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Alectra sessiliflora<\/b> (Vahl) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 458. 1891. Gerardia sessiliflora<\/i> Vahl, Alectra melampyroides<\/i> Benth., Nigrina sessiliflora<\/i> (Vahl) Kuntze, Melasma sessiliflorum<\/i> (Vahl) Hiern,\u00a0 Alectra sessiliflora<\/i> (Vahl) Kuntze var. sessiliflora<\/i>; Rhinanthus scaber<\/i> Thunb., Bartsia scabra<\/i> (Thunb.) Sprengel; Glossostylis avensis<\/i> Benth., Alectra indica<\/i> Benth. in DC., Melasma indicum<\/i> Wettst., Alectra dentata<\/i> Kuntze, Alectra avensis<\/span><\/i> (Benth.) Merrill, Melasma avensis<\/i> (Benth.) Hand.-Mazz.; Alectra senegalensis<\/i> Benth., Alectra sessiliflora<\/i> var. senegalensis<\/i> (Benth.) Hepper; Alectra cordata<\/i> Benth., Glossostylis cordata<\/i> (Benth.) Hochst. Ex Richard, Melasma cordatum<\/i> (Benth.) Engler; Alectra asperrima<\/i> Benth. in DC., Glossostylis asperrima<\/i> Hochst. ex Benth. in DC., Melasma asperrimum<\/i> (Benth.) Engler; Alectra arabica<\/i> Deflers; Melasma indicum<\/i> var. monticola<\/i> Engl., Alectra sessiliflora<\/i> var. monticola<\/i> (Engl.) Melch.; Melasma barbatum<\/i> Hiern, Alectra barbata<\/i> (Hiern) Melch., Alectra sessiliflora<\/i> var. sessiliflora<\/i> forma barbata<\/i> (Hiern) Hilliard & Burtt; Alectra trinervis<\/i> Hemsl.; Alectra communis<\/i> Hemsl.; Alectra ledermannii<\/i> Engl.; Alectra moeroensis <\/i>Engl.; Alectra aberdarica<\/i> Chiov.; Alectra schliebenii<\/i> Melch.; Alectra congolensis<\/i> Troupin; Alectra ibityensis<\/i> Eb. Fisch.; Alectra senegalensis<\/i> Benth. var. pallescens<\/i> Bonati; Alectra senegalensis<\/i> var. minima<\/i> A. Chev.; Alectra rupestris<\/i> Bonati; Alectra madagascariensis<\/i> Bonati; Alectra principis<\/i> Bonati;\u00a0Alectra ramosa<\/i> Bonati; Alectra stricta<\/i> Bonati) as per efi thread<\/a>\u00a0(as per Taxonomic Revision of the Alectra sessiliflora Complex (Orobanchaceae)<\/a>– Jeffery J. Morawetz 1 , 2 and Andrea D. Wolfe- Systematic Botany (2011), 36(1): pp. 141\u2013152)<\/span>;
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SK99SEP12-1016:ID<\/a> : 24 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (10)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Gund Bhaktapur Nepal on 11 September 2016 at 5100 ft.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Lindenbergia<\/i> ??<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Did not find any match tobtjr Lindenbergia<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Scrophulariaceae<\/i> member.
\nAny chance of Rhinanthus<\/i>, though Rhinanthus<\/i> is not known in Nepal flora of China list one species.<\/p>\n

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It was unfortunate that when I went to the spot after a couple of weeks to get pictures of\u00a0the plant there was no trace of any plant.<\/div>\n
However, from your hint and comparison of web pictures I guess it could be\u00a0Rhinanthus minor\u00a0<\/span><\/i>L. (accepted name<\/span>).<\/span><\/span>
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Does not match with the illustration at the given link (of Rhinanthus glaber<\/i> Lamarck syn: Rhinanthus major<\/i> Ehrhart): <\/span>http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/object_page.aspx?object_id=3778&flora_id=2<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looks like difficult one!<\/p>\n

