Dear Dr. Phadke, There is one (- not at all easy) way to solve this problem... USE FLORA : ) which will give you a reliable key and description to sort out species. Try Cooke's flora or Flora of Maharashtra vol. 2. At times like this, picture handbooks even of the best quality are not enough. As you (and so many on this list) are taking pictures so critically and so nicely, and you have been compiling family descriptions, it is but a simple step ahead to try out the regional flora. the flora (of Maharashtra) says: Flowers irregular- Taxillus Flowers regular- Dendrophthoe further key you can check with a herbarium or specimen. Have nice day sorting out the puzzle : ) Aparna
On 1/31/09, satish phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Attaching a picture of flower and fruit from Loranthaceae family. > To me it appears to be *Taxillus cuneatus.** (Loranthus cuneatus)*as the > corolla tube appears to be splitting down as per Srikantji's book FFOS page > 320. > But it still can be *Dendropthoe falcata(Loranthus longiflora)* > -- Satish Phadke > > http:// satishphadke.blogspot.com > > > > > -- Dr. Aparna Watve 34/6, Gulawani Maharaj Rd, Pune 411 004. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
