Satish ji's response below .... Many thanks satish ji for the clarity and ID.
Regards. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:01 PM, satish pardeshi <[email protected]>wrote: > Purplish inflorescneecis common in all the species of Chloris genus. > the pointis if the awns are 3 per spikelet then it is C. barbarata. > i guessed it C. virgata because of the short length of the spikes. > (c.barbarata has much longer spikes). > > http://www.wnmu.edu/academic/nspages2/gilaflora/chloris_virgata.html > > and > > > http://plantes-rizieres-guyane.cirad.fr/monocotyledones/poaceae/chloris_barbata > > take a look at the size of the spikes (inflorescence) > > regards > Satish Pardeshi > > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Dinesh Valke<[email protected]> > wrote: > > Satish ji, do you not think it to be Chloris barbata, as already put > > by Swapna, Rani ji and Prashant ? > > > > At > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~weeds/western_weeds/poaceae_three.htm > ...Chloris > > (windmill grasses) have an inflorescence that is usually purplish and > > composed of numerous digitate spikelets arranged on a short axis ... C. > > barbata (purpletop chloris) is an annual or short-lived perennial, to > 90cm > > tall. It is distinguished by having three awns per spikelet (as opposed > to > > two in other Chloris species) ... > > > > The purplish colour of inflorescence is stressed in most of the > > descriptions, > > like http://plantsforuse.com/index.php?page=1&id=2117 and through > > http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=5&start_taxon_id=106781 > > > > Attaching inflorescence (large size), but I wonder whether it would be of > > any help in counting "the three awns per spikelet". > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Pardeshi S. <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hello Dinesh Ji > >> check it with > >> Chloris virgata Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. 1: 203, 1797; Hook. f., Fl. > >> Brit. India 7: 291, 1896; Blatt. & McC. Bombay Grass. 255, 1935; Bor, > >> Grass. Ind. 468, 1960. > >> Common names: Gholshep, Ghorapuchhi. > >> > >> > >> regards > >> Satish Pardeshi > >> > >> Rani Bhagat wrote: > >> > Chloris barbata-Poaceae > >> > > >> > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Dinesh Valke > >> > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > > >> > > Hello friends, > >> > > > >> > > I see this grass now flowering commonly in and around Thane (perhaps > >> > > common > >> > > in many places in India). > >> > > ID please. > >> > > > >> > > (I did not think of leaves and other aspects of this grass) > >> > > > >> > > Regards. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Say yes to yes and no to no > >> > Rani Bhagat > >> > Agharkar Research Institute > >> > G.G.Agarkar Rd. > >> > Pune 4 Maharashtra 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
