What a beautiful Araceae member again. Dr Satish Phadke
On 24 June 2013 11:42, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Arisaema concinnum* Schott, Bonplandia (Hannover). 7: 27. 1859. > > Species of genus Arisaema are basically and easily differentiated on the > basis of position of leaflets and their number number, in addition to the > spathe and spadix characteristics: > > 1. Leaves with digitate leaflets (palmately arranged, gap on one side). > 2. Leaves with pedate leaflets (not arising from same point, especially > side leaflets) > 3. Leaves with radiate leaflets (uniformly spreading from center). > > There are three prominent species belong to the last group in Himalayas: > A. erubescence and A. consaguineum with much narrower segments less than > 1.5 cm broad, and latter with usually more than 11 leaflets. A. concinnum > is easily differentiated by its broader (more than 1.5 cm) leaflets and > green spathe with white longitudinal stripes and 2-7 cm long apical tail, > the green spadix slightly emerging from spathe. > > Perennial herb with depressed-globose tuber; leaf solitary on up to 50 cm > long petiole; leaflets 7-11, radiate, oblanceolate, base cuneate, tip > ptolonged into a tail slightly curved down; peduncle shorter than leaf; > spathe green (sometimes purple) with longitudinal white stripes, tube 4-8 > cm long, limb ovate to deltoid, 2-4 cm broad with 2-7 cm long tail; spadix > green, slightly emerging from spathe. > > Photographed from forest along Ukhimath to Chopta road in Uttarakhand on > May 31, 2013. > > -- > 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 [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.
