Sir, More info of *Oxalis stricta* can be found in -
- http://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/oxalis/stricta/ - http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=OXST - http://www.ocmga.org/uploads/WOTM_Feb12.pdf - http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/species.php?id_plant=OXST Thank you, Regards, surajit On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 7:46 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> 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 > > Thank you very much for focusing our view towards this major issue and > providing us differences between two allied species of *Oxalis*. > Fortunately, the specimen of *Oxalis* L. which I have posted on 4thMarch, > (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!msg/ > indiantreepix/xOQh8-8DEZg/Yv9orRkLJ5sJ) has been worked out by my PG > students of Scottish Church College in their practical lab and after > matching with keys from local flora we confirmed its identity as “*Oxalis > corniculata*L.” Moreover, much pubescent nature of the margin of leaflets > (in comparison to *O. stricta* L.) can be viewed after zooming the > picture. The plant was creeping, NOT erect to decumbent and without any > stolon I remembered. > > Please share the distributional range of *O. stricta* L. > > Regards, > > Sukla > > > 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<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<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 > > > 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 > > > 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 > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > 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 <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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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