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 > > -- > 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. >> > > > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org

