Thank you Surajit Ji for important information which lead to the conclusion that my plant is P. roebelinii only. I also checked it with "Manual of Cultivated Palms in India" by S.K.Basu and R.K.Chakraverty (1994) and found same identity. Taking it as *Phoenix roebelenii* O' Brien (Arecaceae). DSRawat Pantnagar
Dr D.S.Rawat Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, INDIA On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 10:51 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Rawat Sir, > > The details of two species can be found at - > http://idtools.org/id/palms/palmid/factsheet.php?name=Phoenix+sylvestris > and > http://idtools.org/id/palms/palmid/factsheet.php?name=Phoenix+roebelinii. > Leaf size may be the easiest way, 4-5 m in *sylvestris* and 2-3 m in > *roebelinii*. Another feature of the *roebelinii* is 'tawny scurf' > indumentum of rachis. > > Thank you > > Regards > > > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 5:43 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> Can be Phoenix sylvestris. >> r.thilakan. >> >> efi page on Phoenix sylvestris >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/ar/arecaceae/phoenix/phoenix-sylvestris> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: D.S Rawat <[email protected]> >> Date: 14 August 2014 08:09 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:196855] Arecaceae, Araceae, Zingiberaceae >> Fortnight 1-14 Aug 2014: Phoenix sp. for ID (Arecaceae) from >> Uttarakhand_DSR_21 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> This *Phoenix *sp is planted as ornamental in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. >> >> Please suggest the ID. >> >> >> >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> >> Dr D.S.Rawat >> 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'. >> > > -- 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.
