Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: surajit koley <[email protected]> Date: 22 May 2013 20:29 Subject: [efloraofindia:155691] Gazania ? Arctotis ? To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Dear Friends, This is in connection with the posts - 1. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/Nh8yiwEcKts/iIJUSKrHcjYJ 2. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/CZXJ_z24m-w/kTdZ3ycO93MJ I have already placed my queries in those above mentioned posts. You might have noticed it too. *Gazania* * * Let's assume the above two linked plants are *Gazania*. The Plant List has several species from the genera. My concern is only two, because all i could gather some info is based on the following two species - *Gazania linearis* (Thunb.) Druce *Gazania rigens* (L.) Gaertn. - typically forming a rosette of foliage<http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/b329/gazania-linearis-colorado-gold.aspx>= *Gazania linearis* (Thunb.) Druce - a tender perennial that features decumbent stems that spread along the ground<http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/a517/gazania-rigens.aspx>= *Gazania rigens* (L.) Gaertn. - cauline leaves can be found<http://plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=456173>= *Gazania rigens* Moench<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/gcc-127662>= please note the synonyms and/or basionym <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/gcc-43626> (do i sound expert? he he he!) - leaves can be lobed in both the species - http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=57368&flora_id=1 and http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Gazania-linearis.htm - glabrous (not hairy) on the upper surface, but the undersides are thickly covered with soft, white hairs<http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Gazania-linearis.htm>, except around the midrib = *Gazania linearis* (Thunb.) Druce = you can see this feature in at least two images in my post - ray florets with dark abaxial stripe<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066797>= *Gazania linearis* (Thunb.) Druce = you can see the feature in one of my images - central dark spots and patches in ray florets = *Gazania linearis* (Thunb.) Druce = 1) http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/16311 2) http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01/media/Html/Gazania_linearis.htm 3) http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Gazania-linearis.htm - *Gazania rigens* (L.) Gaertn. - http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/a517/gazania-rigens.aspx *Arctotis fastuosa* Jacquin 1. http://plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=80906 2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066098 Please, gift me your views. Thank you Regards -- 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.
