i have also seen Isoetes in Panchmari and have also collected it a few population grows around the Panchamri Lake which is a man made water body. Tanay
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Very interestingly, I collected my only Isoetes in Ranchi and had it > alive for few days in my aquarium thinking it to be some Vallisneria. > But it died and after that I realised it was not a grass at all. I > hated the plant at that time.....why? dont know why, but all my fishes > in the aquarium died in one night after I had planted this in the > aquarium!! > > Then I think I missed my second Isoetes during my field work in > Palamau district, this time an epiphytic one. God!! even Dr. Aparna > says, I have missed many new species, more than anyone else has even > been able to describe. This was with reference to the fact that I have > missed describing two new genera and two more new species of orchids!! > > It could really have been a new species. > Panchamarhi has been very famous for many plants which also includes, > Psilotum nudum!! I imagine this Satpura hypothesis has something very > unique about this area. > > Thanks a lot for sharing. > > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Vijayasankar ji > > Thanks for sharing. We first saw this genus in Pachmarhi, but > unfortunately > > there no digital cameras then, 30 years back. > > -- > > 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 Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:04 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Nice photo. looks similar to grass. > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:14 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> A great contrast Vijaya Ji > >>> Tanay > >>> > >>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected] > > > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Isoetus species (may be I. coromandelina). > >>>> For non-botanists friends: this plant may look like a grass or sedge > but > >>>> it belongs to a primitive group of plants 'pteridophyte'. It > propagates > >>>> through 'spores' and it doesn't know what flowers & fruits are! It > prefers > >>>> to grow in marshy habitats. > >>>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> > >>>> ---------------------------------------------------- > >>>> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > >>>> Post Doctoral Research Associate > >>>> National Center for Natural Products Research > >>>> Thad Cochran Research Center > >>>> University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 > >>>> Phone: +1 662 915 1018 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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 > -- *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]
