This is Commelina paleata Hassk. in Miq. Pl. Jungh. 2: 139, 1852; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 371, 1982; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 3: 294, 1958 (Repr.); Sharma et al, Fl. Mah. St. Monocot. 159, 1996; Pradhan et al, Fl. SGNP. 614, 2005. Common along railway tracks in Mumbai
Regards Satish Pardeshi On Feb 7, 7:25 am, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > The last photo is awesome !! > Tanay > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Commelinales & Zingiberales Week: Commelinaceae, Commelina forsskalii > > Vahl. Enum. Pl. 2: 172 1805. > > Syn: C. falcata Hassk. > > > The plant is common in the Old Delhi Ridge forest in rainy season. The > > plant is reported and looks like C. forsskalii Vahl but I am not able to > > ignore the distinct auricles at the base of leaf sheath, a character > > distinctive of C. erecta (according to Flora of North America) and absent in > > C. forsskalii. The experts are requested to examine this aspect critically. > > > The spellings of this binomial is also worth consideration. The species is > > often reported in Indian publications as C. forskalaei, whereas GRIN, Flora > > North America take up C. forskaolii Vahl. > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > *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.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
