Dear Vijaysankar, Thanks for the clarification and information on the species.
Regards Giby On 25 March 2011 20:40, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Giby, > > Solena amplexicaulis is a highly polymorphic species with lots of variation > in the shape & size of leaves and fruits and also in the length of petiole, > etc. > May be that is the reason it has got several synonyms. One of the synonyms, > S. heterophylla, also denotes the variable nature of leaves in this plant > (for nonbotanists: hetero=different; phylla=leaves). > Dr.K.N.Gandhi worked on its nomenclature to bring out clarifications. Dr. > Chakravarty, who revised this family for BSI's Flora of India opined that > "this is an extremely > heteromorphic species amongst the Cucurbits" and he also suggested > segregation of this taxon into many varieties and forms. > > Hope this answers your question. > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Smilax004 <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I am just curious why it is called amplexicaulis? The leaf is not >> amplexicaulis in the picture. >> >> Regards >> Giby >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 24, 10:52 pm, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > This is Solena amplexicaulis [S.heterophylla]. Sending you one of my >> photographs taken at my farm. Also please check the archives of this group >> for my other photographs of this. >> > Regards. >> > Neil Soares. >> > >> > --- On Thu, 3/24/11, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > From: raghu ananth <[email protected]> >> > Subject: [efloraofindia:65569] Wayanad flora #11 | Climber-Red fruit >> IdReq 24Mar2011 >> > To: [email protected] >> > Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 7:18 PM >> > >> > Wayanad flora #11 | Climber-Red fruit IdReq 24Mar2011 >> > >> > Date/Time-10 Jan 2011 >> > Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Sulthan Battery, Waynaad, Kerala >> > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Garden >> > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Climber >> > Height/Length-approx - 30 feet, Climbing on a tree, >> > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape - ~Heart, Margin -Smooth, Size-10 cms >> approx., almost dry- leaves/fruit >> > Inflorescence Type/ Size- >> > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts - No flowers >> > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Red, 9cms, dry fruit-brown, >> > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- >> > >> > >> > >> > Regards >> > Raghu >> > >> > Solena amplexicaulis.jpg >> > 64KViewDownload > > > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
