Thanks, Lalithamba ji On Sun 22 Apr, 2018, 5:46 PM Lalithamba Avadhanam, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank You Garg ji, > It is Hibiscs hirtus only as per my opinion, It is up to you only > thank you > regards > A.Lalithamba > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 4:42 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Lalithamba ji, >> I am waiting for your final views in the matter. >> >> On Thu 19 Apr, 2018, 3:26 PM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks a lot, Lalithamba ji. >>> Hope something useful comes out of these discussions. >>> Due to confusion in Regional Floras & BSI Flora of India, it is sure >>> that there is a long standing confusion between the two. >>> Finally I think we have to rely on Malvaceae of Southern Peninsular >>> India: A Taxonomic Monograph >>> <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XhVI5BluzCUC&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=Hibiscus+hirtus+%2B+monograph+of+indian&source=bl&ots=aHVIaPCQmk&sig=IVANi2I0HBHe8ccDDALptE_0zw8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivzYjXgsbaAhUILI8KHTpfCWoQ6AEISDAJ> >>> (I >>> think published after BSI Flora of India). >>> From perusing this, you will agree with id of Hibiscus micranthus >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/malvaceae/hibiscus/hibiscus-micranthus> >>> (which >>> also has tri-lobed leaves and plant is pubescent and leaf size larger than >>> 4 cm) >>> Based on this, colour of the flower only decides the species among these >>> two, as per the keys. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 19 April 2018 at 14:26, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, I firmly believe it is Hibiscus hirtus only; be cause we have >>>> observed the fresh specimen; some leaves are tri lobed; (H.micranthus never >>>> bear tri-lobed leaves,)epicalyx are longer than calyx; the entire plant is >>>> softly pubescent, the leaf size is larger than 3cm, (As per Flora of >>>> A.P.by Pullaiah, FPM by Gamble) >>>> thank you >>>> regards >>>> A.Lalithamba >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:41 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, Lalithamba ji, >>>>> Do you still have doubts of this being Hibiscus micranthus >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/malvaceae/hibiscus/hibiscus-micranthus> >>>>> on >>>>> account of filiform epicalyx and calyx divided upto the middle as per keys >>>>> in BSI Flora of India >>>>> <http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=5684&type=11> >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>> From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> >>>>> Date: 30 March 2018 at 13:03 >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:291433] Submission of Hibiscus hirtus >>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dear all >>>>> I have observed Hibiscus hirtus placed in efi is Hibiscus micranthus >>>>> (Ref. eflora karnataka; again the description given does not match; It is >>>>> a >>>>> rather rare plant; leaves trilobate; hence I am adding description with >>>>> images captured in wild at Velugonda hills of Eastern ghats >>>>> Hibiscus hirtus L., Sp. Pl. 694. 1753. >>>>> Ver.names: Lesser mallow orange (Eng.) Nityamalli నిత్యమల్లె (Tel.) >>>>> Family: Malvaceae >>>>> Description: >>>>> Herbs, perennial, up to 2 m tall; stems much branched, >>>>> appressed-stellate-setulose. Leaves alternate; petiole 0.5-4cm long; >>>>> lamina >>>>> ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 × 2-3 cm, shallowly 3 lobed, sparsely to fairly >>>>> densely stellate-hispid on both surfaces, apex acute, margin serrate, base >>>>> obtuse. Flowers 1-2cm in diam., white; peduncle articulated just below >>>>> the >>>>> calyx. Epicalyx lobes 6-7, 5-10 mm long, filiform, stiff. Calyx >>>>> stellate-setulose; lobes up to 8-9 × 1•5 mm., linear-lanceolate. Corolla >>>>> 1.5-2cm across, ovate, white. Staminal column shorter than petals. Ovary >>>>> globose; style divided above the stamina column, stigmas 5, capitate. >>>>> Capsule 9 mm in diam., subglobose, minutely pubescent. Seeds reniform, >>>>> with >>>>> white silky floss. >>>>> Habitat & location: Rare in hills. >>>>> 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 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or >>>>> Efloraofindia >>>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a >>>>> species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 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). 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