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On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:

> While doing ecology practicals nearly 48 years back in Kashmir, and
> luckily I still remember, we had a few clear cut species of Potamogeton: P.
> pectinatus with finely dissected leaves, P. lucens with semitransparent
> leaves, P. natans with thick flat shining floating leaves and P. crispus
> with wavy (crisped) leaves. We did not know about Aponogeton as it is a
> basically an ornamental plant of warmer climates, mostly used in aquarium.
> Yet it has two similar species (which differ besides technical characters,
> by the absence of above mud stems clearly seen in Potamogeton). with
> similar names Aponogeton natans (with broad flat leaves) and A. crispus
> Thunb (syn: A. echinatus Roxb.). To me both Potamogeton crispus and
> Aponogeton crispus are out of contension. Whereas presence or absence of
> above mud stems is important for diagnosis, but the colour of inflorescence
> easily places it as Aponogeton natans. I hope I am not wrong.
>
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Retired  Associate Professor
> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/
> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 1:21 PM, surajitkoley <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Perhaps Roxburgh would know (his) species better than any other sources.
>> Attached here entries from FBI, FI, BP, BoBO.
>> Two kew heb -
>>
>>    1. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000950197
>>    2. http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000950202
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> On Saturday, 2 May 2015 16:21:52 UTC+5:30, Anurag Sharma wrote:
>>>
>>> Family: Aponogetonaceae
>>> Date: 29th April 2015
>>> Place: Tumkur-Hassan district, Karnataka
>>> Habit: Herb
>>> Habitat: Aquatic/Pond
>>>
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