Nidhan Sir, I too want to know the differences between the two species. I am doubly confused, if not more.
If i take FoC is the VED-VAKYA yours is not *Sphagneticola trilobata*(Linnaeus) Pruski.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242435001>Because- 1. flowers have more than 8 ray florets 2. FoC is silent on position of capitula. Neither it has illustration (though seems to be very common, for ornamental + escape). But the same FoC equates it with *Silphium trilobatum* Linnaeus. I found one herbarium from The Linnean Society, showing axillary head - http://www.linnean-online.org/10864/ Can it be *W. chinensis* (Osbeck) Merrill. or *Sphagneticola calendulacea*(Linnaeus) Pruski<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250097974>? No, if FoC is VED-VAKYA - 1. heads are axillary as per FoC illustration - http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=121783&flora_id=2 2. FoC equates it with *Verbesina calendulacea* Linnaeus. I found a herbarium, again from Linnean Society, showing terminal head - http://www.linnean-online.org/10523/ 3. We have our own "Indian Medicinal Plants" illustration - http://plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=162200 !!! 4. Please also check - http://plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=1072567, (specially Hortus Indicus Malabaricus - http://plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=123264) One more site for *Verbesina calendulacea* - http://ww2.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/herbarium/Access.cfm?Col=4&IsoCode=all&Fam=all&SubColl=all&Genus=Verbesina&FullNameCache=Verbesina%20calendulacea Two more sites for *Sphagneticola trilobata* (L.) Pruski - - http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=Complaya%20trilobata - http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Sphagneticola_trilobata.htm I skip Bengal Plants, F. I. and Fl. Br. Ind. My questions are - 1. Who is/are correct? 2. Is/are someone/somebodies misleading the world? I will be waiting for experts' views. This might help me to determine my posts. Thank you. Regards, surajit On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 12:21 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for validation please. > efi pages: Sphagneticola > trilobata<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/ar/asteraceae/sphagneticola-calendulacea/sphagneticola-trilobata> > & > Sphagneticola > calendulacea<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/ar/asteraceae/sphagneticola-calendulacea/sphagneticola-calendulacea> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nidhan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 4 May 2013 08:01 > Subject: [efloraofindia:153713] Asteraceae Fortnight Part I-Radiate heads: > Ornamentals-Wedelia trilobata from PanipatNS 25 > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Dear All, > > This spreading ornamental was shot from Panipat..I have identified this as > *Sphagneticola trilobata*...please correct me, as I have not > yet distinguishably observed W. trilobata and W. chinensis... > > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Assistant Professor > Department of Botany > I.B. (PG) College > Panipat-132103 Haryana > Ph.: 09416371227 > > -- > 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]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > 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. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2085 members & > 1,53,000 messages on 30/4/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
