Great job.....now I am loving this hardcore taxonomic approach of people in the group more. We certainly need both sides to make our identification and nomenclature correct. Thanks. Pankaj
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is the description by Vahl. > Vahl's one should be right according to mine > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Mayur ji >> What about the spellings? >> forsskalii (accepted according to Kew the Plant List) or forskaolii >> (accepted according to GRIN), or forskalaei (according to IPNI) >> >> -- >> 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 Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Nice caption >>> >>> but I think this is the only member (with cleistogamous flowers)apart >>> from C. benghalensis i. e >>> >>> Commelina forskalaei Vahl Enum. Pl. [Vahl] ii. 172. 1805; Clarke In DC. >>> Mon. Phan. 3;168.1881. >>> >>> Type: Arabia forsskal (C, Holotype) >>> Procumbent, sparsely branched annual herb. Root fibrous. Basal nodes with >>> sub-terranian cleistogamous flowers. >>> C. forskalaei resembles C. benghalensis in >>> having sub-terranian cleistogamous flowers, undulate leaf margin and >>> cucullate spatathe. But differes from C. benghalensis in its elliptic leaves >>> absence of red rufus hairs on the sheath and smooth seeds with ridges and >>> depressions in the testa as against ovate undulate leaves, red rufus hairs >>> in the sheath and reticulate seeds in C. benghalensis >>> Distribution: C. forskalaei distributed from sea level to medium >>> altitudes. It is found in wayside, grassy places near agricultural fields >>> and prefers fully exposed habitats >>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 5:33 PM, A.Sinha <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Exemplary images...... they take the eye over the relevant details and >>>> beautiful features. >>>> Gurcharan-ji, thanks.. pic d is the capsule , and the in pic e , the >>>> root is having nodules ? >>>> >>>> regards >>>> A.Sinha. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Pardeshi S. <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 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. 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