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Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J. R. I. Wood comb. nov. (Syn: Aechmanthera tomentosa Nees in Wallich; Aechmanthera wallichii Nees; Ruellia gossypina Wall.; non Strobilanthes gossypina T. Anderson; Aechmanthera gossypina (Wall.) Nees; Aechmanthera wallichii Nees, nom. illeg. superfl. var. β gossypina (Wall.) Nees subvar. β ** fomentaria Nees; Aechmanthera wallichii Nees var. β gossypina (Wall.) Nees subvar. β * leuconeura Nees; Aechmanthera tomentosa var. wallichii C. B. Clarke; Aechmanthera leiosperma C. B. Clarke; Strobilanthes bodinieri H. Lév.; Strobilanthes blinii H. Lév.; Strobilanthes cavaleriei H. Lév.; Aechmanthera claudiae Bernardi) as per New and little-known species of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) from India and South East Asia by J. R. I. Wood & R. W. Scotland- KEW BULLETIN VOL. 64: 3–47 (2009);
Acanthaceae Fortnight: Strobilanthes tomentosa (syn: Aechmanthera gossypina) Population 1 from Mussoorie Chakrata Road-GSMAR04/05 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5)
I have two distinct populations from Chakrata, which look very different to me but Dr. Wood, an authority on Strobilanthes considers them the same species, now known as Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J. R. I. Wood (syn: Aechmanthera gossypina (Wall.) Nees.
This is the First population from Mussoorie Chakrata Road has broader nearly ovate leaves with much more distinct nerves on the underside, longer corolla tube more gradually expanded and darker flower colour.
Let us hope we get to resolve it in this episode. . Aechmanthera gossypina from Chakrata Mussoorie Road pl. validate : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments(4).
Aechmanthera gossypina (Wall. ex Nees) Nees, Pl. As. Rar. 3: 87, 1832
Syn: Ruellia tomentosa Wall.; Ruellia gossypina Nees; Aechmanthera tomentosa Nees
Small shrubby plant to 130 cm tall, covered with white felt; leaves elliptic, toothed, white-tomentose beneath; flowers purplish to blue, 2-2.5 cm long, in elongated clusters forming lax leafy spike; calyx lobes linear, densely glandulary-hairy, corolla funnel-shaped, shallowly 5-lobed.
Photographed along roadsides on Mussoorie-Chakrata Road on September 16, 2011
Please validate the identification. Here are some links
Plant taxonomy Thanks Sir for this upload Now Situation Clear but i think i missed this plant to shoot Finally i got my plant also. here are mine from same place Yes …, you have got it. but somehow I missed the Pteracanthus, thinking that I already had many. Feedback as per another thread:
My earlier upload as Aechmanthera may be Strobilanthes, perhaps S. glutinosus because of petioled leaves, foliaceous looking persistent bracts although calyx is not glandular pubescent. Pl. suggest ID. It looks like Aechmathera gosypina to me. I believe this is Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J.R.I.Wood which is the correct name for Aechmanthea gossypina. This plant was identifies as Aechmanthera gossypina now named as Strobilanthes tomentosa. In his personal communication he considered it as variation of this species.
The other plant which I thought actual Aechmanthera gossypina was also confirmed by Dr. Wood as S. tomentosa
efi thread
To me both plants look very different. If this is correctly identified we need to have relook at other one. . Do we have Aechmanthera gossypina in our database?? Uploading from Tiger Fall area of Chakrata-GSAUG02 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments(4). I post in Indian Flora and identified as Aechmanthera gossypina led me to scrutinize my files and those in our database. I found that there are two populations identified in my Chakrata collections, one from Mussoorie Chakrata Road which I unfortunately I uploaded as Aechmanthera gossypina but is actually Strobilanthus, and second from Tiger Fall Area of Chakrata, which is real Aechmanthera gossypina, differentiated by by narrower lanceolate upper leaves, its light blue flowers, smaller in size, usually not longer than 2.5 cm, in one sides clusters in a panicle and linear capsule.
