Bracts white with green nerves
Bracts elliptic, cuspidate, glabrous and spikes upto 7.5
cm...E. pulchellum Andr.
Bracts obovate, mucronate, strigose and spikes longer than
7.5 cm....E. roseum (Vahl.) R. Br.
E. pulchellum is native to N. Bengal, planted and escape elsewhere, E.
roseum is native to W. peninsula. Regards, Shrikant
On Mar 22, 9:28 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> In past two months there have been few uploads of Eranthemum photographs.
>
> Pardeshi ji gave following key
>
> 1. Bracts green with white ciliate margin, acuminate at apex.......E.
> purpurascens
> 1. Bracts white with green nerves, mucronate at
> apex.................E. roseum
>
> We have one shrub growing in Delhi identified as E. nervosum, which has
> bracts similar to E. roseum with green and white portions. It is now
> considered as synonym of E. pulchellum. Also E. roseum and E. pulchellum are
> considered as distinct species, and in spite of trying a lot I could not
> find the differences between the two and am not able to decide whether our
> plant is E. roseum or E. pulchellum. It was pleasant surprise to find that
> Dinesh ji had raised this question in 2007.
>
> http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22084
> <http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22084>
> Any clues please
>
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>
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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