I sent this to a friend who is an expert in tropical conifers at Montgomery Botanic Center in Miami, FL USA. Here is his response:
Regards-- Ken Greby. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Chad Husby <[email protected]> To: Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 12:09:49 PM Subject: RE: [efloraofindia:27419] Fwd: Gymnosperm for ID Hi Ken, I think it is very likely a Callitris (native to Australia and New Caledonia), if it is a conifer. There is an outside chance it could be a Gymnostoma. A closeup of a branchlet would narrow that down. Best wishes, Chad ________________________________ From: Kenneth Greby [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:05 AM To: Chad Husby Subject: Fw: [efloraofindia:27419] Fwd: Gymnosperm for ID Hey Chad-- Any ideas? In India, but not positive it wasn't an introduced tree. Doesn't look like any Cupressus I'm familiar with. Hope things are going well there. The cold spell probably helped the conifers some, I'd guess. Regards-- Ken Greby. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Cc: Shrikant Ingalhalikar <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 9:10:54 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:27419] Fwd: Gymnosperm for ID Forwarding again for Id assistance pl. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shrikant Ingalhalikar <[email protected]> Date: 23 November 2009 16:35 Subject: Gymnosperm for ID To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] A medium sized tree at Gokhale Institute, Pune. The needles are about 8 cm long and are clustered at the ends of branches. No cones seen. Can someone suggest a field guide or links for ID of Indian Conifers and Cycads? Shrikant Ingalhalikar 12 Varshanand Society Anandnagar Sinhagad Road Pune 411 051. Tel 91 20 2435 0765. Fax 91 20 2438 9190. -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
