{"id":1301228,"date":"2011-03-27T06:41:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T06:41:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:20:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T05:50:46","slug":"rungia-repens","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/rungia-repens\/","title":{"rendered":"Justicia repens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Justicia repens<\/i> L. (Syn. R. repens<\/i> (L.) Nees)\u00a0in view of<\/span> New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae<\/span><\/a> by John R. I. Wood (2014));<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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A procumbent much branched herb with oblong-lanceolate up to 5 cm long leaves; flowers in close one-sided spike with 4-farious bracts; corolla white with purple or rose spots.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Rungia repens (L.) Nees SN April 33<\/a> :\u00a03 correct images as above.<\/div>\n
Rungia repens<\/i> (L.) Nees; Fam: Acanthaceae<\/i>,
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Rungia repens in FOI<\/a> : 6 posts by 4 authors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Images of Rungia repens<\/i> in FOI may not be of Justicia repens<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(syn. Rungia repens<\/i>) as per images and details herein.
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what makes Justicia<\/i> \u2026 justicia<\/i> and differentiates it from Rungia<\/i>? i.e. details of taxonomy?<\/div>\n
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Images of Rungia repens in FOI<\/span><\/a> by Ashish Nimkar may not be of Justicia repens<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(syn. Rungia repens<\/i>) as per images and details herein.<\/div>\n
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Acanthaceae for ID :: Nashik :: ARKFEB-09<\/span><\/a> : <\/span>4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (<\/span>6<\/span>)<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This was found in the fields of masoor near Saptashrungi, Nashik, MH in Feb 2017.
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Rungia<\/i> (now under Justicia<\/i>) species. Pl. Check images in efi site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I think Justicia pectinata<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0only as per images herein.<\/p>\n

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Yes!I guess it correct !<\/p>\n

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Thank you … for feedback.
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These could be Rungia repens<\/i> (Justicia repens<\/i>) although it is hard to judge the size.<\/p>\n

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Thanks … for inputs. The length could be around 5-6 inches.<\/p>\n

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I think this should be Justicia repens<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0with bracts being uniform and not dimorphic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yes, J. repens<\/i><\/p>\n

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Thanks so much … for sorting out this ID. This matches with the ID suggested by\u00a0… as well.<\/p>\n

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Justicia repens !!!<\/a> :\u00a03 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (17<\/span>)
\n<\/span>White flowered <\/span>Justicia repens<\/i> ? recorded <\/span>today, (04 01 2020 morning) in Surat,<\/span><\/div>\n
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Presenting for deliberation. Nearby coexisting\u00a0purple flowered plants too !<\/div>\n
Spikes are small to medium, leaves too small to medium … some variation in bract size too . . . it has nothing to do with color.
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\nAttaching photos of a herb fond growing in the wild along the edge of a paddy field<\/span> on the outskirts of Chennai.
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–\u00a0\u00a0to me it looks like some Rungia<\/i> sp, may be Rungia repens<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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– To me also it resembles more to Rungia<\/i> sps. Found in abundance in the Chotta-Udepur forests of Gujarat.<\/p>\n

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– Yes, I have seen Rungia repens<\/i> and Rungia<\/i> sp looks likely to me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Specially after I checked out Rungia<\/em> repens more carefully:though only with naked eye. \u00a0It appears to have two pairs of bracts, one greenish and one yellowish-green, \u00a0slightly mis-aligned so that it looks like a pair of bracts with bi-colored edge.
\nBut I I think Rungia repens<\/i> has very small flowers, about 5 mm or less and and a flat lower lip.\u00a0The plant in question was larger and flowers as I remember were about 8 to 10 mm.\u00a0with distinctly recurved and bumpy labia.
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I think this should be Justicia repens<\/u><\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0as per images and details herein.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks\u00a0…, \u2026 for confirmed ID.<\/div>\n
Yes, it is Justicia repens<\/em>,\u00a0synonym of Accepted name (as per PL2) Rungia repens<\/em> (L.) Nees.
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Following K Sasidharans description (KP): Bracts winged both sides with whitish margins, all similar. Apparently two rows not having flowers, so sterile.
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Id-270212-PR-1<\/span><\/a> : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 3 authors.
\nplnt from north gujarat<\/span>
\nFrom Acanthaceae<\/i>
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Did you try with Rungia pactinata<\/i> ??????????<\/p>\n

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Yes i too will go with Rungia pectinata<\/em><\/p>\n

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I think this is<\/span> Justicia concinna<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>as per images and details herein.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Id-170212-PR-1:<\/span><\/a> Location-Gujarat<\/span>
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\nconfuse in Justicia<\/i> and Rungia<\/i>
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I think this is <\/span>Justicia concinna<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>as per images and details herein.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Help ti ID olants _Gujarat<\/span><\/a>: please help to identify the attached plants.
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I think\u00a0this is Justicia concinna<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0as per images and details herein.<\/p>\n

