Dear Tanay You surely have a very investigative mind. You have great future, my best wishes for that. Clearly it is not Potamogeton. Could be Nitella, but looks slimy and swollen in upper part.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:07 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Balkar Ji & Gurcharan Ji, > > After looking at the photos taken by Balkar Ji minutely for several times. > I completely abandoned the idea that this plant is *Potamogeton sp *which > I initially thought it to be and also suggested the name. A close look at > the plant this morning I got to know that the leaves are arranged in a whorl > and I tried to confirm it from Balkar Ji over telephone, though he was not > sure but told me as far as he remembers my observation can be right, he told > me he will make an effort to see the plant again from the same spot and will > confirm me about the query. > > The next thing which came to my mind was another aquatic plant called *Cabomba > sp* but on deep investigation I had to abandon my thought due to the > flower of this particular plant which shows no resemblance with the photos > provided by Balkar Ji. > > Suddenly looking at one of the photos I saw a single flask shaped structure > which looks like the “nucule” and on further studies the brown cluster like > structure looks the “Amorphous Bulbils” (unit of vegetative reproduction) > found in the members of Characeae , the studies led me to the very common > Characeae (Charales) member known as *Nitella sp* (commonly called > stoneworts) it has slimy texture (I hope is looks same from the photos) and > it has nucule below the globule (*Chara sp *has the opposite i.e. nucule > above the globule). Lastly I have seen this plant grows vigorously in > Haryana area due to its sandy type soil under water and I hope this plant > was completely submerged bear the bank of the canal where Balkar Ji has seen > it. I don’t know whether my idea is right or complexly a vague idea result > of my illusions, only way out is a help from all the members Please validate > and put maximum number of suggestions so that I or any other member can get > hold of the correct Identification of this plant. > > *PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED PHOTO WHICH I HAVE ADOPTED FROM THE PHOTOS > PROVIDED BY BALKAR JI AND HAVE TRIED TO INDICATED THE PLANT DETAILS ABOUT > Nitella > sp WHICH I COULD OBSERVE.* > > Regards > > Tanay > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:25 AM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Gurcharan Ji and Tanay >> Leaves does not look like Potamogeton. >> >> >> Regards >> -- >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > 9674221362 (Mobile) > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
