Hello
I am little bit worried about forthcoming episode on
Commelinaceae, however, view suggested by Singh sir and Rashida ji is ideal
one. In India Commelinaceae represented by 13 genera and about 83 species
(modified after Karthikeyan et al., 1989) and we discussed major genera and
common species in this forum. In addition to that in next episode we can
also try to provide nomenclature, morphological and distributional record in
detail for each species. Regarding India, additional allied families from
order *COMMELINALES* viz.
Commelinaceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/commelinalesweb.htm#Commelinaceae>
,
Haemodoraceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/commelinalesweb.htm#Haemodoraceae>
,
Hanguanaceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/commelinalesweb.htm#Hanguanaceae>
,
Philydraceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/commelinalesweb.htm#Philydraceae>
,
Pontederiaceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/commelinalesweb.htm#Pontederiaceae>
(APG
II), only Commelinaceae and Pontederiaceae are represents few taxa.
So I need few more suggestions, apart from these two families
shall we add some families for next episode from our native order
**<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/zingiberalesweb.htm#Cannaceae>
*ZINGIBERALES* Grisebach i.e. Cannaceae,
Costaceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/zingiberalesweb.htm#Costaceae>
,
Heliconiaceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/zingiberalesweb.htm#Heliconiaceae>
,
Lowiaceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/zingiberalesweb.htm#Lowiaceae>
,
Marantaceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/zingiberalesweb.htm#Marantaceae>
,
Musaceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/zingiberalesweb.htm#Musaceae>
,
Strelitziaceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/zingiberalesweb.htm#Strelitziaceae>
,
Zingiberaceae<http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/zingiberalesweb.htm#Zingiberaceae>.
May be combination of these two orders in next episode will be
better option.
I kindly request u to provide/ suggest needful opinion in this
regard.
Thank you
Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar,
Research Student,
Department of Botany,
Shivaji University,
Kolhapur.
