Yes Muthu ji. Your doubt is genuine. The leaves of A. pungens more or less rounded in outline, and perianth with sharper tips. This could be A. ficoidea.
-- 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, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > Any other species of *Alternanthera*? > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:25 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes Alternanthera pungens a weed in West Bengal too >> tanay >> >> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 3:38 AM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Alternanthera pungens for me too. Very common in Chennai as a weed. >>> >>> On Jan 18, 3:16 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Looks like Alternanthera pungens >>> > >>> > -- >>> > 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: >>> > 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >>> > >>> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:38 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > > It is a weed seen in wastelands and abandoned farms in Mumbai also. >>> > > Regards, >>> > > Mani. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *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) >> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> [email protected] >> *Webpages:* >> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html >> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ >> >> >> > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 09626833911 > www.careearthtrust.org > >
