{"id":1269143,"date":"2011-03-05T14:35:49","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T14:35:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T05:50:49","slug":"hemigraphis-hirta","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/hemigraphis-hirta\/","title":{"rendered":"Strobilanthes hirta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Strobilanthes hirta<\/b> (Vahl) Blume\u00a0(syn: Hemigraphis<\/i> hirta<\/i> T.Anderson;<\/span> <\/span><\/span>Ruellia hirta<\/i> Vahl)<\/div>\n
(since all allied genera of Strobilanthes<\/em> are no longer recognized, H. Hirta<\/em> is also reinstated to its earlier valid name under Strobilanthes<\/em> as S. hirta<\/em>)<\/div>\n
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Hemigraphis<\/i> hirta<\/i> (Vahl) T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 462 1867<\/i>. (syn.<\/span> Ruellia<\/i> hirta<\/i> Vahl<\/span><\/a>) as per The Plant List Ver. 1.1<\/span><\/a>\u00a0;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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India (throughout), Bengal, Nepal, Bangladesh<\/span> as per Catalogue of Life<\/a>;
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Hairy Hemigraphis;<\/b>
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Alternanthera pungens<\/i><\/div>\n
Sonepat, Haryana<\/span>, 25th April 2009.
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I don’t think it’s Alternanthera pungens<\/i>. It’s different from the species you posted earlier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I have a doubt, because the first photo (a) is look like some Acanthaceae<\/i> (Dipterocanthus<\/i> sp.??). And other two photos with hairs???
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Its Hemigraphis hirta<\/i> (Acanthaceae<\/i>). I can mail the pictures if ones interested in confirming.<\/p>\n

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Thanks, … Links for Hemigraphis hirta<\/i>:\u00a0(Desc. from a book called Plants and people of Nepal<\/a>\u00a0By Sanjay Manandhar), http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/<\/span>florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&<\/span>taxon_id=242422855<\/span><\/a> (syn. from FON),
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button sized flower from Hooghly (WB) 31-03-12 SK-3:<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a wild herb of less than 1 ft and <\/span>bearing button sized flower.<\/span><\/div>\n
Species : UNKNOWN<\/div>\n
Habit & Habitat : small wild herb in uncultivated grassy land, also on roadside<\/span><\/div>\n
Date : 15-03-12, 8.30 a.m<\/span>.
\nPlace : <\/span>Nalikul (Hooghly), WB<\/span><\/div>\n
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could not find any genus with such name “Gentelbua”. Any error in spelling ?
\nTo me the posted plant looks like some species of Strobilanthes<\/i> OR Hemigraphis<\/i> – just a guess.<\/p>\n

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Could be Hemigraphis hirta<\/i> , Acanthaceae<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It is a very common plant in the southern part of West Bengal<\/span>. It is Hemigraphis herta<\/i> of Acanthaceae<\/i>. It is one interesting plant.
\n<\/span>When its fruits will ripe, village children will through those in water and the fruits will then burst like miniature crackers!!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You mean Hemigraphis hirta <\/i>? There are some more Acanthaceae<\/i> members where the dried pods burst like miniature crackers when come in contact with water, I remember my childhood days when I use to enjoy these crackers by putting them in mouth.<\/p>\n

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Sorry for interrupt your discussion but according to photograph you posted here plant sp. look more alike <\/span>Hemigraphis elegans<\/i> Nees. var. <\/span>crenata<\/i> (Syn. <\/span>Hemigraphis crenata<\/i> (Bth. ex Hohenack)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

according to feature<\/div>\n
1) in pic stem looks squarish (subquadrangular), viscidly pubescent<\/div>\n
2) Leaves subobtuse, crenate, hairy, base shortly cuneate<\/div>\n
3) Bracts are longer than calyx<\/div>\n
4) corolla tube whitish, limbs blue (here light to dark shade but in pic not pure white and blue)
\n5) Longer filaments of the stamens bearded in the upper part (when zoom in pic hairyness seen). Please correct me if characters i seen in pics are wrong. and last for confirmation the species (if u have specimen) seeds densely clothed with hygroscopic white hairs.<\/span><\/div>\n
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It would be wonderful if this species gets identified as H. elegans<\/i>\u00a0Nees var. crenata<\/i>. I do not know if the same can be found in West Bengal. One book says the species is endemic to Peninsular India<\/span><\/a>. Hohenacker herbarium at KEW shows corolla tube non-ventricose<\/span><\/a>, I think.<\/div>\n
Attached here pictures of highest resolution I have retained with me. I do not have specimen, I do not belong to botany community.<\/div>\n
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A new set of this species, recorded today, flowering season has just started, only a few flowering now. I still have originals, please feel free if you need the originals.
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Herb for Id from Panipat- NS 2011:<\/a>\u00a0(8 images)
\nThis prostrate herb<\/span> was shot from Panipat<\/span> from a canal bank…<\/span> tentatively identified by me as Dipteracanthus prostratus…<\/i><\/div>\n
I want to be sure… the reason to doubt my id is the upload of Ruellia prostrata<\/i> Syn. Dipteracanthus prostratus <\/i>by … from Morni Hills.. as per the link..<\/a>
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For me, it is D.prostratus<\/i> var parvifolius<\/i> Nees. Pl check it<\/p>\n

