Kunikannan ji may be right. It appears to be C. mexicana -- 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 Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:37 AM, C KUNHIKANNAN <[email protected]>wrote: > please check for Calceolaria mexicana, commonly called lady's purse > kunhikannan > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > SORRY FOR THE TYPO: > > > > "Scrophulariaceae won the name " due to priority of publication. > > > > Regards > > Pankaj > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:35 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Very interestingly it looks like an Orchid but for sure it is not!! > >> This should be Calceolaria or something close from Calceolariaceae, > >> but never knew that Calceolariaceae is found in India. > >> > >> Interestingly, there were three different taxa which were given this > >> name from time to time (Orchidaceae, Scrophulariaceae and Violaceae) > >> but ultimately Scrophulariaceae wont the name and ultimately it was > >> shifted to another family Calceolariaceae. > >> > >> Regards > >> Pankaj > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Selvalakshmi Selvaraj > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> This is Calceolaria Karthick ji > >>> -- > >>> Selvalakshmi S. > >>> Doctoral Scholar, > >>> Bharathiar University, > >>> Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > "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 > > > > > > -- > Dr. C.Kunhikannan, > Division of Biodiversity, > Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, > Forest Campus, R.S.Puram, > Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu. >
