Is it *Oplismenus burmannii* (Retz.) P. Beauv.? Tanay
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 5:38 AM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > > Amazing grasses week going on. Great photography, some grasses resembling > windmills others beating beautiful flowers. I am sure a lot of us will > feel far more at ease with grasses now ! Here's my two pence to the > contributions - Oplismenus not sure of species, could be burmanii? Ided by > Dr Almeida seen at the forest in Mumbai on 20 Nov.'10 . As explained by Dr. > Almeida this has spikelets (individual flowers) arranged in spikes all on > one side, sparsely spaced sub-spikes, sessile flowers. > > Ancient greek -hopliosmenus means 'armed'. The sound also resembles in > Marathi 'aplas manus' meaning our local person. > > > regards, > Rashida. > -- *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]
