hello Very interesting thanks for sharing such a wonderful species. On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 9:32 AM, harithasandhya <harithasand...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> New plant for me too. Thank you for sharing the pictures and > information. > Regards, > Sandhya > > On Dec 29, 7:11 pm, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Since our school days we are hearing about cladode of Ruscus. In year > > 1996 we planted many plants of Ruscus in our college but never seen > > with flowers. During our visit to Nouni university we were just > > wandering in the campus when we came across this plant. From a little > > distance i thought that some type of insects are there on the plant. > > When went near to this we were very glad to see the flowers. > > This plant is taught as example as cladode, but in true sense it is > > not cladode (cladode is a phylloclade of one or two internode and > > phylloclade is a flattened stem of several internodes functioning as a > > leaf). this is actually a cladophyll. A cladophyll is a flattened leaf > > like stem arising in the axils of a minute, bract-like, true leaf. > > pls also attached pics > > > > -- > > Regards > > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964 > > > > cladodes-in-plants.jpeg > > 22KViewDownload -- Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, Research Student, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
