On Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 2:34:56 PM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > Following *Sarcostemma *species I could find in efi: > *Cynanchum viminale* > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/apocynaceae/cynanchum/cynanchum-viminale> > (Syn: (=) *Sarcostemma acidum *(Roxb.) Voig; (≡) *Sarcostemma viminale *(L.) > R. Br.)) > *Leptadenia pyrotechnica* > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/apocynaceae/leptadenia/leptadenia-pyrotechnica> > (Syn: *Sarcostemma pyrotechnicum *(Forssk.) Schult.) > *Oxystelma esculentum* > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/apocynaceae/oxystelma/oxystelma-esculentum> > (Syn: *Sarcostemma esculentum *(L. f.) R.W. Holm); > > Thanks to Anurag-ji for an introduction to this genus I have seen several others among the milkweed climbers. Oxystelma esculentum , Rosy milkweed climber is quite distinct.
As per PlantList : 1. Cynanchum viminale (L.) is an accepted name. and S.viminale (L) R. Br is a synonym to this species 2. Sarcostemma acidum (Roxb.) Voigt is a (separate) accepted name; Are these the only two milkweed climbers where the leaves are scale-like ? Three species are described with few images under Sarcostemma at Flowering plants of Kerala <http://www.keralaplants.in/search-flowering-plants-of-kerala.aspx>. The following links with Images and descriptions may also be useful to distinguish . link to Cynanchum_viminale_subsp._brunonianum (Wight & Arn.) <http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Sarcostemma_viminale_subsp._brunonianum.htm> (Australia, ) link to Sarcostemma acidum (Roxb.)Voigt. <https://www.flickr.com/photos/45835639@N04/4695158063/in/photolist-89TUV6-4S3JEK-fpyYSF> (India, ) regards ASinha *Following a Post on EFI is often the beginning of a new journey !* > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Anurag Sharma <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: 20 April 2015 at 23:59 > Subject: [efloraofindia:221668] ANAPR56 Sarcostemma sp. for identification > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > > Family: Apocynaceae > Date: 19th April 2015 > Place: Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu > Habit: Climber > Habitat: Deciduous forest > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > 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 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.
