Very Good and informative write up, Satish ji. Please continue the good work
-- 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 Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks a lot for this informative note sir. > Regards > Pankaj > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I am sure most of the members have read the nicely written details about > the > > family Euphorbiaceae by Rashida ji[efloraofindia:64293] > > I would like to highlight some important characters of this family. > > It is a Large and extremely variable family : It shows a great range in > > vegetative as well as floral structures. > > The inflorescence in Euphorbia and related genera like Chamaesyce is > > .............first branching usually racemose. > > .............subsequent branching is cymose. > > ..................The partial inflorescence is a Cyathium which appears > as a > > single flower.(Seen in Rahida ji's write up.) > > (I urge members to post some additional close ups of this; if they have > any) > > .............THERE ARE OFTEN NO PETALS AND SEPALS. THE BRACTS ARE > PETALLOID > > AND SHOWY COLOURED. > > .............The male flower is represented by just an androecium having > > only pedicel stamen and anthers. While the female flower has only pedicel > > ovary style and stigma. > > I have compiled this info. and sharing with the group esp. for those non > > botanist members who may not be knowing this; as the conventional visible > > flowers are not seen in some of the genara from Euphorbiaceae when one is > > searching flowers in nature. > > Regards > > Dr Phadke Satish > > http://satishphadke.blogspot.com/2008/07/euphorbiaceae.html > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 >
