Dear Kiran, Thanks for posting this.
There are 11 species of tree fern Genus Cyathea in India distributed mostly in northeast and south India. I do not know much about Pteridophyte taxonomy but sure it is based on the scales and spore holding bodies. Too minute ditails for this. -Swapna On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Kiran Srivastava <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to know the species name of this giant tree fern which is > quite common in the steep hillside forests of Arunachal Pradesh? > > > > These giant tree ferns are relics from Gondwana, the super land mass > consisting of South America, Africa, Antarctica, India & Australia. When > Gondwana broke up and separated into smaller land masses, or continents as > we know them now, one of the plants that linked them all was the giant tree > ferns. > > > > Seeing them for the first time I can only describe it as 'awesome! > > > > Cheers, > > Kiran Srivastava > > Mumbai > > [email protected] > > > > > > -- Dr. Swapna Prabhu Systematic Botanist/ Taxonomist Bombay Natural History Society Hornbil House, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg Dr. Salim Ali Chawk Mumbai - 400 001. India. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
