Dear Swapna and Mr. Swamy,
Thank you! Tree ferns are also found in Nicobar and Andaman islands. Cheers, Kiran Srivastava Mumbai [email protected] _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Swapna Prabhu Sent: 13 December 2008 14:34 To: Kiran Srivastava Cc: [email protected]; Flowers of India; [email protected] Subject: [indiantreepix:6489] Re: Tree fern that dates back to Gondwana 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
