Please mention the place and altitude Achyranthes bidentata grows mostly at altitudes above 3000 ft, may sometimes have pinkish flowers giving false impression of A. coynei, but habit as well as spike length (mostly less than 10 cm long) are like A. bidentata. Also leaves are usually acuminate as we can see here..
A. coynei is rather a gigantic form of Achyranthes aspera (which has hairy stems and leaves) with pinkish flowers and much longer spike (35-60 cm long as against 10-30 cm in A. aspera). Leaves are mostly obtuse with small mucro. It looks more like A. bidentata. 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/ On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 4:13 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Interesting Darshan Ji, how do you identify it from other *Achyranthes > <http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/speciesList_PCL.action?resultType=genusWise&parent_Id=73&parent_Name=achyranthes>* > ? > I was going through the paper > http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2011/June/o268526vi111875-1879.pdf > and > found superficial features described in that paper tallies (at least > several features) with my species in following threads! > > - > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/_Khg8UM9Z1U/tKlBRrdNS-UJ > (with > 3 set of images) > - > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/9vmOf221YRQ/-tdB_5IljFgJ > > Yet none of my above two threads is *A. coynei*. > The set featured in this thread neither shows l-o-n-g spike nor densely > arranged flowers, nor even similar leaves found in the paper above. > Thank you > Regards > surajit > > > > Achyranthes > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/amaranthaceae/achyranthes> > species in eFloraofindia (with details/ *keys *from published papers/ > regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever > available on net) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Darshan Kokate <[email protected]> > Date: 24 November 2015 at 12:52 > Subject: [efloraofindia:236463] Alternanthera images for validation > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear all attaching images 01,02,03 of Alternanthera coynae for validation > please validate regards Darshan Kokate > > -- > 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> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > 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 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). > > 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. > > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
