This is really useful Singhji. Thank you much. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Muthu ji > Here is one from eflora of Pakistan > > 1Flowers white. Leaves distinctly petiolate > (2)<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116686#KEY-1-2> > > +Flowers pink or orange to red. Leaves subsessile or shortly petiolate > (4)<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116686#KEY-1-4> > > > 2 > (1)<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116686#KEY-1-1>Corolla-tube > 20-25 mm long. Branches of inflorescence hairy. Calyx-lobes longer and > broader than calyx tube 2 Ixora > polyantha<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250090842> > > +Corolla-tube 8-12 mm long. Branches of inflorescence glabrous. Calyx-lobes > equalling or shorter than calyx-tube > (3)<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116686#KEY-1-3> > > > 3 > (2)<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116686#KEY-1-2>Style > densely pubescent. Calyx-teeth minute, shorter than the tube. Leaves almost > rounded at the base, margin not undulate 3 Ixora > pavetta<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242423581> > > +Style glabrous. Calyx-teeth equalling the tube. Leaves acute at the base, > margin undulate 5 Ixora > undulata<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242423584> > > > 4 > (1)<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116686#KEY-1-1>Leaves > pubescent beneath. Corolla-tube 1.5-2 cm long; lobes obtuse to rounded. > Flowers mostly pink 6 Ixora > chinensis<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200022123> > > +Leaves glabrous. Corolla-tube 2.5-4.5 cm long; lobes acute to acuminate. > Flowers scarlet or orange-scarlet > (5)<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116686#KEY-1-5> > > > 5 > (4)<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=116686#KEY-1-4>Leaves > shortly petiolate, acute with 10-12 main pairs of lateral nerves 4 Ixora > fulgens<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250090844> > > +Leaves sessile, obtuse or mucronate with ± 8 pairs of lateral nerves 1 Ixora > coccinea<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=220006906> > inch > > > Supplement with one from Manual of Cultivated plants by L H Bailey > > > A. Colour of flowers white > > B. Fls. about 1/3 inch long....................................I. I. > parviflora* > > BB. Fls 1-1 1/2 inch long .....................................2. I. > acuminata > > AA. Color of fls. red or yellow > > B. lvs. 6-12 inch long, infl of about 100 fls..............3. I. > macrothyrsa > > BB. lvs. up to 4 inch long; infl. of fewer fls > > C. corolla-lobes obtuse..................................4. I. > chinensis > > CC. corolla lobes acute.................................5. I. > coccinea > > > -- > > 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Singhji, >> If possible, kindly post the differentiating characters or key for these >> cultivated *Ixora* species. >> >> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Ixora chinensis from Delhi, grown as hedge in Punjabi Bagh Garden. >>> Please note rounded tips of petals and sessile leaves with rounded >>> non-auriculate base. Pl Validate. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >>> >>> -- >>> 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Junior Research Fellow >> Care Earth Trust >> Chennai - 61 >> www.careearthtrust.org >> > > > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust Chennai - 61 www.careearthtrust.org -- 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.
