Agreed it is not Rumex acetosella but some how I am not comfortable with R. nepalensis. The first photographs does show some flowers in which the inner perianth is enlarged, but there is no trace of any teeth. I would suggest R. patientia a highly variable species with entire valves.
-- 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 Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Rumex acetosella is characterized by having hastate leaves so that > possibility is ruled out here. > > To me it looks like Rumex nepalensis only. Here the plant is in flowering > stage so the most important character of the plant i.e. presence of fringed > fruiting perianth is not visible here. > > Perusal of various herbarium sheets at Chinese Virtual herbarium at the > following link could be of use. > > http://photo.cvh.org.cn/pic/kun/36/366765.jpg > > Further comments are solicited. > > Regards, > Ritesh. > > > > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Resurfacing again for ID confirmation >> >> Earlier feedback >> >> Me................................Rumex acetosella, but not very sure >> >> Pankaj ji.......................Rumex sp. >> >> >> -- >> 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/> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >> Date: Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 7:41 AM >> Subject: [efloraofindia:54312] Flora of Uttarakhand- Herb11 for Id- JM >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Wild Herb captured on 13/8/10 during the trek from Ghangaria (around >> 11,000 ft.) to Hemkunt Sahib (around 14000 ft.). >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each >> image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1420 members & >> 52,000 messages on 26/10/10 & with a database of around 4200 species on >> 30/9/10) >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Ritesh Kumar Chouodhary > International Biological Material Research Center > Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology > 111, Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu > Daejeon > South Korea-305-806 > > +82-42-879-8342 (O) > http://www.kribb.re.kr > > > "It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would > make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven > symphony as a variation of wave pressure." -- Albert Einstein >
