A. modestum and A. simplex are often confused species differentiated as under:
*A. modestum:* Petiole 10-20 cm long; Leaf tip with long acumin (at least 2.5 cm above 1 cm width of leaf; Primary lateral veins 4-6 pairs; peduncle 5-10 cm long; spadix sessile, basal part adnate to spathe, spathe 6-9 cm long; spadix 1 cm shorter than spathe *A. simplex*: Petiole 5-12 cm long; Leaf tip not long acuminate; primary lateral veins 5-10 pairs; peduncle 4-9 cm long; spadix with 4-10 mm long stipe; spathe 3-5 cm long; spadix equalling or longer than spathe Yes from leaves it looks like A. modestum. 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 Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 8:17 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Promila Chaturvedi <[email protected]> > Date: 11 August 2014 19:00 > Subject: [efloraofindia:196424] Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae > Fornight-Araceae-Aglaonema modestum 06 > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > > 11.08 2014 > > Friends, > photos of Aglaonema modestum. Correct me if I am wrong. > Promila > > -- > 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/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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 > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2380 members & 1,96,000 messages on 31/7/14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 9500 species & 1,90,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > 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/d/optout.
