Garg Sir, I agree with *Cyperus clarkei* C. Cooke, as identified by Santhan Ji. Thank you Regards
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 4:48 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Thank you very much for sharing. Can you please tell me how to > differentiate this one and 1) *Cyperus paniceus* (Rottb.) Boeckeler 2) > *Cyperus > cyperoides* (L.) O. Kuntze? > Regards > > Surajit > > One of my earlier upload (https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/ > indiantreepix/fYDsMMk5dpY) which seems similar to your species(*Cyperus > plateilema (Steud.) Kük.)*. So please confirm and validate. > With regard > Karuna Kanta Das > > Dear Santhan Ji, > I am afraid your sedge doesn't look like the herbarium found in KEW - > > 1. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000321396 > 2. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000321397 > 3. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000321398 > > In fact perhaps "*Cyperus plateilema (Steud.) Kük.* (= *Mariscus bulbosus* > Steud)," not found in India - http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/185391/0 > What we have in India is *Mariscus bulbosus* C.B.Clarke > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-253608?ref=tpl1> (not of > Steud; vide FBI.vi.620) (please check http://www.iucnredlist.org/ > details/176908/0 > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iucnredlist.org%2Fdetails%2F176908%2F0&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGKzXZ8lZIN-nhAZiz5AyopaQozUg> > for distribution) ..... which is somewhat similar to *Mariscus pictus* > Nees <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-253938> (vide > FBI).... I am not sure if your plant can be same. > Thank you > Regards > > Surajit > > Dear surajitji thank you for your comment, Now a days i am not sitting > with my dissection microscope. Just with past experience and floral > guidance deciding the identity. Nomenclatural changes leads confusion some > times. > the identity for my image according to our regional flora is > *Cyperus clarkei *T.Cooke (= *Mariscus* *bulbosus* C.B.Clarke) > You asked the difference between Cyperus paniceus and C. cyperoides. > I herewith provided the same. > Cyperus paniceus: Spike globose, spikelets many flowered, glumes winged on > keel. > C. cyperoides : Spikes oblong, spikelets 1 flowered, glumes not winged.- > from Santhan ji. > The KEY, to identify *C. paniceus* and *C. cyperoides,* is different in > the book "Bengal Plants" and in FBI, which does not tally with what you > have provided here. > I have one post https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ > indiantreepix/ylL6rl9fxko. KEW has several herbaria - > > - *C. paniceus > > <http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Cyperus_paniceus.htm>* > (spike not globose, spikelet one flowered) > > > 1. *http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000592565 > <http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000592565>* > 2. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000592564 > > > - *C. cyperoides* (spike not always oblong? spikelet 1 to 3 flowered) > > > 1. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000362749 > 2. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000321389 > > > - *C. clarkei* (I do not know, as per FBI stem 3-8 inch....since your > spikes are subcapitate or with short rays it maybe...) > > > 1. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000290886 > 2. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/detailsQuery.do?barcode=K000592556 > > As for "glumes", "wing", "spikelets", "florets"..... these are all Greek > to me and I have never tried to examine them under microscope, for I know I > won't understand. > Thank you > Regards > Surajit > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan <[email protected]> > Date: 17 September 2014 16:08 > Subject: [efloraofindia:200705] Cyperus plateilema (Steud.) Kük. SN Sep 21 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > *Cyperus plateilema (Steud.) Kük.* (= *Mariscus bulbosus* Steud), wild > sedge from Denkanikota area of Krishnagiri District Tamilnadu > > -- > 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). 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