Thanks, Lalithamba ji, for a new addition to efi. As per WCSP <http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=305023> & Catalogue of Life <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/41ead6ad15688db33c1a7bd14946ab92> also, it is an accepted name.
On 26 August 2016 at 14:27, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> wrote: > Plant name: Drimia nagarjunae (Hemadri & Swahari) Anand kumar, J.Econ. > Taxon. Bot. 5: 962. 1984. > Note: ‘The Plant list’ by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri > Botanical Garden considered this species as a synonym of Drimia > indica(Roxb.)Jessop. But due to the differences this species is considered > separately. > Ver.name: Pedda adavi vulli పెద్ద అడవిఉల్లిగడ్డ(Tel.). > Family: Asparagaceae > Description: > Perennial, bulbous geophyte; 30-40 cm tall; bulb 10-12 × 10-12cm; outer > layers papery, roots from the disk. Leaves radicle, glaucous green, fleshy, > linear, 15-20 × 2-3cm, thick; disappear at flowering. Flowers white, > 2-2.5cm across, drooping on the 30cm long thick scape. Bracts auriculate at > base, about 2mm. Tepals 6, united halfway, white, 2-2.5 cm long, acute. > Stamens 6, adnate to tepals. Ovary oblong, glabrous; style as long as > stamens; stigma capitates. Capsule upright, 1.5-2 × 0.5cm, trigonous. Seeds > many, flat, ovate, black, 0.6 cm across, winged. > Habitat & location: Found in dry gravel soils in hill areas. It is found > near Udayagiri. > Toxicity: Tubers are toxic. > It is considered as synonymous with Drimia indica but due to differences > it is considered as seperate species by BSI > Thank you > Regards > A.Lalithamba > > -- > 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 https://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- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 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.
