Sorry. I think I got carried away by the colour of the flowers on the keys and did not check the calyx. Original id by Dinesh ji is correct.
On Tue 8 May, 2018, 9:21 AM Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Garg ji. I will try to understand the content related to *H. > hirtus* & *micranthus* in the monograph. > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 7:40 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There has been total confusion regarding this in Indian literature as is >> evident on the thread I gave with lot of discussions with Lalithamba ji. >> Even BSI Flora gives keys which are not correct. All these aspects were >> properly looked into in the Monograph published after BSI Flora of India. >> Pl. look into the Monograph. I think Monograph is much more accurate rather >> than any literature in this context. >> >> On Mon 7 May, 2018, 6:49 PM Dinesh Valke, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Garg ji. >>> The posted plant is quite common occurrence in northern Western Ghats. >>> Most people in this region "recognize" it as *Hibiscus hirtus*. and >>> call it as *dupari* (afternoon bloomer). Two books (field guides) - >>> Shrikant ji's *Flowers of Sahyadri* and Kehimkar ji's *Common Indian >>> Wild Flowers* have *Hibiscus hirtus* illustrated, and I have no doubt >>> that the posted plant matches the illustrations in both the books. Shrikant >>> ji's *Flowers of Sahyadri* illustrates *Hibiscus micranthus* too; both >>> look different enough to easily decide whether *hirtus* or *micranthus*. >>> About *H. hirtus* being red may not be strict characteristic. >>> >>> I hope we have a separate post which discusses *hirtus* versus >>> *micranthus*. >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 2:30 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> *Hibiscus micranthus *as per Keys in 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> >>>> (Flowers white- *Hibiscus micranthus*, Flowers red- *Hibiscus hirtus*) >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>>> Date: 21 July 2015 at 21:08 >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:227827] Malvaceae Fortnight :: Hibiscus hirtus >>>> :: Tungareshwar WLS :: DVJUL14 >>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Malvaceae Fortnight >>>> mallow family >>>> *Hibiscus hirtus* L. >>>> at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on November 29, 2008 >>>> >>>> [image: Hibiscus hirtus] >>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3069494959%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdh8T9VtMgVbIdOKV65mBHgJ35hnQ> >>>> >>>> [image: Hibiscus hirtus] >>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3070573874%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeSBc8kqp8GTzWiH85bFWgEorB0Sw> >>>> >>>> [image: Hibiscus hirtus] >>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3070576686%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdBgMiyvpKTA3XqPjJeoHIYeNyusw> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on November 8, 2008 >>>> >>>> [image: Hibiscus hirtus] >>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3012739059%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeLO7KtWUVN-LmFk9xb5GxWiwXYuA> >>>> >>>> [image: Hibiscus hirtus] >>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3013572532%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcMEfeEmDjgrPf3CqfJh2h2Q-g7Ow> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> at Kohoj fort near Manor on February 3, 2008 >>>> >>>> [image: Lesser Mallow] >>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2239561952%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcLt46o9iJCEGyr1xl1SlS4CepqlA> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on February 2, 2008 >>>> >>>> [image: Hibiscus hirtus] >>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2236311447%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdFnR86KTUqcoVH-yngx843DLrL4g> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on November 24, 2007 >>>> >>>> [image: Hibiscus hirtus] >>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2060479268%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfl3yX8_-hDOPFzF2LhF3LO55WuDw> >>>> >>>> [image: Bapore (Gujarati: ?????)] >>>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2059531749%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzddYYcEg6mtDiQeYAEV0J7KZA15eQ> >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://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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