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Thanks … for the inputs… could not find any link to check the var. parvifolius<\/i>… hope you can help..<\/p>\n

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To me it appears closest to Hemigraphis hirta<\/i> (Vahl) T.Anderson (Acanthaceae<\/i>).<\/p>\n

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Sorry for the wrong identity. Supporting … Kindly see the specimen link http:\/\/apps.kew.org\/herbcat\/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000882600<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Thanks … and … for identification… quite convincing…<\/p>\n

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Fwd: [efloraofindia:185376] Fwd: Plants Id from Bangladesh SM5<\/a> : 4 posts by 3 authors.
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It could be Hemigraphis crenata<\/i><\/p>\n

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Hemigraphis hirta<\/i> T.Anderson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Hemigraphis hirta from Uttarakhand: May 2014 DSR_3<\/a> :\u00a01 post by 1 author. Attachments (2).<\/div>\n
Hemigraphis hirta<\/b> (Vahl) T.Anderson (Acanthaceae<\/i>) is a common creeping herb<\/span> in Pantnagar<\/span>.
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Herb Id from Bangladesh SM043<\/a>\u00a0: 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).
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Should be in Hemigraphis<\/i> genus; H. hirta<\/i>\/ H.urens<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fwd: [efloraofindia:212724] Acanthaceae ID from Bangladesh SM 192- 3<\/a> : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments <\/span>(1)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hemigraphis<\/i>\u00a0species, please check KEY in Bengal Plants.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hemigraphis hirta
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Yes, I also think so.<\/p>\n

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Fwd: [efloraofindia:212721] Acanthaceae ID from Bangladesh SM 191- 4<\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)<\/span><\/p>\n

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ACANTHACEAE FORTNIGHT:: For validation from Panipat::NS MARCH 29\/29<\/a> : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)<\/span><\/div>\n
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This prostrate herb<\/span> was recorded from Panipat…
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Strobilanthes<\/a> :\u00a0No images.<\/div>\n
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Sir. You do a wonderful job. In your Strobilanthes<\/em> page where you have dealt with name changes in Hemigraphis<\/em>..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hirta<\/em> (Vahl.) T. Anderson (Syn. of Strobilanthes hirta<\/strong><\/em> (Vahl) Blume in view of New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood- Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 23(3):385-395. 2014)<\/div>\n
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This reference of JRI Wood need not there\u00a0because it’s not a new combination nor be has talked about S. hirta<\/em> there.. or you can add one more sentence for clarity.. since all allied genera of Strobilanthes<\/em> are no longer recognized, H. Hirta<\/em> is also reinstated to its earlier valid name under Strobilanthes<\/em> as S. hirta<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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I think\u00a0Strobilanthes hirta<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>as per images and details herein.<\/p>\n

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Looks good to me as Strobilanthes hirta<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nStrobilanthes hirta (Vahl) Blume<\/a>: 3 high res. images.<\/p>\n
Location:\u00a0Surkhet, West Nepal<\/span><\/div>\n
Altitude: 728\u00a0m.<\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 23 April 2021
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ID needed: mauve-colored acanth groundcover<\/a>: 5 images.
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Hemigraphis hirta<\/em> (Vahl) T.Anderson<\/p>\n

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New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0by John R. I. Wood- Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 23(3):385-395. 2014<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
The Plant List Ver. 1.1<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Catalogue of Life<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Annonated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/span>Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 MPBD<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Plants of the Lower Ganga Delta: Its Taxonomy … By K.R. Naskar (Description)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Strobilanthes hirta (Vahl) Blume\u00a0(syn: Hemigraphis hirta T.Anderson; Ruellia hirta Vahl) (since all allied genera of Strobilanthes are no longer recognized, H. Hirta is also reinstated to its earlier valid name under Strobilanthes as S. hirta) .\u00a0 Hemigraphis hirta (Vahl) T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 462 1867. (syn. Ruellia hirta…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[4845],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1269143","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-strobilanthes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1269143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1269143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1269143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1269143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1269143"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1269143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}