Dr. Mayur D. Nandikar, presently in Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research (NGCPR), Satara idenfies it as *Murdannia striatipetala *Faden and its distribution is restricted to South India and SriLanka.
DR. V. SAMPATH KUMAR Scientist, Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, B. Garden (P.O), HOWRAH -711 103, W. Bengal, INDIA. Thanks for not printing this e-mail unless you really need to From: mayur nandikar Sent: Tue, 19 May 2015 08:53:54 To: "V. Sampath Kumar" Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:224401] Murdannia for identification :: Commelinaceae :: MKMAY010 Dear Sampath ji, Attached images are of *Murdannia striatipetala *Faden, endemic to India and Sri Lanka. The species has been rediscovered from Chennai after laps of 111 years and the paper has been published in JBNHS. I hope the things are fine at your place, I am doing well here, little professional but having lot of scope to work. Thank you! On 18 May 2015 at 16:47, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Please help me in identifying this *Murdannia* species (Commelinaceae). > Commonly seen near wetlands in Kancheepuram district. Also seen in the > outskirts of Chennai. > > Habitat: wetland (moist soil, among grasses) > > Date: 09 May 2015 > Location: near Kelambakkam, TN > Alt.: 28 m asl > > -- > 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 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.
