Thanks, Manudev ji. It does not match with images of *Eriocaulon heterolepis* at http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=600260 http://eol.org/pages/1119775/overview https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/1390941723 http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Buttonhead%20Pipewort.html https://www.flickr.com/photos/62721284@N02/6108295576
On 5 May 2012 at 12:21, manudev madhavan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, ' > > This could be *Eriocaulon heterolepis* Steudel, which has long exceeding > involucral bracts. I have collected this species myself from Maharashtra. > However, I can not confirm the identity without seeing the dissected > flowers and seeds. You may refer the book " Eriocaulaceae of India by > Ansari & Balakrishnan. > > Important diagonostic features for this species are as follows.. > > Rootstock absent; Peduncles many; Heads white or grey; Involucral bracts > oblong-lanceolate, spreading; Male sepalsconnate ion to a spathe, 3-lobed; > Anthers blac; Female sepals-3, free, unequal; Female petals 3, > spathulate, not clawed; Cells of seed coat transversely elongated, aligned > in vertical rows; Appendages 5-6. dialated at apex, from the transverse > radial walls appears to be in transverse rings on the surface of the seeds. > > With warm regards > > > On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 6:14 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Jayesh Patil <[email protected]> >> Date: 31 August 2011 23:26 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:78957] 31.08.11.JP.02 - Eriocaulon spp. >> identification2 >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Hello, >> >> Another species of *Eriocaulon *seen at Matheran. >> >> This one has prominent (involucral?) bracts beneath the inflorescence. >> >> - Jayesh >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* >> & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/ >> wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative >> Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & >> 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 6500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > -- > *Manudev K Madhavan* > Junior Research Fellow > Plant Systematic & Floristics Lab, > Department of Botany, > Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research > St. Joseph's College, Devagiri > Kozhikode- 673 008 > Mob: 9496470738 > > -- 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.
