I can quiet understand your concerns on the identity of the species. It is necessary to have broader look at each species. Herbaceous Euphorbia species growing in wet habitats, particularly the pycnostegia complex is very variable, depending on the ecological conditions, where they grow. Hence we cannot fix hard and fast parameters on their morphology. Each author describes them in different ways depending on their ecological environment. It is nor advisable to describe each as a separate variety, which would add only confusion and chaos; one has to take a broad outlook on the phenotypic plasticity to each species. Only a monographer, who has studied a large number of herbarium specimens from various localities can give a broad all-encompassing description. N.P. Balakrishnan 11 Apr. 2014
On 11 April 2014 13:42, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Adittya Dharap <[email protected]> > Date: 10 April 2014 21:04 > Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:185942] Euphorbiaceae Herb for ID: AVD > 09042014 > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>, efloraofindia < > [email protected]>, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> > > > > Thank you so much for identifying this. But I have few doubts. > The description given by Fr. Santapau on *E.pycnostegia var.zorniodes* in > Flora of Khandala is as follows: > > "Very similar to* E.pycnostegia* from which it is separated by smooth, > non-tuberculate seeds. Leaves are opposite, but branches quite often are > only produced in the axil of one of them; size of leaves upto 55x17 mm " > > I had seen E.pycnostegia in field last year and it was an erect, stout 1 - > 2 feet high plant. > > While the plant in question is prostrate, small and spreading. > I > BSI Flora of Maharashtra has not included this *var.zorniodes* instead > mentions E.zorniodes as a different species. > But the features given under this doesnt seem to match with my plant. > > best regards > > Adittya Dharap > > > *From:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Adittya Dharap <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, April 10, 2014 1:43 PM > > *Subject:* Fwd: [efloraofindia:185942] Euphorbiaceae Herb for ID: AVD > 09042014 > > Thanks a lot, Balakrishnan ji & Tapas ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Tapas Chakrabarty* <[email protected]> > Date: 10 April 2014 13:12 > Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:185942] Euphorbiaceae Herb for ID: AVD > 09042014 > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Nambiyath Balakrishnan* <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 10:19 PM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:185942] Euphorbiaceae Herb for ID: AVD 09042014 > To: Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> > > > This appears to be *E. pycnostegia* Boiss. var.* zornioides* (Boiss.) > Santapau, endemic to C.& Pen. India. > N.P.Balakrishnan > 9 Apr. 2014 > > > On 9 April 2014 16:37, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Adittya Dharap* <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 3:03 PM > Subject: [efloraofindia:185942] Euphorbiaceae Herb for ID: AVD 09042014 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Please help me identifying the Euphorbiaceae herb - Euphorbia sp. > attached herewith. > > Habit: Herb, prostrate > Habitat: Road side waste land > > Leaves: 1 to 1.5 cm, Elliptic - oblong, glabrous, rounded tip, minutely > serrated to crenulate, petiole - 2 mm > Entire plant very leafy, glabrous. > > Currently in flowering. 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