Dear Kenneth Thanks for the link. I have photographs of both P. occidentalis and P. racemosa from California, but I did not upload them firstly because they were on another hard disc and secondly to restrict upload to Indian plants. Links are easier solutions for comparison.
-- 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 Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is California sycamore, Platanus racemosa, growing in the Santa > Monica Mountains, Malibu, CA USA. > > This grove of over thirty genetically-identical trees is the result of one > individual specimen that has fallen and rerooted multiple times. It is > common for this to occur when specimens are found near bodies of water. > > > http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z93/fastfeat/DSC00487.jpg > > http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z93/fastfeat/DSC00488.jpg > > http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z93/fastfeat/DSC00489.jpg > > Regards-- > Ken. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wed, July 14, 2010 6:00:10 AM > *Subject:* [efloraofindia:41423] Platanus orientalis from Kashmir > > Platanus orientails the most famous chinar tree of Kashmir, very commonly > grown in Parks, Gardens and avenues. There is a famous garden in Dal lake > known as char chinar, with four trees of chinar, a favourite tourist spot. > Another example of vicariance. Its American couterpart is P. occidentalis. > > I am providing the link of P. occidentalis for comparison: > > http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/plt/Platanus%2520occidentalis%2520leaf2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/plt/platanus_occidentalis.htm&usg=__VXyK4zJQE5siN8AZOi__FoKShS4=&h=480&w=640&sz=47&hl=en&start=2&sig2=Xws8mIL2YLUALwuIqzu98w&itbs=1&tbnid=U3gv4-iHcyLmPM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplatanus%2Boccidentali > s%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=QbQ9TPTlJpW0cJGv6KIB<http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/plt/Platanus%2520occidentalis%2520leaf2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/plt/platanus_occidentalis.htm&usg=__VXyK4zJQE5siN8AZOi__FoKShS4=&h=480&w=640&sz=47&hl=en&start=2&sig2=Xws8mIL2YLUALwuIqzu98w&itbs=1&tbnid=U3gv4-iHcyLmPM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplatanus%2Boccidentalis%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=QbQ9TPTlJpW0cJGv6KIB> > > > -- > 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/> > > >