My earlier upload as Aechmanthera may be Strobilanthes, perhaps S. glutinosus because of petioled leaves, foliaceous looking persistent bracts although calyx is not glandular pubescent. Pl. suggest ID
The upload by … from Chakrata road as Aechmanthera gossypina, to me appears a Strobilanthes dalhousieanus. pl. validate.
The upload by … may also be some species of Strobilanthes-pl validate
efi thread
And finally upload on Flowers of India by … may be similar to mine and may be similarly S. glutinosus, because it also has dark blue flowers unlike true Aechmanthera gossypina This is Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J.R.I. Wood which is the correct name for Aechmanthera gossypina. This plant also identified by Dr. Wood as Aechmanthera gossypina now known as Strobilanthes tomentosa,
Acanthaceae Fortnight: Strobilanthes tomentosa (syn: Aechmanthera gossypina) Population 2, from Tiger Fall Area of Chakrata-GSMAR05/06 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)
I have two distinct populations from Chakrata, which look very different to me but Dr. Wood, an authority on Strobilanthes considers them the same species, now known as Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J. R. I. Wood (syn: Aechmanthera gossypina (Wall.) Nees. This is the second population from Tiger Fall area of Chakrata with much taller plants, much more branches inflorescence shorter corolla tube and lighter colour of flowers.
Hope we are able to resolve it in this episode.
Acanthaceae Fortnight: 19042011GS1 for ID from Morni hills-GSMAR27/28 : 6 posts by 5 authors. This plant was uploaded in last episode in 2011. Following were the suggestion. Hope it gets resolved this time.
………………………….. some Ruellia-like member of Acanthaceae.
…………………..Any Strobilanthes species?
………………………………..it looks like Strobilanthes
………………………………This looks like Thelepaepale ixiocephala to me. ……………………………….It look like Nilgrianthus sp. to me.
…………………………..I too think that this would be Nilgrianthus sp or Strobilanthes sp. 19042011GS1 for ID from Morni hills, growing on open hill slopes, photographed on April 9, 2011
Herb with opposite tomentose leaves, up to 12 cm long; flowers blue, about 1.5 cm long, in clusters. ACCORDING TO ME, Ruellia tubrosa Can Aechmanthera sp. be also considered ? May be Aechmanthera gossypina (Nees) Nees which is now Strobilanthes tomentosa. Yes, this looks like Strobilanthes tomentosa. .
19042011GS1 for ID from Morni hills: … some Ruellia-like member of Acanthaceae. Any Strobilanthes species? Thanks …, it looks like Strobilanthes This looks like Thelepaepale ixiocephala to me. Thelepaepale ixiocephala (Strobilanthes ixiocephalus) according to FBI has nearly glabrous leaves (not woolly beneath) and flowers in heads. Not in this plant. I have seen and I have opined. You in your infinite wisdom have decreed otherwise. I, therefore, have to defer to your expertise. My information was based only on what I read from FBI. I would be happy if you are correct. I could not find some good photographs on the net. Kindly upload if you have some good photographs to help. It look like Nilgrianthus sp. to me. Perhaps the same question. Can we expect this genus in NW India? I too think that this would be Nilgrianthus sp or Strobilanthes sp. Strobilanthes tomentosa as per another thread.
ACANTHACEAE FORTNIGHT:: For validation from Morni:: NS MARCH 10/10 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
This tall herb was recorded from dry slopes of lower hills of Morni Hills, Haryana, same plant uploaded by … got id suggestion as Aechmanthera gossypina from …, please give your opinion.. … has suggested this as Strobilanthes tomentosa in the post of …
ACANTHACEAE FORTNIGHT:: Strobilanthes tometosa ? from Renuka Ji:: NS MARCH 45/45 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
This tall herb was recorded from vicinity of lake Renuka Ji, Himachal Pradesh..
Hopefully, this can be Strobilanthes tomentosa.. please give your suggestion..
ACANTHACEAE FORTNIGHT:: For validation from Chakrata::NS MARCH 01/01 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
SK136OCT07-2016:ID : 12 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (10)
Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Hattiban Kathmandu Nepal on 5 October 2014 at 5200 ft .
Strobilanthes ???
