For what it's worth, A. mearnsii is a species that thrives in Mediterranean climates, such as California, USA but not in warm-humid subtropical climates nor deserts.
Sorry that I'm not familiar with the local climate of Shimla, but possibly this information may be helpful in determing ID. I can't add any info on Mimosa bimucronata. Regards-- Ken Greby. ________________________________ From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> To: Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]>; Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>; Tabish <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, March 1, 2010 9:19:09 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:28515] ... Acacia at an avenue in Shimla We have reached an interesting stage in this identification. Acacia bimucronata is now correctly known as Mimosa bimucronata (Candolle) O. Kuntze as it has less than 10 (usually 8) stamens whereas Acacia mearnsii has numerous stamens. I request colleagues to try and decifer the number of stamens. I would personally go with Acacia mearnsii. -- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: If not armed, quite possibly A. mearnsii. > >Here's a good photo representation of Australian species. > >http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/plants/mimo/acacia-mearnsii.jpg&imgrefurl=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/plants/mimo/mimosaceae.html&usg=__ug8RhifmE23WnEoGkqkyoWtjnyc=&h=720&w=999&sz=126&hl=en&start=9&sig2=0N0WUqnba2dbPxvSmnSslg&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=RVCF1XBvevzLFM:&tbnh=107&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dacacia%2Bmearnsii%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=8o6MS-3OB4PmtgOA2aGmAw > >Regards-- >Ken Greby. > > ________________________________ From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>; Dinesh Valke ><[email protected]>; Tabish <[email protected]> >Sent: Mon, March 1, 2010 7:20:42 PM >Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:28497] ... Acacia at an avenue in Shimla > > >>Resurfacing again for ID > > > >-- >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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>Date: Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:38 PM >Subject: [efloraofindia:26993] ... Acacia at an avenue in Shimla >To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > >Dear friends, > >Only one photo to show ... thus making it botanically challenging ... need not >be resurfaced in future. >Yet friends familiar with Shimla flora may help me out with ID. > > >Date/Time : May 31, 2008 at 6.28am IST >Location Place : Shimla, NH 22 near Mall Road ... Altitude : about 2200 m ... >GPS : about 31° 5'52.49" N, 77° 10'36.99" E >Habitat : Avenue Tree ... Type : :( >Plant Habit : Small Tree ... Height : about 10 - 12 ft... Length : :( >Leaves Type : double compound... Shape : :( ... Size : :( >Inflorescence Type : :( ... Size : :( >Flowers Size : 12 - 15 mm ... Colour : off-white ... Calyx : :( ... Bracts : :( >Fruits Type : :( ... Shape : :( ... Size : :( ... Seeds : :( > >Other Info : >Fragrance : :( ... Pollinator : :( ... Uses : :( > > > >Regards. > >-- >> >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. > > -- 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.
