Thanks, Manudev ji. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: manudev madhavan Date: 28 September 2015 at 16:48 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:231355] sk2015sept08/08 - Commelina sp. on the bank of the pond To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>
This species is very close to *Commelina diffusa* Burm f. I can rule out the possibility of *Comelina caroliniana* Walter (or *Commelina hasskarli *C.B.Clarke) because of two reasons 1. It is very clear that, this species has an upper cincinnus 2. Spathe is glabrous as opposed to serrulate to pubescent spathe. Also, *Comelina caroliniana *Walter (Fl. Carol. 68. 1788) is the *correct name* since the *name has priority* over *Commelina hasskarli *C.B.Clarke (Commelyn. Cyrtandr. Bengal 13, t.3. 1874). A careful reading of the abstract of the paper would have helped 😊 NB: There is one more species of *Commelina *in this post. Image number P1160722 has *Commelina benghalensis* (right side) in addition to the species in quiry. On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 4:20 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for validation please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Isn't it *Commelina forsskalii *? > Regards, > Shobha > > Thank you very much Madam for the suggestion. But, I simply do not know > how to identify a *Commelina*. The problem is BSI restricts the > distribution of *C. forsskalaei* Vahl. in the Peninsular and NW India. > Regards > surajit > > *Commelina* *diffusa* Burm.f. > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Ftpl%2Frecord%2Fkew-233842&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFisZoRRxh6GjYRG8fSkBzWQ20WJA>,- > from Santhan ji. > Many many thanks Santhan Ji. If BSI checklist > <http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=2483> > didn't prevent me I would have very much identified it with the same taxon > you have suggested. > There is very much confusion between *C. diffusa* Burm f. and *C. > caroliniana* Walter (in US). *C. caroliniana* is conspecific with *C. > hasskarlii* of India - > http://www.jstor.org/stable/1220885?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents. > This species is *C. hasskarlii* C. B. Clarke. > Attached here relevant docs (downloaded from the net) for your perusal and > further opinion. > Thank you > Regards > surajit koley > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Date: 9 September 2015 at 00:04 > Subject: [efloraofindia:231355] sk2015sept08/08 - Commelina sp. on the > bank of the pond > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > These photographs were recorded on 02-Sept-2015 and today. This species is > thriving on the bank of ponds, village drainage, even on sides of railway > tracks, possibly in damp soil. > > Branching and rooting at nodes. > > Flowers are the size of *C. benghalensis* as can be seen in the last pic > (flowers in right is *C. benghalensis*) where two species growing side by > side. Leaves are upto 7.5 cm long and 2 cm wide. Only a very few leaves are > narrower than this. This species doesn't flower much, only a very few > shoots bear flower. > > Please help. > > Thank you > Regards > > -- > 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). 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