This is Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J.R.I.Wood – the photos show only of a part of the inflorescence so it doesn’t really look typical but the corolla looks good for this species. Thank you for the ID.
Is it Aechmanthera gossypina (Nees) Nees (synonym) as listed in Nepal?
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=131740 Is this the same plant ? Attachments (1) Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J. R. I. Wood (Syn: Aechmanthera tomentosa Nees in Wallich; Aechmanthera wallichii Nees; Ruellia gossypina Wall.; non Strobilanthes gossypina T. Anderson; Aechmanthera gossypina (Wall.) Nees; Aechmanthera wallichii Nees, nom. illeg. superfl. var. β gossypina (Wall.) Nees subvar. β ** fomentaria Nees; Aechmanthera wallichii Nees var. β gossypina (Wall.) Nees subvar. β * leuconeura Nees; Aechmanthera tomentosa var. wallichii C. B. Clarke; Aechmanthera leiosperma C. B. Clarke; Strobilanthes bodinieri H. Lév.; Strobilanthes blinii H. Lév.; Strobilanthes cavaleriei H. Lév.; Aechmanthera claudiae Bernardi) as per New and little-known species of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) from India and South East Asia by J. R. I. Wood & R. W. Scotland- KEW BULLETIN VOL. 64: 3–47 (2009); Thank you …, Nepali Names: कंग्रैतो फूल Kangraito Phool / नुने Nune / सुन्दल Sundal A bit of confusion. Aechmanthera gossypina looks different in FoI. Could it be checked?
Been to the spot today after 2 years and shot some pictures dedicated to Dr. Wood!
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Attachments (4) I still think this is just Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J.R.I.Wood. I have collected forms like this myself in Bhutan.
Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J.R.I.Wood : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (11)- around 600 kb each.
Location: Dahachowk, Switzerland Park, Kathmandu,,Nepal
Date: 29 September 2018
Elevation: 5400 ft.
Habit : Wild Agreed very nice pictures . Location: Ranikot, Gundu, Bhakltapur
Date: 15 September 2019
Elevation: 2012 m.
Habit : Wild
Attachments (3)- 1, 2 & 2 mb. Attachments (1)- 7 mb. Looks good to me.
Strobilanthus for ID from Chakrata-GSAUG04 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3). Strobilanthes tomentosa as per another thread by Dr. Wood. Thanks … The two are obviously close enough, as per this statement in eFlora of China. OK, …
Arunachal flora-2 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (7).
Aechmanthera gossypina seen by the roadside on the way to Walong in lohit district Feedback from another thread: The upload by … may also be some species of Strobilanthes– pl validate I am not sure about this. It is almost certainly Strobilanthes but I can’t see the shape of the inflorescence. It might be Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J.R.I. Wood or S. kingdonii J.R.I.Wood or possibly something else. The shape of the inflorescence – photo from side showing the whole upper part of the plant plus a mature leaf is important for identification. Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J.R.I.Wood . Strobilanthes spp. for identification, Kindly Help!: 4 high res. images. I’m attaching a few pictures of Strobilanthes sp. which looks very similar to Strobilanthes tomentosa, I checked a few available pictures on the group but I’m not sure if it’s really S. tomentosa or some other species.
Dear Members, I also saw an abstract of the paper in ‘The Indian Forester’ mentioning that “S. tomentosa has a gregarious flowering cycle of 12 years” Can someone kindly confirm that it has a flowering cycle of 12 years?
Filed Observations: 5-7 feet tall multi-branched perennial bush growing on rocky landforms in both semi-shades and sun-faced moist slopes. Leaves are opposite, thick and leathery. Blue-colored flowers in bunches.
I photographed it in the Bilaspur district(Alt. 800mt.) of Himachal Pradesh in the First week of October 2023. ID is correct. Yes, appears close to images at Yes I think this Strobilanthes tomentosa (Nees) J.R.I.Wood. It is quite variable but this seems to fit okay. . New and little-known species of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae) from India and South East Asia by J. R. I. Wood & R. W. Scotland- KEW BULLETIN VOL. 64: 3–47 (2009)
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