*Great!* Thanks for showing this endemic *Dipcadi*. India is one of the centre of diversity of *Dipcadi* Medik. (Asparagaceae) genus with 10 species in India. One infraspecific category is also proposed to species level which will make the species count to 11. In world there are 41 (+1) species and Indian area is western most distribution of this genus. In this genus 6 species are threatened and almost all of them are endemics. This species is mentioned as *Vulnerable* in Red Data Book of Indian Plants. Hope this species is rehabilitated in other protected areas and botanical gardens also for better survival. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Friday, August 2, 2013 9:08:37 PM UTC+5:30, Viplav Gangar wrote: > > > Endemic to Maharashtra, the scapigerous *Dipcadi saxorum* was described > by Father Ethelbert Blatter from the rocky plateaus atop the Buddhist > rock-cut Kanheri Caves within Borivali National Park, North Mumbai. These > basalt uplands are studded with the flowering scapes of this herb in the > monsoon. > > The flowers are quite small at about 1.2 cm in length and the pedicel is > around 0.6 cm long. The pea-sized fruits are 3-lobed; having examined a > number of these capsules, I've noticed that each cell bears 6-7 seeds > unlike Blatter's description - "cells 5-seeded". Have attached a scan of > the original description from a paper by Ethelbert Blatter & Charles McCann > - Some new species of plants from the Western Ghats (1928), Journal of the > Bombay Natural History Society, vol. 32, p. 736. > > Photographed in the type locality of this herb on an overcast morning last > week. > > Best wishes, Viplav > > -- 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.
