Then the word Gomphocarpus should mean nails or spines on fruit!! Regards Pankaj
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: tanay bose <[email protected]> > Date: Nov 2, 7:05 pm > Subject: Gomphocarpus physocarpus from Arunachal Pradesh_RKC02_021110 > To: efloraofindia > > > The fruits of this plant has spines. > Tanay > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> According to IPNI the accepted name is > >> Asclepias physocarpa Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xxi. Beibl. liv. 8. > >> Syn: >> Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. Commentariorum de plantis Africae >> Australioris 1 1836 > >> Asclepias is for Asklepios, the god of healing in Greek mythology >> Gomphocarpus means nail like fruit.!! >> physocarpa means bladder like fruit !! > >> Regards >> Pankaj > >> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Gorgeous snaps Ritesh Ji > >> > Thanks for sharing > >> > -- >> > Regards > >> > Dr Balkar Singh >> > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> > Arya P G College, Panipat >> > Haryana-132103 >> > 09416262964 > >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Research Associate >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >> Department of Habitat Ecology >> Wildlife Institute of India >> Post Box # 18 >> Dehradun - 248001, India > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > [email protected] -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
