Thank you, Dr. Rawat Ji I had seen this plant in 2011 for the first time, but did not take it seriously. I thought it a common cucurbit based on its leaves. I was amazed in 2012 when saw its star-shaped bunches of fruits with spines. I posted it on FB page "Indian Flora" for ID in 2012, but was not identified. Unilocular ovary and one-seeded fruits were a lead for me to reach near Sechium and Sicyos. Then started searching the net and pinpointed Sicyos angulatus. By this time, I had come across a 65 page paper on Indian Cucurbitaceae by Renner and Pandey (2013). So, asked Prof. Renner to confirm my plant and for the reason of not including this in her paper. She suggested to write a small report on this plant. Current Science dropped the abstract from my paper as a part of their guidelines for short communications.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Sir helped me a lot by going through the manuscript and suggesting improvements. Link to the paper: http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/111/05/0789.pdf On Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:35:55 UTC+5:30, D.S Rawat wrote: > > Congratulation Dr Thakur for reporting its occurrence in India, first time. > I saw the paper in Current Science today. > Please send a pdf or link which can be added to the page of *Sicyos > angulatus* in efloraofindia. > And please keep a watch over this plant, it is invader in the country. > > DSRawat Pantnagar > > On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 5:49:09 PM UTC+5:30, Anil Thakur wrote: >> >> Respected Group Members, >> >> Have anyone seen Sicyos angulatus in India? It is not listed on BSI >> website and no account has been given in various Floras. It is not >> listed even in an extensive work on Indian Cucurbitaceae by Renner and >> Pandey. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur >> Associate Professor (Botany) >> Govt. P.G. College, Solan (H.P.) >> Mob. 94184-50063 >> > -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
