Thank you very very much Gurcharan ji for this clarity. Will check my uploads at flickr and eFI soon and do any necessary correction. Regards. Dinesh
On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Confusion between Calyptocarpus vialis and Synedrella nodiflora solved > (for me atleast). > I was lucky to find both on same day in Bangalore and appreciate crucial > differences between two. > > Perhaps no two plants are as confused by most of us as these two. Many > differentiate the two by prominent three veins from base, but they occur in > both although thinner in Calyptocarpus. Heads of two look similar, > involucre bracts of Calyptocarpus are 4 in two whorls, In Synedrella they > range from 2-5 and may be in one or two whorls. Achenes are with two > diverging awns in Calyptocarpus, in Synedrella most florets (disc) have > similar 2-awned achenes although few (fertile ray) have achenes with scales > (which you are likely to miss. > Here are features which will never fail you > 1. Calyptocarpus has low growing, procumbent to ascendin, mat forming > habit often rooting at nodes, rarely rising more than 15 cm, Synedrella > tall erect habit up to 80 cm tall . > 2. Leaves the most crucial are not longer than 3 cm, pale green, thinner, > faint 3 basal vein and broadly ovate. In contrast leaves of Synedrella are > longer than 3 cm, dark green in colour, more prominent basal veins and > ovate to elliptic in shape. > 3. All heads in Synedrella are in sessile clusters, but in Calytocarpus > there are always a few on long peduncles bearing solitary head, in addition > to several sessile in cluster. > Here are some photographs for illustration. > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
