Good morning Sir Following is excerpt from F. B. I. iv. 718 and onwards (read with "Bengal Plants") -
*Bracts setaceous or awned; 5 sepals; 5 stamens -* i) with spine --- *A. spinosus* L. ii) without spine; leaves acute or acuminate ------ *A. paniculatus* L. iii) without spine; leaves obtuse, rarely acute ----- *A. caudatus* L. *Bracts setaceous or awned (subulate); 3 sepals; 3 stamens; leaves obtuse or emarginate -* iv) stems branching above the middle ----- *A. gangeticus* L. v) stems branching near the base ----- *A. gangeticus* var. *tristis* vi) flowers clustered, all axillary ----- *A. mangostanus* L. vii) tall, glabrous, very slender; long petioled, ---- *A. caturus* Heyne *Bracts usually shorter than sepals ..........* * * Hope it helps ID. Thank you, Regards, surajit On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 9:15 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > May be Amaranthus hybridus. > r.thilakan > > How about *Amaranthus cruentus* > L.<http://www.plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=50864>( > *A. paniculatus* L. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2633011>) > ? > Thank you, > Regards, > surajit > > I have received two mails relating to this *Amaranthus*, one suggesting > probability of *A. cruentus* L., and the other *rejecting* it. > > I *take the 2nd one*, for much have been updated since the days of FBI, > FI, Bengal Plants .... etc. > > *Amaranthus* in efloras (FoC, FoP, FoZ, FoNA..... etc.) are puzzling (for > amateurs like me), along with their current accepted names. There is *L. > / non L.* issues and *ssp.* issues. > I take a 2nd, and final call, based on FoC - *Amaranthus hypochondriacus*L.? > Thank you, > Regards, > surajit > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Karuna Das <[email protected]> > Date: 22 July 2013 23:56 > Subject: [efloraofindia:160989] Amaranthus sp from Kamrup district > (Metro), Assam > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > Cc: kd_dkc <[email protected]> > > > Dear All,**** > > Attached images are *Amaranthus* species. Please ID for it.**** > > Date :22.07.2013**** > > Location: At my residence, Kamrup district(Metro), Assam > > Family : Amaranthaceae**** > > Genus & species : *****Amaranthus* species. > > Habitat: Grows wild > > Habit : Herbs > > **** > > With regards**** > > Karuna Kanta Das**** > > Guwahati 781012**** > > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline.htm@Middle?> > Get your own *FREE* website and domain with business email solutions, click > here<http://track.rediff.com/click?url=___http://hosting.rediff.com/rediffmailpro/business-email?sc_cid=sig___&cmp=sig&lnk=sig&nsrv1=host> > > -- > 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. > > > > > > -- > 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 2135 members & > 1,61,500 messages on 31/7/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8500 species & 1,70, 000 images). > 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
