Torenia

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The keys in Dr. Almeida’s flora.

Here the key from the flora Vol  III B , pg 423: Torenia Linn
1.Calyx broadly winged —— 2
     2. Filaments toothed —– T. cordifolia         
     2. Filaments not toothed                                              3
           3. Flowers with dark purple patches —– T.fournieri
           3. Flowers without dark purple patches ——  T. indica
1. Calyx narrowly winged                                                 4  
     4. Fruiting calyx ribbed                                                5
           5. Flowers solitary                                                 6
                6. Calyx hirsute; corolla pale blue with dark 
                    blotches on the lobes of lower lip —-T. diffusa
                6. Calyx not hirsute ; corolla purple, no dark blotches on lips —–T. bicolor
            5. Flowers in clusters —- T. thouarsii
     4. Fruiting calyx not ribbed                                          7
            7.Corolla less thn 1 cm long —- T. lindernioides
            7. Corolla more than 2 cm long —— T. asiatica

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As per efi thread:
Lindernia ——– calyx lobes not winged on back, actinomorphic
Torenia ———- calyx lobed winged on back, 2-lipped

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Binomial Habit Notes Ref. Distrib.
Torenia
bicolor Dalz.		 Trailing Herb Western Ghats,
Evergreen Forests, Grasslands		 Flora of Tamil
Nadu, VOL. II, 1987		 Coimbatore,
Dindigul, Nilgiri, Theni, Tirunelveli
Torenia cordifolia  Roxb. Herb Western
Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987		 Nilgiri
Torenia courtallensis Gamble Trailing
Herb		 Western
Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987		 Coimbatore,
Kanniya kumari, Theni, Tirunelveli
Torenia fournieri Linden ex Fourn. Herb Plains,
Cultivated, Native of East
Asiatic  Region		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987		 All
districts
Torenia hirsuta Willd. Herb Western
Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Gamble 1957		 Coimbatore,
Nilgiri, Tirunelveli
Torenia travancorica Gamble Herb Western
Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Fischer 1921		 Coimbatore,  Nilgiri, Theni, Tirunelveli
Torenia vagans Roxb. Trailing
Herb		 Western
Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Grasslands		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987		 Nilgiri
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Botanical name Synonyms Family Common name
Torenia cordifolia Torenia Indica Linderniaceae Indian Wishbone Flower
Torenia fournieri ‘Catalina Pink’ Linderniaceae Wishbone Flower pink
Torenia fournieri Linderniaceae Wishbone Flower
Torenia thouarsii Torenia parviflora, Nortenia thouarsii, Torenia ramosissima Linderniaceae Small Wishbone Flower
Torenia violacea Mimulus violaceus, Torenia peduncularis Linderniaceae Violet Wishbone Flower
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Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):

Torenia asiatica L. (Himalaya, India, Ceylon, Burma, east to China, Malaysia)

Torenia cordifolia Roxb. (Himalaya (Punjab to Bhutan), India, Burma, east to W. China)
Torenia diffusa D. Don (Himalaya, India, Indo-China, S. W. China)
Torenia fournieri Linden ex Fourn. (Indo-China, cultivated in India and Malaysia)
Torenia parviflora Hutch. & Dalzel [India, Indonesia; tropical Africa and America].
Torenia violacea (Azaola ex Blanco) Pennell (Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), Tibet, Assam, N. Burma, Malaysia)
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Torenia asiatica Linnaeus [Japan, Vietnam].
Torenia cordifolia Roxburgh  [Bhutan, Cambodia, India (Darjeeling), Sikkim, Vietnam].
Torenia flava Buchanan-Hamilton ex Bentham [Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam].
Torenia fournieri Linden ex Fournier [Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam].
Torenia parviflora Buchanan-Hamilton ex Bentham [India, Indonesia; tropical Africa and America].
Torenia violacea (Azaola ex Blanco) Pennell [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Java), Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].

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Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (1986)- Details-
Torenia fournieri
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Biodiversity in India, Volume 2 edited by T. Pullaiah (2003)-
Torenia bicolor – Endangered
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Pl. go through ‎Torenia (‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎Linderniaceae) page with images of species (done by …) in efloraofindia.

If you find any incorrect identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, it will be really nice.

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Pl. go through ‎Torenia (Linderniaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia. Few species (which are either unidentified or wrongly identified) are under process of sorting out and will be added in due course.

If you find any incorrect identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice.

 

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