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Here hyaline margin of bracts is white. Habit prostrate_erect<\/p>\n

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This may also be Justicia repens<\/em><\/span><\/a>\u00a0as per Id-170212-PR-1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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This species has lax spike, can be twisted sometimes. Erect when crowded, otherwise prostrate, making a mat. Spikes only terminal, can be as long as 20 cm,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rungia spp. for ID<\/span><\/a> : 15 posts by 3 authors. 3 images.<\/div>\n
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Please set this straight for me .<\/div>\n
I have got 3 species of erstwhile Rungia<\/em> in Surat.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This one has flowers larger than 1 cm, one sided flowering spike can be longer than 15 cms,\u00a0erect to procumbent, much branched, usually single inflorescence spike at tip of branches.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This one is again erect to procumbent, spikes at nodes in bunches most of them about 3 to 5 cm long, flowers blue 2-3 mm, sterile bracts on behind are longer than fertile bracts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mostly procumbent, much branched, multiple short spikes at nodes,\u00a0only few of them enlarge to a max 3.5 cm, shorter than previous one,\u00a0tiny blue flowers about 2-3 mm.<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks \u2026 for lining up images of Justicia<\/i> (Rungia<\/i>) spp.<\/div>\n
To me IMAGE 1 is one species, and the rest IMAGE 2 and IMAGE 3 could be<\/i> one species – that is, the last two could have variations based on habitat – this is purely my thought.<\/div>\n
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2nd and 3rd … well, I do not know …<\/div>\n
There used to be Rungia pectinata<\/em> and Rungia parviflora<\/em>. I do not know how distinct those two are …<\/div>\n
could not get clarity on facebook, efi or foi.<\/div>\n
Here in Surat I have this tiny flowered herbaceous plants … I am seeing it since 2016.<\/div>\n
In my zeal, on facebook I declared the one with larger spike and larger sterile bracts as R. pectinata<\/em>,\u00a0smaller one (image 3) as R. parviflora<\/em>, and everyone agreed !!!<\/div>\n
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In 17, I had been to Matheran, and saw plants identical to 2nd with overall reddish tinge … in plenty.<\/div>\n
This February, in Tungi near Lonawala, again I saw plants identical to 2nd with reddish complexion.<\/div>\n
But\u00a0 I am yet to find anything like 3rd. Anywhere.
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Thanks \u2026 I have always considered Rungia<\/i> \/ Justicia pectinata<\/i> to be an erect<\/i> herb, about 2 feet high, and as wide, many branched, with distant<\/i> nodes – at least relative to what I consider as parviflora<\/i>. I may be wrong. From my observations, the height of inflorescence and size of flowers seem to vary in both species pectinata<\/i> as well as parviflora<\/i> – depending on habitat.
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Image 1 is Justicia concinna<\/em><\/span><\/a>, image 2 is Justicia pectinata<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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…, in that case, we need to find out and standardise differences between R. repens<\/em> and R. elegans<\/em>, if any.<\/div>\n
Online, in Goggle books I found one reference … unsatisfactory to me … flora of eastern Karnataka … it has a comment stating two taxa can be merged on further evaluation.<\/div>\n
By the way, JCB Herbarium has Rungia elegans<\/em> page without a reference from any flora, and photos a mix of Rungia repens<\/em> and Rungia elegans<\/em> … page of Rungia repens<\/em> has images of line diagram and herbariun sheet belonging to R. repens<\/em> while photographs belong to R. parviflora\/pectinata<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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Still I could find them and photographed. It was very windy making a good shoot impossible for dissected parts.<\/div>\n
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2 is erect, 3 is prostrate.<\/div>\n
Spike in 2 is little longer than 3.<\/div>\n
Leaves more or less similar.<\/div>\n
In both posterior, sterile bracts are longer, pointed tip, have hyaline margins but less wide than anterior bracts, and it is row of two front fertile two back sterile.<\/div>\n
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Flowers have corollla limb upper lip acute, 3 lobed lower lip, blue to purplish, size less than 3mm (2mm), and hairy outer surface of lower lips … in both.
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Rungia pectinata<\/em>\u00a0 (L.) Nees<\/div>\n
Rungia parviflora<\/em> var. parviflora<\/em><\/div>\n
Rungia parviflora<\/em> var. pectinata<\/em> (syn. of. Rungia pectinata<\/em>)<\/div>\n
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Giving details of Flora of British India, from IBIS Flora links.<\/div>\n
Rungia elegans<\/em> Dalzell & A.Gibson<\/span><\/a> :<\/span><\/div>\n
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl.<\/em> 196 ; stems patently white- hirsute, leaves subsessile ovate acuminate, bracts round ovate apiculate minutely hairy, corolla 1\/2 in. fine blue<\/strong>. R. repens <\/em>var. villosa<\/em>, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 472. Justicia repens<\/em>, Wall. Cat. 2459, letter B partly.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Possibly a large form of R. repens<\/em>. Leaves attaining 3 by 1.1\/2 in., nerves beneath prominent, often patently white-hairy. Spikes 1\/2-2\/3 in. broad ; bracts large, scarious margin very prominent sometimes coloured purplish. <\/strong>Capsule 1\/4 in., thin, very hairy ; seeds concentrically furrowed, the ridges very sharp sometimes crested.<\/span><\/div>\n
Rungia repens<\/em> (L.) Nees<\/span><\/a>\u00a0: <\/span><\/div>\n
Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar.<\/em> iii. 110, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 472 ; leaves subsessile oblong-lanceolate scabrid-puberulous, bracts round apiculate nearly glabrous, corolla 1\/4 in., <\/strong>seeds 1\/16 in. diam, concentrically rugose. Wight Ic. t. 465 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 196 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 518. Justicia repens<\/em>, Linn. ; Roxb. Corom. Pl. ii. 29, t. 152, and Fl. Ind. i. 132 ; Wall. Cat. 2459. Dicliptera repens<\/em>, Roem. & Sch. Syst. i. 171.\u2014Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 3, fig. 2.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I think Image 3 may be of Rungia parviflora<\/em> var. muralis<\/em> (Nees) C.B.Clarke<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with spikes very dense, barren bracts ovate acute hardly longer than the fertile,<\/span> as per Flora of British India as per discussions in another thread at Sorting Rungia species<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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1st image is of Justicia repens<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ACANTHACEAE FORTNIGHT:: Justicia?? from Ujjain:: NS MARCH 33\/33<\/a>\u00a0: 3 posts by 2 authors.\u00a0Attachments\u00a0(4)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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This trailing herb<\/span>\u00a0was recorded\u00a0from Ujjain city, Madhya Pradesh\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Wanted to know the id..is this some\u00a0Justicia<\/i> ??
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Plant for ID : Nasik : 22NOV20 : AK-15<\/a> : 3 images.
\nA wild plant<\/span>\u00a0seen\u00a0<\/span>today (22.11.20) in Nasik.
\n<\/span>Seems to be from\u00a0<\/span>Acanthaceae<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Justicia repens<\/em>\u00a0?<\/p>\n

