Barleria Lupulina Lindl. (Acanthaceae) - An Addition To the Flora of Orissa, India

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by  A K Biswal

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
VanillawightianaLindl.sensuR.S.Rao&S.Sudhakar, Distribution: India,SriLanka.
Bull. Bot. Surv. India 26(3-4): 197-200. 1984; sensu,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ramakrishnan 1997.960.
Climbing terrestrial plants, with tendrillar roots.
Inflorescenceaxillary,8-16flowers,indense,simpleraceme. We thank the Ministry of Environment and Forests,
Flowers light green, white with pinkish tinge at the base of Government of India for financial assistance; the Chief
lip.Lipindistinctly,three-lobed,infundibular. Executive,Regional PlantResourceCentre,Bhubaneswarfor
FI.:March-April. providing necessary facilities. Thanks are also due to
SpecimenExamined:Surampalem,Rajavomangireserve Dr. M. Bhanja, Chief Conservator of Forests; G. Niranjan,
forest(EastGodavari);R.S.Rao 10193(AU). Silviculturist, Rajahmundry; K.E. Chand, Divisional Forest
Habitat: Dry scrublands; climbing oversmall, thorny Officer, Narasipatnam, Andhra Pradesh for help in the field
bushes. study.
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19. BARLERIA LUPULINA LINDL. (ACANTHACEAE) - AN ADDITION
TO THE FLORA OF ORISSA, INDIA1
A.K. Biswal2 A. Mohapatra3and C. SudhakarReddy4
,
'Accepted September 27, 2007
2P.G. Department of Botany, North Orissa University, Baripada 757 003, Orissa, India.
’P.G. Department of Biotechnology, North Orissa University, Baripada 757 003, Orissa, India.
4Forestry & Ecology Division, National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad 500 037, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Email: [email protected]
Introduction Undershrubs up to 1 m; young branches tetragonous.
As a part of the project on “Biodiversity Leaves linear-lanceolate, oblanceolate ornarrowly elliptic,
characterization at landscape level using Remote sensing 5-10 x 0.5-1.5 cm, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, dark green
andGeographicalInformationSystem”inOrissa,theforests with red midrib, pale beneath, shortly petiolate; axillary
of Similipal Biosphere Reserve were surveyed during the spines in pairs. Spikes erect ornodding 5-8 cm long; bracts
periodfromDecember2004toMarch2006.Duringthecourse broadly obovate, erect, imbricate, green with a purple
ofthesurvey,theauthorscameacrossinterestingspecimens upper half, thinly pubescent, glands cupular, on the back
ofaspecies.Aftercritical examination (Mudgal etal. 1997) of the lower half. Calyx lobes 1.0-1.5 x 0.5-0.7 cm,
andconsultationwiththespecimensdepositedattheCentral ovate, pubescent; shortly aristate. Corollalobes 3.5-4.5 cm,
NationalHerbarium(CAL), Kolkata,theywereidentifiedas subequal, yellow. Stigma bifid. Capsule c. 1.5 cm long,
Barleria lupulina Lindl. ovoid, compressed, beak rigid. Seeds appressed
It finds no mention in the flora ofOrissa (Saxena and hairy.
Brahmam 1989;SaxenaandBrahmam 1996;Mishrae/n/. 1999; Habitat: Rare, in fringes of Sal dominated moist
Reddy and Pattanaik 2006), and is being recorded for the deciduous forests, in the marshy canal bank.
firsttime. FI. &Fr.:December-February.
Barleria lupulina Lindl. in Edwards., Bot. Reg. 18: Specimen Examined: Orissa, Mayurbhanj district,
1.1483. 1832-1833;ClarkeinHook.f.,FI.Brit.India4:482. 1884; Rangamatia, 14.i.2005,Biswal&Mohapatra266(NorthOrissa
Mudgal,Khanna&HajrainFI.MadhyaPradesh2: 292. 1997. Univ.Herbarium).
Family:Acanthaceae Illustration: Mudgaletal. 1997(l.c.).
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Baripada and Dr. P.S. Roy, Deputy Director (RS &
GIS, Application area). National Remote Sensing
Authors are thankful to Dr. U.B. Mohapatra, Agency, Hyderabad for their valuable suggestions and
Head, Department of Botany, North Orissa University, encouragement.
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RECORD OF INTRODUCTION OF A TROPICAL AMERICAN WEED
20.
EVOLVULUS NUMMULARIUS (CONVOLVULACEAE)
(L.) L.
IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS'
L.Rasingam2andG.S. Lakra3
'Accepted September 27, 2007
’Keystone Foundation, Groves Hill Road, Kotagiri 643 217, Tamil Nadu. India. Email: [email protected]
'Botanical Survey of India, Andaman & Nicobar Circle, Haddo, P.B. 692, Port Blair 744 102, India.
Duringplantexploration in LittleAndamanIsland,we FI. & Fr.: May-August.
collected an interesting creeping herb of Family SpecimensExamined: LittleAndamanIsland,HutBay,
ConvolvulaceaefromthegrasslandsofHutBay.Aftercritical Sealevel,L.Rasingam 17586(PBL).
studyitwasidentifiedasEvolvulusnummularius(L.)L. and Distribution: NativeoftropicalAmerica,naturalising
found to be a new introduced weed in the Andaman and inTamil Nadu, Kerala, MaharashtraandWest Bengal states
Nicobar Islands. A detailed description of this species is ofIndia.
providedbySantapau(1947)inthepapertitled ‘Notesonthe
ConvolvulaceaeofBombay' published intheJ.BombayNat. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Hist.Soc.47: 337-355.
Evolvulusnummularius(L.)L.,Sp.PI.ed.2.391. 1762; We thank Dr. M. Sanjappa, Director, Botanical
H. Santapau, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 47: 341. 1947; Van Survey of India, Kolkata for facilities and the officials of
Ooststroom,FI.MalesianaS: 558. 1958;D.A.Powell,Journ. ANIFPDCL for field support. The first author is
ArnoldArb.60: 229. 1979. ConvolvulusnummulariusL. Sp. thankful to Dr. D. Kannan, Centre for Environmental
PI. 157. 1753. Volvulopsis nummularium (L.) Roberty, Studies, Amrita Vishwa Vidya Peetham, Coimbatore for
Candollea 14:28. 1952. encouragement.
21. TAMARIX PASSERINOIDES DELILE EX DESV. VAR. MACROCARPA EHRENB.
(TAMARICACEAE) - A NEW RECORD FOR RAJASTHAN
1
Ramesh KumarAggarwal2and SumanC. Sharma2-3
'Accepted September 27, 2007
’6-K-l, South Extension, Pawanpuri, Bikaner 334 003, Rajasthan, India.
’Email: [email protected]
DuringoneoftheplantcollectionvisitstotehsilNava, species has not been reported from Rajasthan (Shetty and
Nagaur district (Rajasthan) we collected Tamarix Singh 1987-93).
passerinoidesDelileex Desv. var.macrocarpaEhrenb. near Thispaperrecords forthefirst time the occurrenceof
Sambhar lake. A perusal of literature shows that this Tamarix passerinoides Delile ex Desv. var. macrocarpa
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