Henckelia urticifolia

North Bengal wildflower-ID Request-1 – 6May09 SJ : Attachments (1).  9 posts by 4 authors.
now that all previous posts from North Bengal have been identified, I am greedily posting more for identification. I have called this Gloxinia simply because it resembles that and my guess is not based on any knowledge.
Thanks once again to all for their helpful inputs and expert IDs.

I guess this is Common Limnophila i.e. limnophila heterphylla

Limnophila heterophylla appears appears to be a different plant as per link

It appears to me like Chirita utricifolia as per ‘Concise Flowers of Himalayas’ from Gloxinia family (Gesneriaceae). I didn’t find any net link though.
Here is one giving lot of Chirita species pix alphabetically: http://www.gesneriads.ca/genchiri.htm

Thank you, … Chirita utricifolio certainly looks like it though I couldnt find the exact matching flower.

I think … is right. Another Himalayan species Chirita pumila has lance-shaped leaves, which doesn’t agree with … picture.
A picture of Chirita urticifolia (by the way, urticifolia means nettle-like leaves)
http://www.asianflora.com/Gesneriaceae/Chirita-urticifolia.htm

Your hunch about the family was right! As … identified, Chirita uritcifolia belongs to Gloxinia family (Gesneriaceae)

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Botanist friends tell me that colors are not very important in flower identification (although I find it a bit hard to digest). So, I think it can be safely frozen to Chirita urticifolia.

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Sikkim Flower 2 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors.

Chirita urticifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 90. 1825. Beautiful flower. This could be a potential garden plant.

Superb !!!

Matches with images at Henckelia urticifolia (its accepted name)

Thank you updating with new name ! FoI still carrying same name.

Chirita urticifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don (accepted name) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9)
Sharing some pictures of Chirita urticifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don (accepted name) shot at Tarakeshwor, Nepal on 27 August 2016 at 6000 ft.
Nepali Names : आँख्ले Aankle / भेंडे  Bhende

Pl check with Chirita urticifolia
Family: Gesneriaceae.

Fwd: Gesneriad member : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1) – 6 MB.
Gesneriad member

Appears close to images at
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a–-l/g/gesneriaceae/henckelia/chirita-urticifolia

Re: Bignoniaceae : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Location Kalimpong, Darjeeling, West Bengal
Kindly identify

To me appears close to /species/a—l/g/gesneriaceae/henckelia/chirita-urticifolia as per comparative images at
/species/a—l/g/gesneriaceae/henckelia

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References:
The Plant List Ver.1.1  GRIN  Catalogue of Life  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Flora of China  Flowers of India  JSTOR (Isotype)  India Biodiversity Portal  Flowersofindia  Gesneriaceae  Chirita and Chiritopsis