Dear Mahadeswara ji, Thanks for your kind appreciation With regards Taffazull
On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 11:02:04 AM UTC+5:30 [email protected] wrote: > One more photo: > Photo of yellowish green anthers with curved tips very different from the > yellow anthers of C.flexuosa in the Wikipedia photo > > On Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 8:42:00 AM UTC+5:30 Mahadeswara wrote: > >> Superb presentation Taffa ji ! Great ! >> >> On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 4:51:16 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Saroj ji, >>> Thanks for the link. >>> It cant be* C.hirsuta* as there are 6 stamens. Also in Srinagar it was >>> flowering in Feb -March when I reported it. >>> It is peculiar in having yellowish green anthers with tips curled back >>> in an anticlockwise manner like the horns of a sheep. Unfortunately none of >>> the photos in your link have photos of anthers. The anthers of *C.flexuosa >>> *are clearly visible in a Wikipedia photo (By Didier Descouens - Own >>> work, CC BY-SA 4.0, >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115306437) and they are >>> yellow and do not have curled tips. So from anthers it is very different >>> from *C.flexuosa.* >>> Some expert can enlighten us further. >>> Wikipedia photo is attached >>> Attribution :By Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115306437 >>> >>> On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 4:18:44 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Some more photos >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 4:01:48 PM UTC+5:30 [email protected] >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear members, >>>>> Please help ID this herb (Cardamine sp ? ). >>>>> Habitat : A lawn in Srinagar >>>>> Habit : Annual Herb erect about 30cm high . Sometimes branched at >>>>> base. Leaves with 4 to 5 mostly paired leaflets, Leaflets with 2-3 >>>>> unequal >>>>> lobes with one lobe much smaller than others Flowers white 4-5mm in >>>>> diameter. Stamens 6 tetradynamous (4 long(filament 2mm) and 2 >>>>> short(filament 1.5mm)). Anthers yellowish green with filaments attached >>>>> basally and notably tips of anthers curled anticlockwise (See Photo 6). >>>>> Pollen grains are fusiform as in some other crucifers. Stigma covered >>>>> with >>>>> elongated papillary cells as in other members of the family(see >>>>> Photo7).All >>>>> photos taken recently in the first week of May. >>>>> Regards >>>>> Taffazull >>>>> Notes: >>>>> 1.Anthers are remarkable in having the tips curled back in an >>>>> anticlockwise fashion (see photo9 and Photo 6). >>>>> 2.Papillary cells on Stigma (Photo 7 ) are said to play an important >>>>> role in preventing self pollination and promoting cross pollination in >>>>> this >>>>> family. >>>>> >>>> -- 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/811ffc1d-9f3a-4d83-88c5-6a4b1c898a5cn%40googlegroups.com.
