Thank you very much Garg ji for resurfacing the post for validating the ID. Many thanks to Shrikant ji for the ID.
Regards. Dinesh On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 3:31 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Shrikant Ingalhalikar <[email protected]> > Date: 25 January 2014 15:30 > Subject: Re: Fwd: ¿ Dendrophthoe curvata ? > To: "J. M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > Dineshji, this is old D. falcata var coccinea which is now syn'd with D > falcata. Earlier D falcata with greenish flowers was var falcata. There are > no var now. Regards > On 25 Jan 2014 03:54, "JM Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> >> On Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:58:51 PM UTC+5:30, Dinesh Valke wrote: >> >>> Hello friends, >>> >>> Attached here are 2 photos of Loranthaceae member, presumably *Dendrophthoe >>> curvata*. >>> Found on Chiplun - Karad road on 21 DEC 08 >>> Most of the Loranthaceae members that I have in available resources seem >>> to flower-fruit around middle of the year, except for *D. falcata*during >>> the start / end of the year. >>> >>> Some of the important sites put *D. falcata* as a synonym of *D. >>> curvata*. >>> However there are some interesting facts about how these are separate >>> species >>> -- put at The Parasitic Plant Connection >>> http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/NewGuineaLoranths/ >>> Dendrophthoe/Dcurvata.html >>> >>> Ruling out *D. falcata* for two reasons, in favour of *D. curvata*: >>> - most of the resources point out that *D. falcata*, has midrib of its >>> leaves - usually and noticeably, red in colour >>> - the prominent rounded lenticels; *D. falcata* often has glabrous >>> stems / branches, or are finely lenticillated >>> >>> One of the concerns is that there is nothing found about distribution of *D. >>> curvata* in India (perhaps because of it being considered synonymous to *D. >>> falcata*) >>> ... please validate. >>> >>> >> > > > -- > 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 2200 members & > 1,78,400 messages on 31/12/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 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. > -- 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.
