{"id":1314835,"date":"2015-10-05T05:50:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T05:50:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:25:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:55:57","slug":"boerhavia-helenae","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/boerhavia-helenae\/","title":{"rendered":"Commicarpus helenae"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Commicarpus helenae <\/i>(J. A. Schult.) Meikle, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 37: 1, t. 3694 1971<\/i> (syn: Boerhavia helenae<\/i> J. A. Schult. (ambiguous synonym); Boerhavia helenae<\/i> Roem. & Schult. (ambiguous synonym); Boerhavia libyca<\/i> Pomel;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Boerhavia repanda<\/i> Kotschy ex Choisy; Boerhavia scandens<\/i> Gibs.; Boerhavia stellata<\/i> Wight; Boerhavia verticillata<\/i> Poir.; Commicarpus stellatus<\/i> (Wight) Berhaut; Commicarpus verticillata<\/i> (Poir.) Standl.);<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de
\nMaio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava), Western Sahara, Libya, Algeria,
\nMorocco, Canary Isl. (Fuerteventura), Socotra, Abd-al-Kuri Isl., Botswana,
\nMadagascar, Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Benin, Niger, Chad, Central African
\nRepublic, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Burkina Faso, E-D.R.Congo (Zaire),
\nUganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Namibia, Egypt (SE-Egypt), Iran (S-Iran,
\nW-Iran), Israel (Rift Valley, Judean Desert, S-Negev Desert), Jordania
\n(S-Jordania), Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir),
\nSinai peninsula (S-Sinai), Yemen (N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen),
\nUnited Arab Emirates, <\/font>Pakistan (Karachi, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Jhelum),
\nPakistani Kashmir (Mirpur)\u00a0<\/font>as per Catalogue of Life<\/a>;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
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<\/span><\/span>Identification of Boerhavia sp.<\/a> : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments<\/span> (3)<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Pl help me in identifying the enclosed specimen of Boerhavia<\/i> sp, observed at Palladam, Tirupur Dist, Tamilnadu on 19-07-15<\/font><\/div>\n
Semi erect herb. Leaves dark green.<\/font><\/p>\n
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Boerhavia<\/i><\/font><\/a>\u00a0species so\u00a0far in efi<\/font>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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This may be B. verticillata<\/i>\u00a0Poir. of Flora of British India.<\/div>\n
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FoP thinks it is non-Poir<\/font><\/a>.<\/div>\n
Relevant illustration in Icones is attached here which TPL thinks is different taxon –\u00a0http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl1.1\/record\/kew-2678802<\/font><\/a>. <\/div>\n
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Would appreciate if you please upload higher resolution.<\/p>\n
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Thank you very much for your great efforts. I \u00a0agree that the specimen
posted by me \u00a0matches with the sketch provided by you.
I shall post the higher resolution in due course <\/p>\n
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As\u00a0requested by you I attach the original posts with higher resolutions. Attachments<\/span> (2)<\/font><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Thank you Sir so much for sharing.<\/p>\n
Please find the key in FoP –\u00a0http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=107777#KEY-1-3<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Please see the KEW herb. (from India) of boissieri<\/i>\u00a0–\u00a0http:\/\/apps.kew.org\/herbcat\/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000357510<\/font><\/a>\u00a0(please note pedicel length).<\/div>\n
Perhaps helenae<\/i>\u00a0is present in our country –\u00a0http:\/\/plants.jstor.org\/stable\/10.5555\/al.ap.flora.fz6510<\/font><\/a>. KEW herbarium<\/font><\/a> is there but none from India.<\/div>\n
Please check\/download the paper –\u00a0http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/257081161_A_taxonomic_revision_of_Commicarpus_(Nyctaginaceae)_in_southern_Africa<\/font><\/a>.<\/div>\n
This species seems to me C. helenae<\/i>\u00a0Roem. & Schult.<\/div>\n
Hope BSI soon gift us the family key & description.<\/p>\n
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<\/b>Catalogue of Life<\/font><\/a><\/font>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a>
\n\u00a0<\/span>IPNI<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Flora of Pakistan<\/a> (Commicarpus helenae<\/b> (Roem. & Schultes) Meikle in W. J. Hook.)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>FOP illustration<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0 IBIS Flora<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

A taxonomic revision of Commicarpus (Nyctaginaceae) in southern Africa<\/a> (South African Journal of Botany-\u00a001\/2013; 84:44\u201364.) (Commicarpus helenae<\/b> (Roem. & Schultes)\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra, Volume 1<\/a>\u00a0By Anthony G. Miller, J. A. Nyberg (1996- details)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Commicarpus helenae (J. A. Schult.) Meikle, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 37: 1, t. 3694 1971 (syn: Boerhavia helenae J. A. Schult. (ambiguous synonym); Boerhavia helenae Roem. & Schult. (ambiguous synonym); Boerhavia libyca Pomel;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Boerhavia repanda Kotschy ex Choisy; Boerhavia scandens Gibs.; Boerhavia stellata Wight; Boerhavia verticillata Poir.; Commicarpus stellatus (Wight) Berhaut; Commicarpus…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5005],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1314835","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-commicarpus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1314835","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1314835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1314835"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1314835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}