Sir, ID key of various *Amaranthus* in the Bengal Plants (i am trying to grasp; and for future ref.) :-
*Bracts awned or setaceous, equalling or exceeding the sepals; *utricle dehiscent, circumscissile*; leaves long-petioled :-* (i) stamens 5, sepals 5, ...with spines... ---------- *A. spinosus L.* (an erect spinescent herb) (ii) stamens 5, sepals 5, ... stems striate; *leaves acute or acuminate; spikes thyrsoid*; bracts recurved, much exceeding the oblong-lanceolate, acuminate sepals ----- *A. paniculatus L.<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?2800> * (a tall robust annual, cultivated) (iii) stamens 5, sepals 5, ... stems striate; *leaves obtuse, rarely acute; spike thyrsoid*; bracts hardly recurved, not much exceeding the obovate, mucronate sepals ----- *A. caudatus L.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006980> * (a tall robust annual, cultivated) (iv) stamens 3, sepals 3, leaves obtuse or emarginate; erect; *flowers clustered in lower axils and also forming a long terminal spike*; sepals long awned; stems branching above the middle ----- *A. gangeticus L.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006990> * (an erect stout annual, very variable in colour and shape of leaves, cultivated) (iv b) ......do......; stems branching near the base; yielding several crops annually ----- *A. gangeticus var. tristis<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-1100485> *( annual with ,many prostrate branches, cultivated) (v) stamens 3, sepals 3, leaves obtuse or emarginate; diffuse; *flowers clustered, all axillary*, sepals short-awned -------- *A. mangostanus L<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006990> .* (a diffusely branched annual, perhaps a feral state of *A. gangeticus* var. *tristis*) *Bracts acute, hardly awned, shorter than sepals; *utricle indehiscent or rarely dehiscent*; leaves obtuse, rounded or notched :-* (vi) stamens 3, sepals 3; *utricle acute* at the tip, rugose; clusters axillary and in terminal panicled slender spikes; leaves green ----- *A. viridis L.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006991> * (a slender annual) (vi b) ..... do .........; leaves with a pale crescentic , transverse band --------- *A. viridis** var.** fasciata*<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2632829> (a slender annual) (vii) stamens 3, sepals 3; *utricle blunt* at the tip, membranous, orbicular or broadly ovate; procumbent; *leaves small, 2-lobed*; clusters *all axillary* ------- *A. blitum L.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242302535> * (a procumbent annual weed) (vii b) .....do ......; tall, succulent; leaves large, oblong or rounded; *clusters axillary and in terminal*, simple or lobed spikes ---------- *A. blitum** var. **oleracea*<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2632999> (a tall succulent annual, cultivated) (viii) stamens 3, sepals 3; utricle blunt at the tip, utricle rugose, ovoid, indehiscent or dehiscent; leaves obtuse, rarely retuse or 2-lobed; *clusters all axillary* ----- *A. polygamus L.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2633036> * (a prostrate annual weed) (ix) stamens 2, sepals 2; utricle orbicular, compressed; *clusters minute, all axillary*; leaves small, linear-oblong, with rounded, obtuse or 2-lobed tip ----- *A. tenuifolius Willd.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2633118> * (a prostrate annual weed) F. B. I has one more - *Amaranthus caturus Heyne<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2632761> * = tall, glabrous, leaves long-petioled elliptic-lanceolate acuminate thin, nerves very slender, clusters small globose soft green in very long and very slender axillary simple and terminal panicled spikes....... stem 2-3 ft., very slender......... Deccan Peninsula Thank you, Regards, surajit -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