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This plant is neither Rhinanthus minor<\/i> (known as ‘Yellow-Rattle’ in the UK) nor R.glaber<\/i> recorded from China.\u00a0Neither have records for Nepal nor anywhere in the Himalaya proper, as far as I know.<\/div>\n
I shall see what I or others can come up with.\u00a0These sub-tropical locations and associated flora are not familiar territory for me…..\u00a0 Hopefully someone else can “come to the rescue”.\u00a0Seems quite distinctive, so someone should be able to recognise it.<\/div>\n
By the way, two ‘Rhinanthus’ was included in ‘Flora of British\u00a0India’\u00a0one a synonym for Pedicularis bifida<\/i> (Scrophulariaceae<\/u>)<\/div>\n
the other for Geniospermum elongatum<\/i> (Lamiaceae<\/i>).<\/div>\n
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I invested some time to find the ID of this plant which I have never seen in nature.
\nIt is either Melasma avense<\/i> (=Alectra avensis<\/i>) of Scrophulariaceae<\/i> or a species very close to it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Well Done.\u00a0I am in agreement that your suggestion is awfully close.\u00a0Pity the\u00a0images do not <\/span>show fully developed flowers or\u00a0better close-ups.<\/span>
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‘Enumeration of Flowering Plants of Nepal’\u00a0 say 1000-2600m Himalaya, India, east to W&C China, Malaysia.<\/span>
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But the nomenclature is complicated.\u00a0They have it as Melasma arvense<\/i>.\u00a0Hooker knew it as Alectra indica<\/i>.<\/span>
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Whichever genus is currently accepted, they have been transferred from Scrophulariaceae<\/i> to Orobanchaceae<\/i>.<\/span>
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I hear some non-botanists thinking that not only do taxonomists change species names and names of genera <\/span>but families as well!
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Thanks, … It is under Orobanchaceae<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0as per the Plant List Ver. 1.1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hell of a task for all. Thank you all for the painstaking efforts for the ID.<\/div>\n
Now do we presume accepted name according to the Catalogue of life, India Biodiversity Portal and Bhutan Diversity Portal as \u00a0:<\/div>\n
Alectra avensis\u00a0<\/span><\/i>(Benth.) Merr.<\/span> (accepted name<\/span>)\u00a0<\/span>
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syn<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>Melasma avense<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>??<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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But what is the\u00a0accepted name for ‘The Plant List’?<\/div>\n
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Link<\/a> \u00a0Which one to rely upon?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks for tracking down\u00a0Alectra sessiflora<\/i><\/u> on ‘The Plant List’ – this is the one you should always go to first and have the greatest confidence in (though is not perfect with the Google images simply obtained [without permission or contacting anyone – some of my photos and links to a site I have taken down are used and rely on the identification efforts of all sorts of people – many\u00a0cannot be relied upon but some are correct; also the Kew herbarium site has two main problems in the<\/span><\/div>\n
some of the names used for the specimens are out-of-date synonyms plus the images are not of high resolution, so one cannot see much detail).
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It is a collaboration between the RBG, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden – two of the leading botanical institutions in the world.\u00a0 This site therefore out-ranks anything else – unless you have a site which has input from those specialising in the region or country who can improve upon what ‘The Plant List’ offers –<\/span><\/div>\n
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‘The Plant List’ is the most reliable but far from perfect – as, unfortunately, is the case with plant identification, it is not as exact as we would like.\u00a0\u00a0 The plants themselves do not allow it to be!\u00a0\u00a0 And as I keep saying, the flora of the Himalaya (my speciality) and India as a whole is imperfectly known<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Thanks, …, <\/span>Earlier it was GRIN, which was supposed to be very good, but it did gave only a few synonyms.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After that there were some efforts by ITIS & Species 2000.<\/div>\n
Further things changed with the coming of The Plant List in 2012, which I think\u00a0was further modified in 2014 with Ver. 1.1, to reduce the anomalies. But it is based on fixed datasets taken from different sources like WCSP, ILDIS, GCC etc. However, there are still\u00a0lot of discrepancies. But here the most important thing is to check the underlying source like WCSP, ILDIS, GCC etc. before arriving at any decision.<\/div>\n
Now Catalogue of Life<\/span><\/a> has been released in 2016 (with the\u00a0working together\u00a0of\u00a0 ITIS & Species 2000 along with WCSP & other databases), which I find is generally better than the The Plant List Ver. 1.1.<\/div>\n
Pl. see its details at http:\/\/www.catalogueoflife.org\/col\/info\/about<\/span><\/a>
\nAlong with the resources as above, we can also check in different efloras like Flora of China, Flora of Pakistan, BSI Flora of India\u00a0& local floras etc. & take a final decision based on ones’ judgement.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Thank you … I guess CoL is more reliable for ID.<\/p>\n

