*Alpinia zerumbet* usually has pendent spikes and capsules are distinctly ridged which is not the case here. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Monday, August 18, 2014 4:56:47 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > A reply: > "It is Alpinia zerumbet. > > Thanks for reading this mail. > With best regards > Dr.M.Sabu > Professor > Taxonomy and Floristics Division > Department of Botany > Calicut University > Kerala 673635, India." > > Thanks, Dr. Sabu. > > > On 18 August 2014 13:49, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> It is not *A. malaccensis*, seems to be *A. smithiae * >> or *A. zerumbet* -- >> *Prabhu Kumar K M* >> >> Thank you Prabhu Kumar Ji for suggesting the alternative ID. >> As I remember A.smithiae is a new species reported from South India and >> mentioned as endemic to the area. I was looking for the paper in which it >> was described by Dr Sabu and Mangaly in 1991 but could not get it. >> If you have the copy of it please send so that I may verify with my >> specimens. >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: D.S Rawat <[email protected]> >> Date: 11 August 2014 17:31 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:196410] Arecaceae, Araceae, Zingiberaceae >> Fortnight 1-14 Aug 2014: Alpinia malaccensis (Zingiberaceae) from >> Uttarakhand_DSR_10 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> *Alpinia malaccensis* (Burm.f.) Roscoe (Zingiberaceae) is a planted >> species in Pantnagar. >> >> >> >> Images include a flower split open, fruits (mature and immature) and >> flowering. >> >> >> >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> >> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & >> Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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'. >> > > > > -- > 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.