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CoL amd GBIF still treating\u00a0Justicia repens<\/em> L. as the accepted name.
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Need help with flower id. Justicia?<\/a>: 2 images.
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Rungia repens<\/em><\/p>\n

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This tiny tiny flower<\/span> was photographed in Nashik<\/span> grasslands<\/span> in December 2020. It is probably 2-4mm big.
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It looks like Rungia repens<\/em> to me, but am not sure.<\/p>\n

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MS\/ID\/JAN\/2021\/6 – ID of the plant<\/a>: 4 images.
\nPlease ID the plant photographed in a Farmland<\/span> in Chennai.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rungia<\/em> sp.\u00a0 Need to check.<\/p>\n

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

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Justicia<\/em> species???<\/p>\n

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Justicia repens\u00a0<\/i>L. is same !<\/p>\n

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Which is the valid or latest name ?\u00a0\u00a0Rungia or Justicia\u00a0<\/i>?<\/p>\n

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Rungia<\/em> …<\/p>\n

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Current name is\u00a0Justicia repens<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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MS\/2023\/141- ID of the plant<\/a>: 1 image.
\nKindly Id the plant photographed in Chennai outskirts<\/span> and sent to me.
\nIs it Justicia<\/em> sps. (S. gendarussa<\/em>)<\/p>\n
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Rungia repens\u00a0<\/i>(L.) Nees syn :\u00a0Justicia repens\u00a0<\/i>L.<\/p>\n

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Thank you … sir I too predicted the same but little bit confused<\/p>\n

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\nJusticia repens L.<\/a>: 1 image.<\/p>\n
synonyms:\u00a0Rungia repens<\/em> T.Anderson, Diapedium repens<\/em> (L.) Kuntze,\u00a0Dicliptera repens<\/em> (L.) Juss.<\/div>\n
location\/date:\u00a0Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, October 1994<\/span><\/p>\n
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New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae<\/span><\/a> by John R. I. Wood (2014)\u00a0 Flora of Peninsular India<\/a> (Keys<\/b>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Justicia repens L. (Syn. R. repens (L.) Nees)\u00a0in view of New Names and Combinations in Indian Acanthaceae by John R. I. Wood (2014));\u00a0 . A procumbent much branched herb with oblong-lanceolate up to 5 cm long leaves; flowers in close one-sided spike with 4-farious bracts; corolla white with purple or…<\/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-1301228","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\/1301228","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=1301228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1301228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1301228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1301228"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1301228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}