Surajit sir, I went through the books and your links, I am afraid I still do not understand the structure well enough to realise what I am looking at when it comes to the anthers/styles etc. I can only tell where the pollinia and stigma are present.
But I will take your's and N. P. Balakrishnan sir's identification- *Sarcostemma brunnonianum*. Shrikant sir and Swamy sir, thank you for your help. On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Nambiyath Balakrishnan <[email protected]> wrote: > Gamble differentiates S. intermedium from S. brunnonianum as follows: > > 1a. Umbels always terminal; pedicels glabrous or slightly puberulous -- *S. > intermedium* > 1b. Umbels usually lateral; pedicels crispate villous -*-S. > brunnonianum* > > Based on these characters your photos indicate that the plant is > *Sarcostemma* *brunnonianum.* > > There are other differences given by Gamble, which are not discernible in > your photos. > N. P. Balakrishnan > 07-05-2015 > > On 7 May 2015 at 18:12, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> Please check for S intermedium. Regards >> Shrikant >> >> >> It is real tough. My guess is *Sarcostemma brunonianum* Wight & Arn. My >> guess is based on - >> >> - lateral umbels >> - canescent pedicel and calyx >> - 10 lobed outer corona (my guess is that it is the part just above >> the calyx, having a smaller lobe between two larger lobes >> - 5 fleshy inner corona >> >> Please check probability, because I may be wrong, you can see how little >> response you have received in eFI. Please read carefully Wight's account in >> all descriptions attached herewith, including that of *S. viminale* (in *S. >> brevistigma*?). Also check following links - >> >> 1. >> >> http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Sarcostemma_viminale_subsp._brunonianum.htm >> 2. >> >> http://www.rainforestpublishing.com.au/index.php?href=botanical&dir=botanical_pages&subpage=view&ext=php&array_place=19&item_id=828 >> >> Thank you >> Regards >> Surajit >> >> For me *S intermedium* as identified by Srikant ji seems to be >> correct. >> See this link as well: >> http://opendata.keystone-foundation.org/sarcostemma-intermedium-decne >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fopendata.keystone-foundation.org%2Fsarcostemma-intermedium-decne&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGmZCqDOaT0dPNVxYO97KsAAvZqFA> >> - >> from Mahadeswara ji. >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> >> Date: 20 April 2015 at 23:59 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:221668] ANAPR56 Sarcostemma sp. for identification >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> 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]. >> 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'. >> > > -- Anurag N. Sharma BSc. (CBZ) 2nd Year St. Josephs College Bangalore -- 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.
