{"id":1500676,"date":"2023-12-07T17:53:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1500676"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:38:28","slug":"heterostemma-species-near-vannappuram-thodupuzha-idukki-kerala-a-new-species","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/heterostemma-species-near-vannappuram-thodupuzha-idukki-kerala-a-new-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Heterostemma species- near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki, Kerala- A new species?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n496 ID wild climber<\/a>: 24 high res. images.
\nPlease ID wild climber,
\nLocation: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA<\/span>
\nAltitude: 1500fsl<\/span>
\nFlower date: 09SEP2023, 03.20pm<\/span>
\nHabitat: wild moisture evergreen misty sloppy alpine <\/span>
\nPlant habit: climbing herb, branches, weak cylindrical stem 07mm base circumference, velvety sprouts, perennial<\/span>
\nHeight: 02 meters<\/span>
\nLeaves: opposite heart shaped acute soft smooth leathery glossy, size upto: 10\u00d77cm<\/span>
\nFlower: extra axillary umbel inflorescence, clustered, globular petal, diameter:22mm, greenish yellow, strange smell<\/span>
\nFruit: lengthy cone shaped paired, green into purple to brown<\/span>
\nSeed:
\nCamera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x<\/p>\n

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Please note flower opened manually.
\nFruit size:20×1.2cm.
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Apocyanaceae<\/em> member !<\/p>\n

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The plant having white sticky latex also. As I mentioned earlier, if it manually open the flower to see the inside, petal will wilt immediately.<\/p>\n

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My first impression is leaning towards\u00a0Heterostemma<\/i>\u00a0sp. [Apocynaceae<\/i>].<\/p>\n

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Heterostemma beddomei\u00a0<\/i>(Hook.fil.) Swarupan. & Mangaly Syn:\u00a0<\/span>Oianthus beddomei\u00a0<\/i>Hook.fil.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/rheedea.in\/storages\/submission\/file\/1571168183.pdf<\/a>
\nRediscovery of Heterostemma beddomei<\/em> (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae<\/em>) after its type collection in India over more than 150 years ago<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is\u00a0Heterostemma sp.\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>Thank you very much dear … for Genus id of my plant,<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is very close to\u00a0Heterostemma beddomei\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>thank you very much for ID my plant<\/p>\n

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Exact match or just close ?<\/p>\n

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I think it’s matching, only colour variation, thank you very much for providing ID link<\/p>\n

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Also known to occur in Idukki district is\u00a0Heterostemma vasudevanii<\/a><\/i>.
\n<\/span>Hope somebody more familiar with this genus in Kerala can ascertain the species.<\/span><\/div>\n
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https:\/\/phytotaxa.mapress.com\/pt\/article\/view\/phytotaxa.263.1.1\/5903<\/a>
\nChecklist and typification of Heterostemma (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae, Ceropegieae)- Rheedea Vol. 33(1): 17\u201321 (2023)<\/p>\n
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Sharing clear images.
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Sharing more images.
\nBase stem rough silverish puffed ridges 01 inch base diameter.
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Any relationship with Erythropalum\u2026\u2026\u2026.?<\/em><\/p>\n

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It is\u00a0Heterostemma\u00a0<\/i>spp.<\/p>\n
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I have not seen this species but it seems to match quite well with the illustration of Heterostemma beddomei<\/em> (except the corona),\u00a0 which is designated as lectotype in the Phytotaxa paper mentioned in one of the emails in this thread.<\/div>\n

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496 ID wild climber: 24 high res. images. Please ID wild climber, Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 09SEP2023, 03.20pm Habitat: wild moisture evergreen misty sloppy alpine Plant habit: climbing herb, branches, weak cylindrical stem 07mm base circumference, velvety sprouts, perennial Height: 02 meters…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[9258],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1500676","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-heterostemm-species"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1500676","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=1500676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1500676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1500676"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1500676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}