{"id":1421878,"date":"2011-03-10T05:10:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T05:10:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:51:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:21:47","slug":"ixora-acuminata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/ixora-acuminata\/","title":{"rendered":"Ixora acuminata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Ixora acuminata<\/em> Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 393 (1820)<\/em>;
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\nAssam, Bangladesh<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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Roxb. Hort. Beng.\u00a0<\/em>10 ; Fl. Ind. i. 383 ; glabrous, leaves petioled elliptic or linear-oblong acuminate coriaceous, floral pair obovate or oblanceolate from a sessile auricled or rounded base, cymes sessile or subsessile corymbiform contracted dense-flowered, bracteoles elongate subulate, calyx glabrous teeth lanceolate much longer than the ovary, corolla-tube very slender 1-1.1\/4 in., lobes narrowly obovate, mouth pubescent or villous.<\/span> DC. Prodr. iv. 488 ; Wight Ic. t. 706 (not good) ; Wall. Cat. 6126.<\/p>\n

Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 3000 ft., C. B. Clarke ; Bhotan, Griffith ; Assam, Khasia Mts., ascending to 4000 ft., and Cachar, Hamilton, &c. ; Chittagong, C. B. Clarke.<\/span><\/p>\n

A robust glabrous shrub ;<\/span> branches smooth. Leaves very variable, floral sometimes only 1\/2 in., rounded or linear-oblong, in extreme forms 12 by 6 in. with a cordate base ; other leaves 5-9 by 1.1\/2 to 3 in., narrowed into a very short petiole 1\/3-1\/2 in., pale when dry, very coriaceous ; nerves 15-20 pair, slender, arching ; stipules broad with very short points. Cymes 2-4 in. diam., sometimes almost capitate, quite glabrous ; flowers white, sweet-scented, sometimes 5-merous ; bracts and bracteoles long, filiform. Calyx 1\/4-1\/3 in. Corolla 2\/3 in. across the narrow obtuse lobes. Anthers sessile. Stigma fusi\u00acform or 2-fid, with short arms. Fruit 1\/4-3\/4 in. long, ellipsoid or oblong, straight or oblique, crowned with the slender calyx-teeth.\u2014The extreme forms are the Sikkim, with 5-merous flowers and very small orbicular floral leaves ; and Upper Assam ones, with these sometimes 20 in. long and 7 broad. Griffith\u2019s Bhotan specimens (Kew Distrib. 2983) have calyx-teeth sometimes hardly longer than the tube.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nID No.13062011 RD_New 2:<\/a>
\nResending again for ID. Could it be any Clerodendron<\/em> sp?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Please help to identify this sp<\/span><\/div>\n
Date\/Time-04\/05\/2011- 11:30 AM<\/span><\/div>\n
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Assam,<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat- Garden\/ Urban\/ Wild\/ Type- Wild Type<\/span><\/div>\n
Plant Habit- Tree\/ Shrub\/ Climber\/ Herb- Shrub
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Ixora<\/em> sp. of <\/span>Rubiaceae<\/em> family.
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Going by the keys at\u00a0Rubiaceae \u2013 Ixora sp. for ID<\/u><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0POWO<\/a>\u00a0specimen<\/a>, I think it is closer to\u00a0Ixora acuminata<\/em> Roxb.<\/span><\/p>\n

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References:
\nPOWO<\/a> specimen<\/a> \u00a0GBIF<\/a> (High resolution specimens) BSI Flora of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0IBIS Flora<\/a> (FBI)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ixora acuminata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 393 (1820); . Assam, Bangladesh as per POWO; . Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal as per BSI Flora of India; . Roxb. Hort. Beng.\u00a010 ; Fl. Ind. i. 383 ; glabrous, leaves petioled elliptic or linear-oblong acuminate coriaceous, floral pair obovate…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5809],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1421878","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-ixora"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1421878","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=1421878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1421878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1421878"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1421878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}