Thank you very much Santosh ji for sharing your knowledge. On 9 March 2013 12:04, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the explanation Santhoshji. > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Dr Santhosh Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Dear DebashishJi, >> >> This is applicable to Biophytum only. It is so called because of this nature >> 'Bio' means life and 'phyton' means plant ie the plant is sensitive to >> touch. It was intially thought that only one species is sensitive to touch >> B. sensitivum. This was the reason why Carl Linnaeaus named all his received >> specimens around the world as B. sensitivum. Later we came to know that >> almost all unbranched species of Biophytum are sensitive to touch. They >> never close their leaflets as that of our common touch me not plant Mimosa >> pudica. >> >> See the attached Photograph of Biophytum poterioides showing normal and >> closed leaves!! >> >> Thank you >> >> Dr Santhosh >> >> On 8 March 2013 17:40, Debashish Bhaduri <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Dear experts, >>> >>> I have an elementary question about the family Oxalidaceae. I am >>> following the posts of the members and the contributions by all are >>> really fantastic. I read somewhere that the leaves of some plants in >>> this family close when we touch them. Is it true of all the plants in >>> this family or only some? >>> >>> Regards, Debashish >>> >>> On 2 March 2013 20:18, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > Oxalidaceae >>> > Family with 8 genera and more than 800 genera mainly in tropical and >>> > subtropical regions of the world. >>> > >>> > leaflets entire, often folded together at night ; >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> SANTHOSH >> ------------------------------------------ >> Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar MSc, PhD, FIAT, FLS (on leave for 2 years) >> Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode >> Thiruvananthapuram-695562 >> Kerala >> India >> www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com >> >> Presently working for the British Aerospace, Riyadh, KSA >> NB: Please consider your environmental responsibility! Ask yourself before >> printing this email !!! >> >> -- >> >> --- >> 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. >> >> > > > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org
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