Garg Ji and all, One may be surprised and shocked if I say Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. is not available in India. Carl Linneaus proposed this originally as Oxalis sensitiva and later transferred to Biophytum as B. sensitivum. Biophytum sensitivum has its sepals more or less equal to its petals in legth whereas B. nervifolium has its sepals reach only half a way upto the petals.
B. nervifolium is originally from Sri Lanka and also distributed in India. The taxonomy of B.sensitivum is a highly complex one and I have been working on this family for 8 years and one of my recent article communicated will explain the taxonomic complexicity of B. sensitivum in India. In short, B. sensitivum is not occur in India and this complex is having B. veldkampii, B nervifolium, B.poterioides, etc as species. Thanks Santhosh 2009/11/8 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Hi, Santhosh ji, > APNI gives *Biophytum nervifolium* Thwaites (not available in ITIS 2009 > check list as well as in GRIN) as syn. of *Biophytum sensitivum* as per > link: > > http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=371958-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditSimplePlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_wholeName%3DBiophytum%2Bnervifolium%26output_format%3Dnormal > > How to go about it in such cases? > > 2009/10/12 Aparna Watve <[email protected]> > >> >> Thanks so much. Very clear now >> Aparna >> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Dr Santhosh Kumar >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Dear Madam, >> > >> > Biophytum sensitivum has the sepals more or less equal to the petals >> whereas >> > in B.nervifolium it is just half a way up to the petals. This is one of >> the >> > easily distinguishable character between these two. >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Santhosh >> > >> > 2009/10/11 Aparna Watve <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> Can u add a point on how to distinguish between the two? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> aparna >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Dr Santhosh Kumar >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > This is nothing but Biophytum nervifolium not Biophytum sensitivum >> (L.) >> >> > DC. >> >> > >> >> > Santhosh >> >> > >> >> > 2009/10/11 Dev Kumar <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> >> Request for Species Id >> >> >> Plant observed growing wild. >> >> >> Mhow Dist Indore, Madhya Pradesh >> >> >> >> >> >> regards >> >> >> Dev Kumar >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> SANTHOSH >> >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> >> Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar >> >> >> Tropical BOtanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode >> >> >> Thiruvananthapuram-695562 >> >> >> Kerala >> >> >> India >> >> >> www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Dr. Aparna Watve >> >> Dr. Aparna Watve >> >> Asha Appt, Shanti Nagar, Ekata Colony >> >> Nr. BSNL tower, Akbar Ward, >> >> Seoni.480661 >> >> tel: 07692-228115 >> >> mobile: (0)9755667710 and 9822597288 still works >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > SANTHOSH >> > ------------------------------------------ >> > Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar >> > Tropical BOtanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode >> > Thiruvananthapuram-695562 >> > Kerala >> > India >> > www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Aparna Watve >> Dr. Aparna Watve >> Asha Appt, Shanti Nagar, Ekata Colony >> Nr. BSNL tower, Akbar Ward, >> Seoni.480661 >> tel: 07692-228115 >> mobile: (0)9755667710 and 9822597288 still works >> >> >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > -- SANTHOSH ------------------------------------------ Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala India www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
