{"id":1296011,"date":"2015-03-29T09:09:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T09:09:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:44:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T11:14:31","slug":"rungia-crenata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/rungia-crenata\/","title":{"rendered":"Justicia crenatifolia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Justicia crenatifolia<\/b> J. R. I. Wood, nom. nov. (Replaced name: Rungia crenata<\/i> T. Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 518. 1867, non Justicia crenata<\/i> Pohl ex Nees, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle]) as per New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae<\/span><\/a> by John R. I. Wood- Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 23(3):385-395. 2014;
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Rungia<\/i> crenata<\/i> T.Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 518 1867<\/i>. (Syn: Diapedium<\/i> crenatum<\/i> Kuntze<\/span><\/a>) as per The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> (Unresolved);<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 9 (1867) p. 518. An erect branched herb 1-1.1\/2 ft. high ; stems and branches slender, terete or obscurely quadrangular, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 1-2.1\/2 by 1\/2-1 in., elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, lineolate, sparsely hairy with hairs often bulbous-based, base acute ; petioles 1\/4-3\/8 in. long, hairy. Flowers in dense 1-sided spikes 3\/4-1 by 5\/8 in., terminal or axillary, sessile or pedunculate ; bracts on one side of the spike, dimorphic, the barren bracts alternate, in 2 opposite rows, foliaceous, 1\/3-1\/2 by 1\/10-1\/8 in., elliptic-oblong or somewhat obovate, densely softly hairy, strongly nerved, mucronate, often with a narrow scarious margin on the lower edge leaching about 1\/2-way up from the base, the fertile bracts 1\/6 by 1\/10 in. (including the scarious margin), broadly obovate, mucronate, pubescent, with a broad scarious margin ; bracteoles 1\/6 in. long, eiliptic-oblong, concave, pubescent, with scarious ciliolate margins. Calyx densely hairy, 1\/6 in. long, divided nearly to the base ; segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla blue, 1\/2 in. long, hairy outside ; upper lip rather less than 1\/8 in. long, broadly ovate, acutely acuminate ; lower lip nearly 1\/6 in. long, obovate, with 3 short obtuse lobes, the middle lobe the narrowest. Filaments glabrous ; lower cell of anthers with an obtuse white ap\u00acpendage. Capsules 1\/10-1\/8 in. long, ovoid, acute, pubescent at the apex, compressed, the 2 flat faces scarious, the narrow edge hard, white, shining. Seeds 1\/20 by 1\/30 in., ellipsoid.<\/span> Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 547 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 358.
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Acanthaceae Fortnight :: Rungia crenata :: Amboli :: DVMAR94\/105<\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. 5 images.<\/div>\n
Rungia crenata<\/i> T.Anderson
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Acanthaceae Fortnight ::Rungia crenata :: Chorla Ghat:: PKA-MAR42\/42:<\/a> :\u00a01 post by 1 author. Attachments (5)<\/span><\/div>\n
Seen this small herb<\/span> at “Chorla Ghat, Belgaum-Goa Route”.<\/span>
\nBot. name: Rungia crenata<\/i>
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Acanthaceae Fortnight ::Rungia crenata :: North Karnataka :: PKA-MAR55\/55:<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Seen this small herb<\/span> at “Anshi Ghat, North Karnataka”.
\n<\/span>Bot. name: Rungia crenata<\/i>
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Pls help me for Identifying Justicia sp.<\/span><\/a> : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 3 authors.
\nAny body pls help me for correct nomenclature of <\/span>Justicia<\/em> sp. <\/span>from Kottayam district of Kerala<\/span><\/div>\n
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Could be J. simplex<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Look the secund inflorescence<\/span>, it represents Rungia<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sorry that I ignored the important character (I was looking at the picture in my mobile!)
\nIt must be a species of <\/span>Rungia<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This should be Justicia pectinata<\/i><\/span><\/u><\/a>\u00a0as per discussions at Sorting Rungia species<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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OMG specimen !!!!!! And I disagree.\u00a0This needs to be investigated.<\/p>\n

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Leaves very broad, Peduncles to spikes loooong !\u00a0 Spikes lax.<\/span><\/div>\n
It seems flowers are white and bigger than typical J. pectinata<\/em>.<\/div>\n
I would like to see hairs on fertile bracts.
\nIt seems this belongs outside parviflora\/pectinata complex.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Thanks, …, You have wonderful observatory power.
