Prasad is right. There are many similar looking Cycas. By the way, to me leaves look too long in this. I have a Cycas circinalis as home which has thicker trunk than this, but the length of the rachis is much shorter. I imagine if we have Dr. Rita from Indraprastha University here in the group. She may be of some help.If not then we may try inviting her. She is an expert on gymnosperms. Regards Pankaj
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: prasad dash <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:58 PM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:61323] Palm for ID : 260111 : AK-1 > To: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > > > Hai karthickji, its definitely Cycas sp, but without seeing the sporophylls > its realy difficult to distinguish Cycas circinalis and Cycas sphaerica. As > earlier all the species of Cycas were identified as Cycas circinalis but > after critical taxonomic studies they came to be Cycas sphaerica. > Regards > Prasad > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yes this is a Cycas sp. >> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Sid <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> My guess: Cycas circinalis (its not a palm) >>> Sid. >>> >>> On 26 January 2011 13:48, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Taken at Racca Nursery, Nasik, Maharashtra on the 3rd of October,2010. >>>> Tree of medium height, not very tall like some other palms. >>>> Aarti >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Muthu Karthick, N >> Junior Research Fellow >> Care Earth Trust >> #15, second main road, >> Thillai ganga nagar, >> Chennai - 600 061 >> Mob: 09626833911 >> www.careearthtrust.org > > > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241 > > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 09626833911 > www.careearthtrust.org > -- *********************************************** "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
