I think issue was furthjer resolved vide the following thread: https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/a98d8d20dd92659f?hl=en #
On 2 July 2011 15:54, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > I think issue was resolved vide the following thread: > > https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/95d45d9c2af93290?hl=en > # > > On 1 July 2011 16:44, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> “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” >> >> >> >> “Sir, in case this helps, here are the* keys from Dr. Almeida's flora*for >> Eranthemum L. Vol IV, A pg: 36 >> >> >> 1.Flowers reddish >> -pink---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E. >> cinnabarinum >> 1.Flowers >> blue-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 >> 2. Bracts densely >> pubescent-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E. >> pubescens >> 2. Bracts glabrous or faintly >> hairy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 >> 3.Bracts white with green veins, obovate, obtuse, with a short >> reflexed mucro-------------------------------------------------------------4 >> 4. Plants with many erect branches springing from a common >> base------------------------------------------------------------E. wattii >> 4. Plants with single stem, branched above, not in >> clumps------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 >> 5. Flowers 3-4 cm across >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> E. roseum >> 5. Flowers upto 2.5 cm >> across------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E. >> roseum var. parviflorum >> 3.Bracts greeen, elliptic, >> ovate,acuminate--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 >> >> 6. Flowers in dense,usually solitary,uninterrupted >> spikes;bracts exceeding 2 cm long-------------------E. purpurascens >> 6. Flowers in interrupted usually paniculate spikes; bracts >> less than 1 cm long---------------------------------------------------7 >> 7. Leaves >> elliptic------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> E. fastigiatum >> 7. Leaves >> ovate----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E. >> pulchellum >> >> >> regards, >> Rashida. ” >> >> >> >> “Hope this could be of some help to you. Will try to find some time out >> for the other protologue. >> >> If you are unable to translate, then please let me know. I will do it FOR >> YOU. >> Regards >> Pankaj” >> >> >> "*I will have closer look on the plant on Monday and perhaps report back*. >> It would also help in deciding which key (one supplied by Shrikant ji, and >> one by Rashida ji) is more useful, or else a better key can be evolved based >> on characters from both the keys (since they focus on different key >> characters) and Pankaj ji's attachment. >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh" >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> Date: 22 March 2011 21:58 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:65369] Eranthemum roseum vs E. pulchellum >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Dinesh Valke < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> 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 >> >> -- >> >> >> 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/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1600 members & >> 70,000 messages on 30/5/11) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of >> around 5000 species) >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1600 members & > 70,000 messages on 30/5/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of > around 5000 species) > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. 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