\nThis should be <\/span>Justicia crenatifolia<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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I do not agree with Rungia crenatifolia<\/em>, not matching with images in\u00a0Justicia crenatifolia<\/em><\/span><\/a>
\nRungia sisparensis<\/em> is a possibility.<\/div>\n
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To me looks different from Rungia sisparensis<\/em>\u00a0as per <\/span>GBIF<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 High resolution specimen<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Karnataka<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 POWO<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 IBIS Flora<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Rungia parviflora<\/em><\/p>\n

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But it is not Rungia parviflora<\/em> as per discussions at Sorting Rungia species<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
I am reproducing the details in Flora of British India<\/span><\/a>. Pl. check.<\/div>\n
Top\u00a0portion of it, I am copying and pasting from IBIS Flora<\/span><\/a> as below:<\/div>\n
Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar.<\/em> iii. 110, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 469, excl. syn. ; leaves small ovate or lanceolate nearly glabrous, bracts dimorphic barren elliptic or oblong subobtuse striate hardly margined, fertile obovate glabrous scarious-margined ciliate, bracteoles elliptic scarcely acute, corolla 1\/4 in. R. repens<\/em>, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 518 partly, not of Nees. R. longifolia<\/em>, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 266, not of Nees.<\/span><\/div>\n
S. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Weight (2011, 2285 Herb. Propr.). CEYLON ; Thwaites (C. P., nn. 257, 3354).<\/span><\/div>\n
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A small, ramous weed. Lower leaves 1 by 1\/4-1\/2 in., petioled, ovate, upper narrow sometimes linear. Spikes 3\/4 by 1\/4 in., nearly all terminal, markedly 1-sided ; barren bracts not cuspidate. Capsule 1\/5 in. ; seeds small, minutely verrucose.\u2014This, the typical R. parviflora, Nees, appears a very rare plant ; Nees, however, referred numerous specimens with the fertile bracts hairy all over to R. parviflora, but which are R. pectinata, Nees, as far as the description goes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lower\u00a0portion of it, I am copying and pasting from <\/span>IBIS Flora<\/span><\/a> as below:<\/span><\/div>\n
Revision of Rungia parviflora var. pectinata (Nees) C.B.Clarke<\/em> from Fri, 2014-03-07 13:48<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
flowerless bracts mucronate often cuspidate flowering hairy. R. pectinata, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 470 ; Wight Ic. t. 1547 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 517. R. parviflora<\/em>, Nees l. c. partly ; Griff. Notul, iv. 144 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 195. R. polygonoides<\/em>, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. Hi. 110, and Cat. 7181, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 471 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 196. Justicia pectinata<\/em>, Linn. Amoen. Acad. iv. 299 ; Lamk. Ill. i. t. 12, fig. 3 ; Roxb. Corom. Pl. ii. 29, t. 153, and Fl. Ind. i. 133 ; Wall. Cat. 2458. J. parviflora<\/em>, Retz Obs. v. 9. J. infracta, Vahl Enum. i. 155.\u2014Throughout India, from the Himalaya to Ceylon and Pegu, a universal weed.\u2014Usually ramous. Leaves 3\/4 by 1\/3 in. ; petiole 1\/8 in. Spikes 1 by 1\/4 in., terminal and axillary, clustered, subsessile, distinctly 1-sided ; barren bracts 1\/6 by 1\/12 in., scarcely margined ; fertile 1\/10 in. diam., orbicular, apiculate, scarious- marginate, hairy on back as well as on margins ; bracteoles 1\/10 in., elliptic, subacute. Calyx 1\/12 in. ; segments linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla blue or whiteish, upper lip short. Anther-cells superposed, lower white-tailed.\u2014The area of this abundant plant should perhaps be extended to Java, &c., but the examples thence (Dicliptera coerulea, Blume Bijd. 791) differ considerably from all the Indian material, which is very uniform in character, the size of the heads and bracts varying a little.
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\n<\/span>There are many lesser known species of “Rungia” from Kerala like<\/span> R. apiculata, R. linifolia, R. sisparensis, R. wightiana, R. laeta<\/em> … with precious little online.
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To me it looks like <\/span>Justicia crenatifolia<\/span><\/em><\/a>\u00a0only as per <\/span>High resolution specimen<\/span><\/a> at <\/span>GBIF<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Threads\/posts placed in<\/span>\u00a0Justicia crenatifolia<\/i>\u00a0page at eFI<\/span><\/a> is still confusing to me. So, I cannot comment on a species\u00a0which is still unclear to me!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Requesting a herb id (08112021)2<\/a>: 2 high res. images.
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New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae<\/span><\/a>by John R. I. Wood- Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 23(3):385-395. 2014
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Justicia crenatifolia J. R. I. Wood, nom. nov. (Replaced name: Rungia crenata T. Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 518. 1867, non Justicia crenata Pohl ex Nees, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle]) as per New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood- Novon: A Journal for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5438],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1296011","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-justicia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1296011","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=1296011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1296011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1296011"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1296011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}