Forwarding for ID Distributed as Ludwigia leptocarpa (USA) ? <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/o/onagraceae/ludwigia/ludwigia-leptocarpa> Group discussion at Ludwigia Species for ID : Atlanta, Georgia : 14JAN19 : AK-22 (google.com) <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/v-gQ-hsd9VE>
On Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 11:23:49 AM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > I believe it is Ludwigia hexapetila; non-native in Georgia, also found in > Florida (as well as in the ditch in my front yard!). Thank you. > It is difficult to tell apart from L. grandiflora. Here are two links with > detailed explanations. > > https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/files/caip/pdfs/LudwigiaHexapetala-fromAquaticsSpring2014.pdf > > https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant-directory/ludwigia-hexapetala/ - from > Carmelita ji > > Please, also look at Ludwigia leptocarpa. Thank you. -from Carmelita ji > Adding another picture which is better. > Hope it helps. > Regards, > Aarti > > Thank you for the additional and most excellent photo. > > There are several scientific papers that explain the difficulty in > differentiating between Ludiwigia grandiflora and L. hexipetala. > One would need to measure the petal length, the sepal length and look at > the chromosomes. > One a hexaploid and one is a decaploid. > http://www.guynesom.com/Ludwigiagrandiflora.pdf > To add to the confusion, there are also naturally-occurring hybrids of the > two. > This link leads to an explanation of how closely we must look to identify > Ludiwigia while in the field: > > https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/files/caip/pdfs/LudwigiaIDGuide.pdf- > > <https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/files/caip/pdfs/LudwigiaIDGuide.pdf> > > from Carmelita ji > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 at 10:36 > Subject: [efloraofindia:314403] Ludwigia Species for ID : Atlanta, Georgia > : 14JAN19 : AK-22 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Seen near a water body in Atlanta during my visit in Oct,18. > For Species id please. > Aarti > > -- > 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- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 > are directly displayed). > > 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). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/a01daf26-a55b-48c9-8712-d6a58e245090n%40googlegroups.com.
