Sir, I have memorized keys of both the species. I searched last two days if i could find *O. stricta*, but there wasn't any. FoC says it is found in forests and ravines at 400-1500 m.
Regards, surajit On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Surajit ji > At the begining of this week I had thought that perhaps we will be able to > hunt out O. stricta. In fact at one stage I thought I had found one, but > then I had to give up, because I was not satisfied. That is why I had > withheld my upload of Oxalis corniculata, it was my last post today in > frustration. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:05 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> I think the attached photographs (recorded this morning, beside our >> kitchen drainage) are of *Oxalis corniculata* L., because, as per FoC - >> >> 1. petioles are not pubescent in *O. stricta* L. - >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242416902 >> 2. peduncles are not 2x or more longer than petioles - >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242416902 >> >> But, fruiting pedicel seems to be erect in my photographs. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Regards, >> surajit >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:11 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> If one belives these websites and some indications on Flora of China >>> websites, majority of my (and may be others also) phototographs presumed to >>> be O. corniculata may actually be O. stricta: >>> >>> http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nursery-weeds/weedspeciespage/OXALIS/oxalis_species.html >>> >>> http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantbiology/ncsc/containerWeeds/Oxalis_corniculata_stricta.htm >>> The same feeling I get when I make search of Google images for these two >>> species. >>> May be Santosh ji will help us to solve this confusion. >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Here is the pdf of second paper on caulescent species of Oxalis by >>> the same author Nesom, published in 2009 in J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3(2): >>> 727 – 738. 2009. It should help further: >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> >>> efi site link: Oxalis >>> corninulata<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/oxalidaceae/oxalis/oxalis-corninulata> >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>> Date: 4 March 2013 14:31 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:147944] Balsaminaceae, Geraniaceae and >>> Oxalidaceae Week: Oxalidaceae-Looking for Oxalis stricta..kindly shuffle >>> through your collections of O. corniculata >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Dear members >>> I request you to go through your collections of Oxalis corniculata for >>> possible specimens of Oxalis stricta. The two species are very closed and >>> can be easily confused, but following features should help: >>> >>> Oxalis corniculata: Plants mostly creeping, stolons absent; flowers in >>> umbellate cymes or solitary; fruiting pedicels deflexed to horizontal >>> >>> Oxalis stricta: Plants erect to decumbent; stolon present; flowers in a >>> cymose inflorescence; fruiting pedicels erect. >>> >>> Kindly don't get confused by the photograph on Flowers of India which on >>> the basis of larger flowers in an umbel, absence of any stem and leaves in >>> the photograph apparently belongs to O. pes-caprae and not O. stricta >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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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