Many many thanks Vijayasankar ji for this clarity. Though both look similar, I am keen that someone shares with us their collection of *B. montana*. There is none in the group's database at present! Regards. Dinesh
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > Both Barleria montana and B. prattensis resemble in their general > morphology hence may be confusing. Calyx features seem to be variable so > cannot be wholly relied on. But the seed character is distinct enough to > distinguish the two species. According to Shendage & Yadav (2010, Revision > of genus Barleria in India): > > Seeds clothed with appressed-silky hairs -------------- *Barleria montana* > Seeds glabrous --------------------------------------------------- *Barleria > prattensis* > > Vijay > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > Research Scientist > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi, MS, USA > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Yes Garg ji, it is *Barleria prattensis*. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:22 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Pl. confirm it as *Barleria prattensis* Santapau as per *another thread* >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/sqs4bh42TaE> or >>> otherwise. >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: JM Garg <[email protected]> >>> Date: 21 March 2015 at 19:51 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:218577] Fwd: Wild flower for ID-061009-RK-3 >>> To: >>> Pl. confirm it as *Barleria prattensis* Santapau as per *another thread* >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/sqs4bh42TaE> or >>> otherwise. >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 6 October 2009 21:26:56 UTC+5:30, ranjini kamath wrote: >>> >>>> Pic taken in Bannarghatta Forest on 04-10-09.Please ID this for me. >>>> Thank You. >>>> Ranjini Kamath >>>> >>> -- >>> 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- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 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. >> > > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
