Thank you Garg Sir I can only say that if presently any or both of *Limnophila cana* Griff. and *Limnophila racemosa* Benth. is/are included in *Limnophila heterophylla * (Roxb.) Benth. then only it can be the same.
You may find the following links, on *Limnophila racemosa* Benth. and others, interesting - - http://books.google.co.in/books?id=NtAaG2RDTGUC&pg=PA153&lpg=PA153&dq=limnophila+racemosa&source=bl&ots=GGSBro_AVL&sig=8Z7tPUchlFECuq-LD_scHw51OpI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hB4CUYSYNIesrAfalIHYCg&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=limnophila%20racemosa&f=false - http://books.google.co.in/books?id=gMwLwbUwtfkC&pg=PA795&lpg=PA795&dq=limnophila+racemosa&source=bl&ots=_AC0BcEWXL&sig=N9m6aT0YINUsQ-X4hrhJCITnv7w&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hB4CUYSYNIesrAfalIHYCg&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=limnophila%20racemosa&f=false - http://books.google.co.in/books?id=fhN0VK2608QC&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=limnophila+racemosa&source=bl&ots=LNKofuEvlC&sig=ScKYOxW-R_TdUP2lbWIeLFoTHLQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hB4CUYSYNIesrAfalIHYCg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=limnophila%20racemosa&f=false - http://books.google.co.in/books?id=y4MEk-2tkV0C&pg=PA1246&lpg=PA1246&dq=limnophila+racemosa&source=bl&ots=zp9h9nVBLZ&sig=a7Fse6F1XWMPcfKVqdje_1lyLgU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hB4CUYSYNIesrAfalIHYCg&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=limnophila%20racemosa&f=false - http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=D5A118669EC0468B51ADDDDCA561BF97?id=804352-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Bjsessionid%3DD5A118669EC0468B51ADDDDCA561BF97%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_isAPNIRecord%3Dtrue%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DLimnophila%26find_isGCIRecord%3Dtrue%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3D%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_isIKRecord%3Dtrue%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal On *L. cana* Griff.<http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=CE7FD498EBE1B80DD44733682395D275?id=804296-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Bjsessionid%3DCE7FD498EBE1B80DD44733682395D275%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_isAPNIRecord%3Dtrue%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DLimnophila%26find_isGCIRecord%3Dtrue%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3D%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_isIKRecord%3Dtrue%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal>i couldn't find anything in the net, except the description in Bengal Plants and F. B. I. Regards, surajit On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:57 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Surajit ji, > I will correct it based on your feedback & of others subesequently, if any. > Both are shown as unresolved names in the Plant List & not menmtioned in > either GRIN or The efloras. > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2497702 > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2498097 > > We have also to find the current status of these names. > > > > On 25 January 2013 09:09, surajit koley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Garg Sir, >> >> I find that this post has been placed under *Limnophila heterophylla*(Roxb.) >> Benth. of eFI site - >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/p/plantaginaceae/limnophila/limnophila-heterophylla >> . >> >> I beg to differ, it cannot be *Limnophila heterophylla* (Roxb.) Benth. >> >> >> - the description of *Limnophila heterophylla* Benth. in F. B. I. can >> be found at - >> >> http://ia700606.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot21753000004357&itemPath=%2F23%2Fitems%2Fmobot21753000004357&server=ia700606.us.archive.org&page=n273_w1150.jpg >> . >> - the description of *Limnophila heterophylla* Benth. in "Bengal >> Plants" can be found at - >> >> http://ia600604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia600604.us.archive.org&page=n104_w1150.jpg >> - relevant entry of *Limnophila heterophylla* Benth. in F. I. can be >> found at - >> >> http://ia600607.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000967882&itemPath=%2F18%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000967882&server=ia600607.us.archive.org&page=n102_w1150.jpg >> and >> it continues - >> >> http://ia700607.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000967882&itemPath=%2F18%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000967882&server=ia700607.us.archive.org&page=n103_w1150.jpg >> >> >> I think either it is *Limnophila cana* Griff., as i suggested before, or >> it is *Limnophila racemosa* Benth. ( >> http://plantillustrations.org/ILLUSTRATIONS_HD/61400.jpg, source - >> http://plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=605445). The >> problem with the later is that "Bengal Plants" mentioned, ".... pedicels >> as long as or longer than >> calyx<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/dr8_J99SGAM/discussion>....", >> what is not found in the pictures in this post. >> >> As per "Bengal Plants" and "Flora of British India" *Limnophila >> heterophylla* Benth. should have at least 4-nate leaves. >> >> Attaching one more photo for your kind perusal. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:32 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yeah, I agree Mayur ji- it was the same aquatic plant. >>> >>> On 16 January 2013 19:07, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Yes it is *Limnophilla heterophylla* >>>> Garg ji, Might be you remember this plant is also we collected from >>>> Jokha mashes with polymorphic leaves. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 7:15 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>>>> >>>>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Page 762 and 763 of "Bengal Plants" describe *Limnophila*, the links >>>>> are - >>>>> >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> http://ia700604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia700604.us.archive.org&page=n103_w1150.jpg >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> http://ia600604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia600604.us.archive.org&page=n104_w1150.jpg >>>>> >>>>> Could this be *Limnophila cana*? >>>>> Regards, >>>>> surajit >>>>> >>>>> I think L. heterophylla >>>>> Regards >>>>> Giby >>>>> >>>>> Thank you Giby Sir. >>>>> Also received an earlier personal email suggesting ID as *L. >>>>> heterophylla*, but - >>>>> >>>>> Description of *L. heterophylla* in 1) F. B. I. iv. 270. and 2) >>>>> Bengal Plants ii. 763. informs :- >>>>> >>>>> - stem always glabrous >>>>> - uppermost leaves (the 2 uppermost) usually opposite, ... the >>>>> next below 4-6 nately whorled pinnate, the lowest submerged long >>>>> capillaceo-multifid >>>>> >>>>> I think my species lacks the above features. >>>>> Description of *L. heterophylla* in >>>>> FoC<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020697>states >>>>> :- >>>>> >>>>> - aerial stem with sessile glands or pilose or nearly smooth and >>>>> glabrous..... >>>>> - (in) rice-fields, brackish water.... >>>>> >>>>> I am not sure if my species is pilose or hirsute, the later being a >>>>> feature of *L. cana* >>>>> * >>>>> *There is a post of *L. heterophylla* in our group - >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/veCSBUpgrqw/discussion, >>>>> but in *L. heterophylla* flowers are >>>>> sessile<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/7Yl1XueaIf8/discussion>or >>>>> subsessile. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> surajit >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: surajit koley <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: 23 December 2012 23:13 >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:141206] Limnophila sp. Hooghly >>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sir, >>>>> >>>>> This is *Limnophila* sp., found in a marsh beside railway-tracks, >>>>> yesterday. It is still unclear to me which species of the "Bengal Plants" >>>>> it might be :- >>>>> >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> http://ia600604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia600604.us.archive.org&page=n103_w1150.jpg >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> http://ia600604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia600604.us.archive.org&page=n104_w1150.jpg >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> http://ia700604.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=mobot31753000237419&itemPath=%2F32%2Fitems%2Fmobot31753000237419&server=ia700604.us.archive.org&page=n105_w1150.jpg >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> surajit >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand >>>>> species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >>>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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Nandikar, >>>> Research Student, >>>> Department of Botany, >>>> Shivaji University, >>>> Kolhapur. >>>> 07507013607 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >>> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >>> alphabetically & place-wise): >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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