Asystasia Blume, 1826

Kumar, Anant, Krishna, Gopal & Bhattacharjee, Avishek, 2023, Asystasia venui (Justicieae: Acanthaceae): A new species from West Bengal, India, Phytotaxa 600 (4), pp. 239-247 : 245

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.600.4.3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8095961

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9A1087B6-FFBA-FFCF-B296-FF4B89A6406E

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Asystasia Blume
status

 

Key to the Indian species of Asystasia Blume View in CoL View at ENA

1. Corolla with long cylindrical tube and indistinct ventricose or expanded above..............................................................................2.

- Corolla with short tube and distinctly ventricose above ...................................................................................................................4.

2. Flowers in elongated lax terminal racemes; corolla bright mauve with violet tinge at corolla mouth ................. Asystasia neesiana View in CoL

- Flowers in condensed racemes; corolla rose-pink, or white with light blue tinge at corolla mouth .................................................3.

3. Leaves gradually attenuate at base, long acuminate at apex; calyx lobes sublinear; corolla rose-pink, ca. 5 cm long; corolla lobes rose-pink, reflexed at maturity ............................................................................................................................ Asystasia atroviridis View in CoL

- Leaves abruptly attenuate at base, short acuminate at apex; calyx lobes linear-lanceolate; corolla white, ca. 2.8 cm long; lobes white with one lobe light blue tinge at mouth, not reflexed at maturity .................................................................... Asystasia venui View in CoL

4. Branches and leaves grey-puberulous ...............................................................................................................................................5.

- Branches and leaves glabrous or slightly pubescent .........................................................................................................................6.

5. Corolla 2–3 cm across, white, purple, cream to yellow; stamens included; ovary densely villose with non-glandular hairs ............. .............................................................................................................................................................................. Asystasia gangetica View in CoL

- Corolla 1–1.5 cm across, white with purple-violet-spotted; stamens exserted; ovary densely covered with short glandular and simple hairs................................................................................................................................................................. Asystasia indica View in CoL

6. Leaves entire at margins....................................................................................................................................................................7.

- Leaves crenulate or crispate at margins.................................................................................................................. Asystasia crispata View in CoL

7. Leaves linear-lanceolate, lanceolate or elliptic-oblong .....................................................................................................................8.

- Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic..........................................................................................................................................................12.

8. Inflorescences a lax, paired panicle........................................................................................................................... Asystasia pusilla View in CoL

- Inflorescences terminal/subterminal solitary raceme or spike, rarely racemes up to 3, subpaniculate.............................................9.

9. Leaves linear-lanceolate or linear-elliptic, 10–20 × 1.5–3 cm; corolla 1–2 cm long ......................................................................10.

- Leaves lanceolate or elliptic to oblong, 2.5–12 × 1.2–4 cm; corolla 1.2–3.5 cm long....................................................................11.

10. Plant erect; racemes 1–3, subpaniculate; flowers distinctly pedicellate.......................................................... Asystasia travancorica View in CoL

- Plant semi-scandent; raceme solitary; flowers sessile or subsessile .................................................................... Asystasia variabilis View in CoL

11. Corolla 1.2–1.8 cm long, white .......................................................................................................................... Asystasia mysorensis View in CoL

- Corolla 2.5–3.5 cm long, mauve ...................................................................................................................... Asystasia macrocarpa View in CoL

12. Leaves ovate-elliptic, 1.5–3 × 1–2 cm; corolla purple or pinkish (or rarely white as in var. alba View in CoL only) ........... Asystasia dalzelliana View in CoL

- Leaves ovate to broadly ovate-elliptic, 5–18 × 2.5–4.5 cm; corolla white to pale purple ............................... Asystasia chelonoides View in CoL

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