{"id":1406662,"date":"2015-06-09T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:44:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T11:14:29","slug":"justicia-prostrata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/justicia-prostrata\/","title":{"rendered":"Justicia prostrata"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Justicia prostrata <\/i>(Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) Gamble, Fl. Madras 1081 1924<\/i>.\u00a0 (Syn: Justicia diffusa<\/i> var. prostrata<\/i> Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.; Rostellularia diffusa<\/i> var. prostrata<\/i> (Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) H.S.Lo (ambiguous synonym); Rostellularia diffusa<\/i> var. prostrata<\/i> (Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) J.L.Ellis (ambiguous synonym); Rostellularia prostrata<\/i> (Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) K.K.N. Nair (ambiguous synonym); Rostellularia prostrata<\/i> (Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) R.B. Majumdar (ambiguous
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Erect or prostrate herbs, stem puberulus. Leaves to 1.7 x 1 cm, ovate, apex obtuse or acute, base rounded, nerves 4 pairs; petiole 7 mm long. Spikes 1.5 cm long, terminal, cylindrical to ovoid; bracts and bracteoles similar, 2 mm long. Flowers lax; calyx lobes 3 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous; corolla 4 mm long, white, glabrous; ovary glabrous. Capsule 3 mm long, glabrous; seeds triangular, rugose, puberulus, reddish brown.
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Flowering and fruiting: September-January<\/span><\/div>\n
Deciduous forests, also in the plains<\/span><\/div>\n
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka<\/span><\/div>\n
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(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi<\/div>\n
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\nAcanthaceae fortnight ANMAR16\/37 Justicia diffusa<\/a>: 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (9)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Family: Acanthaceae<\/i>
\nDate: August 2014
\nPlace: Bangalore, Karnataka
\n<\/span>Habit: Herb<\/span>
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This Justicia<\/i> sp. cannot be J. diffusa<\/i> Willd based on the densely bristly\/hispid\/tomentose or scabrid (please clarify the description) nature of the calyx and bracts and capsule.<\/div>\n
This could possibly be Justicia prostrata<\/i> (Cl.) Gamble.<\/div>\n
In Gamble, the description is given as Small prostrate plants becoming woody sometimes. Leaves small, orbicular or ovate and rarely over .5 in long. Spikes short, flowers pale. Calyx lobes more or less scabrous. Capsules small and puberulous.
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it looks like justicia prostrata<\/i>, there are some minor variations in many species<\/p>\n

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Thank you very much ma’am. Glad to have this species sorted!<\/p>\n

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Justicia sp. for ID<\/a> : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Justicia<\/i> sp.<\/div>\n
Acanthaceae<\/i><\/div>\n
Gidhni, WB, India<\/span><\/div>\n
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can you tell us\u00a0 the size of those leaves and did you take pictures of the leaves and the stalk …is it round or something else?<\/p>\n

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i haven’t measured the actual size of the leaves. Please see one of my picture where the leaves structure may help to understand.<\/p>\n

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I can guess but your pictures have a lot of other junk. also get in the habit of carrying a small ruler. you may gain from looking up some cases of \u2026 you may gain insights into easy quick photography with accuracy of botanical specimen. Tumi jodi get in that habit jibone khub kaje debe. good luck\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Pl. check comparative images at Justicia<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Sir i have checked, somewhat looking close to J. prostrata<\/i> and J. japonica<\/i> but i am not sure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks, … for narrowing down the id. To me appears close to Justicia prostrata<\/i><\/span><\/a>
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\n2: Regarding identification of the species collected from Khurda Odisha on May 24<\/a>: 2 high res. images.
\nPosting again from … as many posts clubbed together\u00a0due to the same subject<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Please check\u00a0Rostellularia diffusa\u00a0<\/i>var.\u00a0hedyotidifolia\u00a0<\/i>(Nees) C.Y.Wu !<\/p>\n

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Appears more closer to images at
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References:
\n<\/span>Catalogue of Life<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>IPNI<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> (unresolved) <\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0<\/span>Kerala plants<\/a> \u00a0<\/span>An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India<\/a>\u00a0By K. M. Matthew\u00a0(1995- details with keys)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Justicia prostrata (Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) Gamble, Fl. Madras 1081 1924.\u00a0 (Syn: Justicia diffusa var. prostrata Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.; Rostellularia diffusa var. prostrata (Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) H.S.Lo (ambiguous synonym); Rostellularia diffusa var. prostrata (Roxb. ex C. B. Cl.) J.L.Ellis (ambiguous synonym); Rostellularia prostrata (Roxb. ex…<\/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-1406662","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\/1406662","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=1406662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1406662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1406662"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1406662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}