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I am still\u00a0very new both to ‘The Plant List’ and\u00a0‘Catalogue of Life’.<\/span>
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Whether or not CoL has higher standing in the world of taxonomy, I cannot say at present but even if it <\/span>does, then one would only go here for, in theory more reliable NOMENCLATURE and TAXONOMIC treatment.<\/span>
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The\u00a0important question is RELIABILITY\u00a0of IDENTIFICATION\u00a0– all CoL provides is a NAME.<\/span>
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Whereas\u00a0‘The Plant List’ allows me to look at images of each species (where they exist and bearing in mind <\/span>many are misidentified, though I can usually judge their reliability) and herbarium specimens at Kew (when they exist <\/span>and bearing in mind Kew often has plants named using an old synonym not necessarily the currently accepted name <\/span>in ‘The Plant List’ or CoL.<\/span>
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A plant is still CORRECTLY identified even if one uses an older synonym.<\/span>
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Identification is one thing, nomenclature and taxonomic treatments are separate.<\/span>
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In the early days of ‘The Plant Finder’ in the UK (which lists by genus and species) plants availale in <\/span>cultivation from nurseries not much effort was put into consistent and reliable nomenclature.\u00a0 Then much <\/span>effort (and some expertise) was put in but there was confusion between up-to-date names (correctly spelt) <\/span>and reliable identifications.\u00a0 Just because a nursery says they are growing a particular plant is what they claim<\/span><\/div>\n
does not guarantee it – I repeat that my informal studies suggest at <\/u>least 50% of plants in cultivation under <\/span>Himalayan names, whether seed companies, specialist nurseries or botanic garden Index Semina, are misidentified.
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“Alectra sessiliflora (Orobanchaceae) from Uttarakhand: DSR_Sept.2017_6”<\/a> :\u00a06 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3<\/span>)
\n<\/span>This species was photographed <\/span>near Lilam village (1900m) on way to Ralam in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.
\n<\/span>Earlier … uploaded few pics of a species <\/span>from<\/i> Nepal which were ultimately identified as <\/span>Alectra avensis<\/i> (Orobanchaceae). Obviously, in eFI this species was being represented by images of … from Nepal. Presently, I am uploading the images taken in Uttarakhand, India.
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Alectra avensis (Benth.) Merr.<\/a> : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Alectra avensis (Benth.) Merr.<\/a> : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments <\/span>(3<\/span>)- 1, 2, & 3 mb.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Scrophulariaceae Fortnight: Unidentified4 from Mizoram:: -PKA6:\u00a0:<\/span><\/a>\u00a0: 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3).<\/div>\n
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This herb with sessile leaves is from Mizoram .. Looks like from\u00a0Scrophulariaceae<\/em>\u00a0family.
\nDate\/Time: 10-11-2008 \/ 12:10PM
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    I think\u00a0Verbascum chinense<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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    Well, I am wrong then. I thought flowers are sessile, campanulate, with peculiar\u00a0characteristic<\/span><\/a>\u00a0greenish-yellow curved structure at the centre.<\/p>\n

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    I request you to take a relook. The flowers of this herb is entirely different from the other posts on\u00a0Verbascum chinense<\/i>\u00a0(L.) Santapau<\/span><\/a>. Long\u00a0inflexed style<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is characteristically different to almost straight shorter one of\u00a0Verbascum chinense<\/i>\u00a0(L.) Santapau. Besides, flowers are subtended by\u00a0leaves or leaf-like bracts<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and linear oblong bracteoles.<\/div>\n
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    I agree with … this does not look like\u00a0Verbascum chinense..<\/em><\/p>\n

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    Thank you very much Sir.<\/p>\n

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    Illustration of\u00a0Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze<\/span><\/a> and images of several species (incl. A. sessiliflora and A. avensis ) can be found at Parasitic plants<\/a>. A taxonomic revision of A. sessiliflora can be found at ResearchGate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    Scrophulariaceae\u00a0Verbascam\u00a0Chinese<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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    I am afraid if this is\u00a0Verbascum chinense<\/i><\/span>\u00a0none other post in\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/efloraofindia\/species\/m—z\/s\/scrophulariaceae\/verbascum\/verbascum-chinense<\/span><\/a>\u00a0can be\u00a0<\/span>Verbascum chinense<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The differences are too many and I have already mentioned a few in my earlier mails. Besides the sessile flowers and style character, larger (than flower) bracts, bractioles, sepals character ….. all are different. \u00a0It can never be\u00a0Verbascum chinense<\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Alectra avensis<\/em>\u00a0(Benth.) Merr. !<\/p>\n

