Nice collections and photographs Rawatji! Dr. S. Panda Darjeeling On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:34 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Monotropa uniflora* L (Ericaceae), sometimes also placed in its own > family Monotropaceae, is a strange angiosperm as it completely devoid of > green colour (Chlorophyll is absent). It grows in dense temperate forests > where thick layer of litter exists on forest floor in Uttarakhand. It is a > rare species having bell shaped nodding solitary flower. > > A saprophytic angiosperm, *Monotropa uniflora* is also known as Indian > Pipe Plant though it is found in many parts of the world including > Americas. Entire plant is up to 15 cm tall and flower bearing stalks often > occur in cluster. > > > > Photographed in Chopta forest near Tungnath (Chamoli) Uttarakhand by Mr > Satish Chandra. > > > > It is a new genus and species in eFI database. > > > 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. > -- 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.
