Actually, this WAS a Typhonium but it is now classified in the genus Sauromatum: Sauromatum diversifolium. The distribution of this species starts in W Himalaya and extends into W China. The further to the east one goes, the shorter the appendix gets and the more compact the inflorescence. In India 5 Sauromatum species occur: S. diversifolium grows in the NW states, the very rare and small Sauromatum brevipes occurs in Sikkim and W Bengal, S. venosum grows in south and north India and on a recent fieldtrip I came across S. horsefieldii near Roing in Arunachal Pradesh. S. horsefieldii is the most widespread species in the genus but it was not reported from India before. The fifth species is a species that has been found by several researchers in Arunachal Pradesh recently but it still needs to be formally described.
The phylogeny and new classification of Sauromatum can be found in this excellent article: <http://www.umsl.edu/.../Cusimano_Typhonium_2010.pdf> www.umsl.edu/.../Cusimano_Typhonium_2010.pdf As the name suggests is the leaf of S. diversifolium variable ranging from hastate to pedate. In general S. diversifolium is a high altitude species often occurring above 3000 meter. Regards, Pascal From: J.M. Garg [mailto:jmga...@gmail.com] Sent: vrijdag 5 september 2014 11:43 To: efloraofindia Cc: Nidhan Singh Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:198807] Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Month: Araceae-For id from Gori Valley :: NS Aug 22 Forwarding again for Id assistance please. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nidhan Singh <nidhansingh...@gmail.com> Date: 28 August 2014 10:06 Subject: [efloraofindia:198807] Araceae, Arecaceae and Zingiberaceae Month: Araceae-For id from Gori Valley :: NS Aug 22 To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> Dear All, Please help to identify this small herb with beautiful infructescence, recorded from Uttrakhand... I hope this can be a Typhonium sp.. -- Regards, Dr. Nidhan Singh Assistant Professor Department of Botany I.B. (PG) College Panipat-132103 Haryana Ph.: 09416371227 -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. 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 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> & Fauna' 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 <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> Efloraofindia website (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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
