I think Hymenocallis only Pancratium: Free part of filaments just 6 mm long; ovules numerous, one above another Hymenocallis: Free part of filaments longer than 10 mm; ovules two in each cell, side by side.
-- 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, Jun 23, 2013 at 12:36 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > > - *Hymenocallis* > > > 1. These flowers look like - > http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/Hymenocallis_speciosa.htm. > 2. But FoNA has many species - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=116083, but > no *Pancratium* > 3. Bengal Plants, FBI, FI none. > 4. Our group has one = > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/amaryllidaceae/hymenocallis/hymenocallis-littoralis > . > > > - *Pancratium* > > > 1. FBI has 6 + 2 doubtful species > 2. eFI has 2 - 1) > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/amaryllidaceae/pancratium/pancratium-parvum > 2) > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/amaryllidaceae/pancratium/pancratium-triflorum > 3. A few illustrations - > > http://www.plantillustrations.org/taxa.php?id_taxon=%209284&lay_out=1&photo=0 > > > Many a time both the above two genera are synonyms. > But > According to FBI - "The genus *Hymenocallis*, which is exclusively S. > American, differs from *Pancratium* in the ovules being 2 collateral and > basal in each cell." > > The plant in this thread is an ornamental, so it can come from anywhere in > the world, but i have seen many similar looking plant in rural wilderness, > as in - > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/indiantreepix/5hkrNKQh82U/fjsXBxOMakQJ > . > > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
