Thank you very much Garg ji, and many many thanks to Chris Fraser-Jenkins ji !! Well, I was least expecting to get species ID of a fern, of which I have not captured any relevant aspects - I do not even know them! Regards. Dinesh
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 6:35 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Chris ji > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Chris Fraser-Jenkins" <> > Date: 6 Mar 2017 10:59 p.m. > Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:265044] fern NOT FOR ID 😊 :: > Bhagamandala - Thalacauvery Road :: 22 FEB 2017 > To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> > Cc: > > Namaskar Sir, > Well since our dear old-timer, Linnaeus, reduced sentences to a > binomial I can but follow him and inform you that this is Cyathea gigantea > (or if you prefer to split genera, Alsophila gigantea), a common tree-fern > throughout most of India. Perhaps unfortunately named as though it can > develop a good tall trunk in very luxuriant and long-undisturbed > conditions, it is probably more commonly not so tall, certainly not as tall > as other full-grown species. > The sori are usually in an attractive "inverted V" series underneath > the pinnules and are exindusiate. The stipes are darkish brown and bear > many lanceolate brown scales with very narrow apices. > The generally smaller and slightly less developed plants of > peninsular India were named C. balakrishnanii by the late Dr. Dixit, and > this is such a plant, but C. gigantea varies a bit wherever you get it, and > alas, C. balakrishnanii must go the way of all good synonyms which were > incompletely reseached. > So, NOT for identification - but drat, sorry, I did so anyway!! > Best wishes, > Chris Fraser-Jenkins, Lisbon, Portugal. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, 6 March 2017, 19:01 > *Subject:* Fwd: [efloraofindia:265044] fern NOT FOR ID 😊 :: Bhagamandala > - Thalacauvery Road :: 22 FEB 2017 > > Thanks, Dinesh ji > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> > Date: 5 Mar 2017 6:37 p.m. > Subject: [efloraofindia:265044] fern NOT FOR ID 😊 :: Bhagamandala - > Thalacauvery Road :: 22 FEB 2017 > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Cc: > > > [image: Bhagamandala - Thalacauvery Road] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F32373283293%2Fin%2Falbum-72157678567671472%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHE7QxW-rGGbYjd-UVWpEG3ZtdmUQ> > Bhagamandala - Thalacauvery Road Karnataka > *Date*: 22 FEB 2017 ... *Altitude range*: ~ 907 - 1122 m (2976 - 3683 ft) > asl > ------------------------------ > Large fern ... (family: Euphorbiaceae) > Dear friends, > Not wanting to ask for species ID! > Will be glad to get some kind of ID to "any broader level" to replace the > too common "fern" in my notes. 😊 > [image: ... fern] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F32994163082%2Fin%2Falbum-72157678567671472%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFI9zx0zHYHo0WH4zZ1xyd355n9uw> > > [image: ... fern] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F33109079716%2Fin%2Falbum-72157678567671472%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGFh53L7z6-sa-LiklRma1-OSvwpA> > > [image: ... large fern] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F32767738620%2Fin%2Falbum-72157678567671472%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHiOJ6g0CVi3DATmx3Z0DFvxXWN5g> > > Regards. > Dinesh > -- > 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+unsubscribe@ googlegroups.com > <[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/ group/indiantreepix > <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > -- 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.
