianaceae Week: RVS2: Canscora heteroclita: Canscora heteroclita from Tiruvannamalai, TN. I hope the id is correct… Canscora heteroclita (L.) Gilg. :  2 posts by […]

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Canscora andrographioides

Canscora andrographioides Griff. ex C.B.Clarke , J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 431 1875. (syn: Canscora melastomacea Hand.-Mazz.; Canscora trinervia Ridl.); Images by Raju Das, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details) ID No. 04042011 RD03:  Date/Time-02/04/2011- 09 AM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-  Assam, Alt 100m Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild Type Plant […]

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Canscora perfoliata

Canscora perfoliata Lamarck (1785: 601); Clarke (1885: 104); Thiv (2003: 16). Type:—Rheede, Hort. Malab. 10:103. f. 52. 1690 (Holotype!). Canscora ventricosa Gmelin (1791: 262). nom. superfl. Canscora grandiflora Wight (1850: 1326). Type:—INDIA. Mysore, s. die, Jerdon s.n. (Holotype K). Canscora macrocalyx Miquel ex Clarke (1885: 104), nom. illeg., non Miquel (1856: 558). Specimen cited:—INDIA. Canara, […]

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Canscora diffusa

Canscora diffusa (Vahl) Brown ex Roemer & Schultes (1818: 301); Wight (1850: 1327); Clarke (1885: 104); Thiv (2003: 11). Gentiana diffusa Vahl (1794: 47). Exacum diffusum (Vahl) Willdenow (1798: 637). Type:—INDIA. India orientalis, s. die, Vahl s.n. (Holotype C!). Orthostemon erectus Brown (1810: 451) (as ‘erectum’). Type:—AUSTRALIA. “New Holland”, s. die, Banks & Solander 1770(Holotype […]

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Canscora alata

Canscora alata (Roth) Wallich (1831: 4363) excl. specimens. Wight (1850: 175); Clarke (1875: 431); Thiv (2003:6). (syn: Exacum alatum Roth in Roemer & Schultes (1818: 159).; Canscora decussata (Roxburgh) Roemer & Schultes (1827: 229). Pladera decussata Roxburgh (1820: 418).) as per Shahina PM, Santhosh Nampy. 2014. A taxonomic revision of the genus Canscora in South India, […]

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