Dear all,
many thanks for the inputs and identification. May I know the recent name
for this *Calceolaria *sp.?

Is it *Calceolaria gracilis* Kunth or *Calceolaria tripartita* Ruiz & Pav.?
reference: http://tropicos.org/Name/29200594

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:

> Kunikannan ji may be right. It appears to be C. mexicana
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> 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.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> 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.
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