Thanks Sir for this common, yet critical upload...thanks Tapas Ji and Balakrishnan Ji for telling the easy way to differentiate two confusing taxa...
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nambiyath Balakrishnan <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:17 PM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:173934] Euphorbiaceae Fortnight: Euphorbia > prostrata from Delhi-GS-38 > To: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > > > Yes, this is certainly E. prostrata. Notice the ciliate hairs on the three > keels of the fruit, which are otherwise glabrous at other faces. > > N.P.Balakrishnan, 9 Nov. 2013 > > > On 9 November 2013 15:42, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sending two close up photographs for better decision >> >> >> 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 Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Thanks for a good lead Tapas ji >>> I will check my other photographs also. >>> Both Flora of china and Flora of Pakistan report fruits are hairy only >>> along keels, uniformly hairy in E. thymifolia. >>> >>> 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 Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> In Euphrobia prostrata the fruits burst open the cyathium and ripen >>>> outside it while in E, thymifolia the fruits mature indide the cyathium. >>>> Now you decide. >>>> T. Chakrabarty. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> *Euphorbia prostrata* Aiton, Hort. kew. 2:139. 1789 >>>>> >>>>> prostrate herb with often reddish stem, small opposite leaves, 4 >>>>> glands without appendages and minute about 1.5 mm fruits, ciliate along >>>>> edges but smooth on faces. Common in Delhi along roadsides usually on >>>>> barren sandy ground. >>>>> >>>>> Common names >>>>> Prostrate spurge, prostrate sandmat, red euphorbia. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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. > -- Regards, Dr. Nidhan Singh Assistant Professor Department of Botany I.B. (PG) College Panipat-132103 Haryana Ph.: 09416371227 -- 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.
