Thanks Dinesh ji. Yes we need to see authentic pictures (supported with characterization of seeds) for comparison.
Vijay ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. Research Scientist National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi, MS, USA On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
