{"id":1320172,"date":"2015-12-31T09:07:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T09:07:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T12:20:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T06:50:49","slug":"sonerila-devicolamensis","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/sonerila-devicolamensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonerila devicolamensis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sonerila<\/i> devicolamensis<\/i> M.P.Nayar, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71(3): 632 (1974 publ. 1976)<\/i>. ;
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Suberect herbs; stem in the lower portions subangular, rooting at the nodes, upper portions terete, reddish, conspicuous with leaf scars, thick and fleshy. Leaves opposite, 3-6 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate or ovate-elliptic, base obtuse or narrowly cuneate, apex acute, leaf margin from base to apex conspicuously serrate, upper and lower surfaces glabrous, 5-nerved, nerves arising from the apex of the petiole, transverse venules absent; petiole 1-2.5 cm long, thick and reddish. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, 4-8 cm long, glabrous, reddish, pedicel 4-8 mm long. Calyx tube campanulate, 7-10 mm long, glabrous, reddish; limb 3-lobed, lobes triangular, 2.5-3 mm long. Petals 3, ovate-elliptic, 1.3-1.5 x 1-1.2 cm, apex apiculate, pink. Stamens 3, filament 6-7 mm long, anthers 5.5-6 mm long, base cordate, connective, inappendiculate. Style filiform, 1.2-1.3 cm long, glabrous, stigma punctiform. Capsule obconical 1-1.5 cm long, glabrous; pedicel 1-1.3 cm long; seeds cuneate, 1 mm long, numerous.
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\nSonerila speciosa<\/a>\u00a0: 12 posts by 5 authors.\u00a0Attachments\u00a0(4<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n
Sonerila speciosa<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
Eravikulam\u00a0WLS<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>near Munnar, Kerala,\u00a0in the Nilgiris<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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love it. esp the last habit picture with the flower stalk standing tall, above all.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Most probably <\/span>Sonerila devicolamensis<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks, Santhosh ji.<\/div>\n
But these look different from images at\u00a0Sonerila devicolamensis<\/i><\/span>\u00a0M.P.Nayar<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0? as per discussions herein.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
May I request you to pl. have a look pl.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ok, I will check.<\/div>\n
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Looks different from images of\u00a0Sonerila speciosa<\/i> at\u00a0<\/span>Flowers of India<\/a>
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\nPlant for id Kerala Picture resized<\/a> : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Please identify it.
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… just guessing – any member of\u00a0Melastomataceae<\/i> ?<\/p>\n

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Yes ..My opinion is Sonerila<\/i> sp.<\/div>\n
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Can be S scapigera<\/i><\/p>\n

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images of\u00a0<\/span>Sonerila scapigera<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0– seems to match.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sonerila devicolamensis<\/i> M.P. Nayar<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sonerila devicolamensis or Sonerila pulneyensis<\/a> : 5 posts by 1 author.<\/div>\n
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Sonerila pulneyensis <\/b>on FOI<\/span><\/a> looks similar to Sonerila devicolamensis<\/span><\/b> M.P.Nayar<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0in efi.
\nOn searching on net, I am unable to decide based on the two pdfs I got as below, which are related to these:<\/div>\n
Rediscovery of Sonerila devicolamensis Nayar (Melastomataceae), an endemic, endangered species of the Western Ghats.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 KPD Kumary, E.S. SANTHOSH KUMAR, A G Pandurangan\u00a0(<\/span>Abstract: <\/span>Sonerila devicolamensis<\/span><\/b><\/i> Nayar, an endemic species of the Southern Western Ghats, is rediscovered from its type locality after its description. Detailed description and illustration is provided, based on the fresh collection.)<\/span><\/div>\n
Sonerila sreenarayaniana (Melastomataceae), a new species from Kerala, India<\/span><\/a>. By C.N. Sunil, V.V. Naveen Kumar and T.S Rajeev- International Journal of Advanced Research (2014), Volume 2, Issue 3, 701-704-\u00a0 (Abstract<\/u>: Sonerila sreenarayaniana<\/b> C.N. Sunil, Naveen Kumar and Rajeev, a new species from Melastomataceae collected from the evergreen forest of Pooyamkutty area of Ernakulam District, Kerala, India is described. The species is allied to S. devicolamensis<\/b> Nayar but differs from it in having 4- angled stem with densely clothed brown peltate scales, penninerved, glandular bristly, larger leaf lamina and longer petiole, smaller calyx lobes, petals, filaments, anthers and style.)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
May I request to have a look and advise pl.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The photos uploaded as <\/span>S. devicolamensis<\/i> in efloraofindia is exact.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The second pdf you attached herewith is of S .sreenarayaniana<\/i>….\u200b<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Thanks a lot, …<\/div>\n
What about images at Sonerila pulneyensis<\/i> on FOI<\/span><\/a> ? Is the id correct here.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It seems so…<\/div>\n
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One described feature of Sonerila pulneyensis<\/i> which doesn’t fully agree with the images here:
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is that the inflorescence is supposed to be 5-flowered. In the images at FOI, I can see 7-flowered inflorescence.
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show 2-flowered inflorescence. In the descriptions of Sonerila devicolamensis<\/i> I could find, somehow the size of the inflorescence is missing. Any clarification on how many flowers are typically there in an inflorescence of Sonerila devicolamensis<\/i>, will be welcome.<\/p>\n

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Sonerila pulneyensis<\/i> in FOI and S.devicolamensis<\/i> in efi are more or less same species and I believe FOI image is S. devicolamensis<\/i> or S.nemakadensis<\/i>? Both these species are closely related and specimens are needed for confirmation. But the sharply dentate leaf margins suggest for S.nemakadensis<\/i>…. I will be coming up with further details later<\/p>\n

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References: <\/span>The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a>\u00a0IPNI<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a>– specimen<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Peninsular India<\/a> JSTOR<\/a> (Specimen) India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0Kerala plants<\/a>\u00a0 IBIS Flora<\/a>
\nRediscovery of Sonerila devicolamensis Nayar (Melastomataceae), an endemic, endangered species of the Western Ghats.<\/a>\u00a0 KPD Kumary, E.S. SANTHOSH KUMAR, A G Pandurangan\u00a0(Abstract: Sonerila devicolamensis<\/span><\/b><\/i> Nayar, an endemic species of the Southern Western Ghats, is rediscovered from its type locality after its description. Detailed description and illustration is provided, based on the fresh collection.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sonerila devicolamensis M.P.Nayar, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71(3): 632 (1974 publ. 1976). ; . Suberect herbs; stem in the lower portions subangular, rooting at the nodes, upper portions terete, reddish, conspicuous with leaf scars, thick and fleshy. Leaves opposite, 3-6 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate or ovate-elliptic, base obtuse or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6664],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1320172","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-sonerila"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1320172","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=1320172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1320172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1320172"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1320172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}