As the leaves in this plant appears to be entire,opposite above and whorled below, the plant could be Limnophylla indica (L.) Druce (Leaf margins crenate to serrate in L. heterophylla whereas it is entire or whorled & dissected in L. indica) Regards -Divakar
On Sep 8, 10:16 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rashida ji > Ceratophyllum does not have heterophyllous leaves. These photographs are > unique to show both submerged finely dissected leaves and simple entire > whorled emergent leaves so characteristic of L. heterophylla. Also the > flowers are typical dicot. You can find both single axillary long > pedicellate flower as well as terminal group of flowers, true for L. > hererophylla. > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 4:13 AM, Rashida Atthar > <atthar.rash...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > The last ID by Avinash ji on 4 May '10 for my posts of the same plant was > > Limnophila heterophylla. Shubhada has only mentioned Tanay's response. > > However, my query on the distinguishing characteristic remained unanswered. > > > regards, > > Rashida. > > > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Vijayasankar > > <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> I too think it is Limnophila, probably L. heterophylla. > > >> With regards > > >> Vijayasankar > > >> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Pankaj Kumar > >> <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >>> Just a vague thought of mine. Can you please smell the young leaves > >>> and let us know if it has a pleasant smell, just in case it does, then > >>> this may be Limnophyla....but not so sure.... > >>> Pankaj- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