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    [efloraofindia:33855] Herb for ID? 030510-PKA3<\/span><\/a>\u00a0:\u00a0Attachments\u00a0(3). 6 posts by 5 authors.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    This\u00a0herb is again from Mizoram with sessile leaves<\/span>.. Looks like from\u00a0Scrophulariaceae<\/span><\/em>\u00a0family.
    \nDate\/Time: 10<\/span>-11-2008 \/ 12:10PM
    \nLocation: Near Reiek Peak, Ailawng, Mizoram.
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    I think\u00a0Verbascum chinensis<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    I too think Verbascum chinense<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    This does not look like\u00a0Verbascum chinensis<\/em>…..
    \nthe plant is hirsute, even the bracts are much different than\u00a0V. chinensis<\/em>.
    \nobserve the corolla tube, in\u00a0V. chinensis<\/em>\u00a0the parallel streaks are absent. the calyx lobes have a line of hairs which is absent in V. chinensis (in it is\u00a0viscidly pubescent)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Alectra avensis<\/em>\u00a0(Benth.) Merr.!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Yes It’s,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Requesting I’d assistance of unknown herb<\/a>: 2 high res. images.
    \nkindly help in the identification of an unknown herb with yellow flowers.<\/p>\n

    Elevation – 1300m<\/span><\/div>\n
    Location – Kalimpong, West Bengal.<\/span><\/div>\n
    Flowers not opening widely.<\/span><\/div>\n
    Flowers very perishable, opening for a very short time.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
    Leaves lanceolate with serrate margin.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
    Fruit- globose.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
    Kindly check the attached photograph.<\/p>\n
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    Alectra\u00a0avensis\u00a0<\/i>(Benth.) Merr. Syn: <\/span>Melasma avense<\/i><\/span>\u00a0(Benth.) Hand.-Mazz.<\/span><\/div>\n

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    To me it appears close to images at\u00a0Alectra sessiliflora<\/span><\/a>
    \n    BSI Flora of India<\/a>\u00a0only gives distribution of this species in Sikkim.
    \nKeys, if one can find, will further help.<\/p>\n

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    Resambles A.sessiliflora<\/em> in closer morphological observation. I couldn’t find any record of the species from West Bengal.<\/p>\n

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    Can your find Keys between the two?<\/p>\n

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    Flora of Sikkim shows the record of A.avensis<\/em> and not A.sessiliflora<\/em>. The picture of the species in FOS is exact similar to the the specimen I found. Thus it can be assumed that the specimen from Sikkim and kalimpong both are same and is A.avensis<\/em>. POWO images of A.sessiliflora<\/em> are much different with blackish margin on leaves and the leaf serration is also not as prominent as A.arvensis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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    In view of contradictory inf., It is better we analyse based on the keys.
    \nSo keys have to be found first.<\/p>\n

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    A\u00a0new study<\/a>\u00a0concludes that\u00a0A. avensis<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0A. sessiliflora<\/i>\u00a0are the same and keep them under the name\u00a0A. sessiliflora<\/b>\u00a0(Vahl) Kuntze thus reducing\u00a0A. avensis<\/i>\u00a0as a synonym of it.<\/span>
    \nPl. see\u00a0    Taxonomic Revision of the Alectra sessiliflora Complex (Orobanchaceae)<\/a>\u2013 Jeffery J. Morawetz 1 , 2 and Andrea D. Wolfe- Systematic Botany (2011), 36(1): pp. 141\u2013152);<\/span><\/p>\n

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    References:
    \n<\/span>    efi thread<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(as per Taxonomic Revision of the Alectra sessiliflora<\/b> Complex (Orobanchaceae)<\/a>– Jeffery J. Morawetz 1 , 2 and Andrea D. Wolfe- Systematic Botany (2011), 36(1): pp. 141\u2013152)
    \n    Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \u00a0Tropicos<\/a> \u00a0IPNI<\/a>
    \n    GBIF<\/a> (with type specimen) Flora of China<\/a> \u00a0FOC illustration<\/a> \u00a0EOL<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> Bhutan Biodiversity Portal<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 phytoimages<\/a>\u00a0 <\/i>IBIS Flora<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 458. 1891. Gerardia sessiliflora Vahl, Alectra melampyroides Benth., Nigrina sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze, Melasma sessiliflorum (Vahl) Hiern,\u00a0 Alectra sessiliflora (Vahl) Kuntze var. sessiliflora; Rhinanthus scaber Thunb., Bartsia scabra (Thunb.) Sprengel; Glossostylis avensis Benth., Alectra indica Benth. in DC., Melasma indicum Wettst., Alectra dentata…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6994],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1308731","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-alectra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1308731","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=1308731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1308731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1308731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1308731"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1308731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}