Thanks, Lalithamba ji. Both WCSP <http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=290764> & Catalogue of Life <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/ebfee446f78291dd744dc1b34e6f0861/synonym/a72ff3f4acd5a506eebd0835969ac321> treat it as a syn. of
*Drimia indica *(Roxb.) Jessop, J. S. African Bot. 43: 272 (1977). <http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=304999> Also BSI Flora of India checklist <http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=3971> states the same. On 22 November 2016 at 14:23, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> wrote: > *Urginea coromandeliana* Hook.f., *Fl. Brit. India 6: 347. 1892.* > > Description: > > Perennial; bulbous geophyte; bulb tunicated, white, 2.5-4 cm across, > globose. Leaves radicle, 10-15 × 0.5-1 cm, thick, canaliculated, acute. > Flowers drooping, dull green, 1 cm long, 3-4mm across, 3-merous, > racemosely, laxly arranged on 15-30 cm long, stiff scape; pedicel 0.4-0.5 > cm long. Perianth lobes 6 in 2 whorls of 3 each, linear oblong, tips of > inner 3 puberulous. Stamens 6, inserted, connate with perianth lobes at > base; anthers yellow, oblong. thin, campanulate. Ovary sessile, 3 loculed, > ovules many in each cell; style filiform, stigmas capitate. Fruiting scape > elongates to 40-60 cm long. Capsule 1cm across, deeply 3-lobed, > loculicidal, 3-valved. Seeds orbicular, flat, 0.5 cm across, black. > > Note: The Plant List treated this species as synonym of *Drimia indica* > (Roxb.)Jessop > > > But due to the differences it is treated separately as per Gamble’s F.P.M > and F.B.I. > > Habitat & location: Common in dry gravelly soils and rocky areas in > hillside forests. Photographed at Velugonda, N.Konda. > > 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.
