It is a very interesting discussion. What I think is that there are many endemics that are later dispersed/ or planted elsewhere. Amaranthacean plants are prone to disperse to a greater distance because of the adaptation of fruits/seeds. Fruits/ Seeds get attached to animals, luggage (packing case or sacs etc.) and may take away to long distances with out giving any hint to the carriers. Such fruits/seeds can go along with truck loads as well. There are lots of possibilities for a plant like Achyranthes to get dispersed in these ways. Once it started establishing in a place then it spreads easily and fast.
I am just throwing some light on how the WG endemic might have "reached" to a far away place. Dear HS, the key is very useful and simple. Regards, Giby On Jul 19, 6:58 pm, H S <[email protected]> wrote: > Sirji, In Maharashtra there is more than 6 species of Achyranthes. > > But to seperate A. coynei from A. aspera and A. bidentata > > 1. Flowers compactly arranged, Leaves margin magenta colour, > flower magenta color.... > A. coynei > 1. Flowers sparsely arranged on rachis, flowers greenish colour. 2 > 2. Leaves apex round or ovate, outer bracts without two dentation.... A. > aspera > 2. Leaves apex acuminate, outer bracts with 2 teeth like projection... A. > bidentata > > regards, > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear H S > > Yes many Himalayan Plants are found in Western Ghats and vice versa, but > > when we say an endemic plant, its occurrence in another place is always > > interesting, for the plant may no longer be called as endemic to Western > > Ghats, if it occurs naturally in another far separated region. That is why I > > wanted this identification to be verified carefully. Could you kindly give a > > key separating it from A. aspera and bidentata? as I am not familiar with > > this species. It should help. May be we can then request Alok ji to focus on > > those parts of the plant. It would be a great discovery to have this species > > in Himalayas. > > > -- > > 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 Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 6:40 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Why not sirji, when we can get many Himalayan plants in Western Ghat at > >> higher elevation, so it is possible, > > >> infact A. coynei is also found at higher elevation.. > > >> or more detail study required.. > > >> regards, > > >> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> Dear H S > >>> I wonder whether a plant Endemic to Western Ghats can be expected in > >>> Western Himalayas. > > >>> -- > >>> 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 Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:33 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> Achyranthes coynei > > >>>> regards, > > >>>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Suresh Brar > >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>>> hello all, > >>>>> I think this is Prickly chaff flower,(Achyranthes aspera). > >>>>> Family-Amaranthaceae. > >>>>> Regards. > >>>>> Suresh Brar. > > >>>>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Smilax004 > >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>>>> Cyathula sp of Amaranthaceae? > > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> Giby > > >>>>>> On Jul 18, 9:21 pm, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> > Dear friends, > >>>>>> > A herb for id... > > >>>>>> > Location Kalatope > >>>>>> > Altitude 2100 mts > >>>>>> > Habit herb > >>>>>> > Habitat wild > >>>>>> > Height 2 feet > > >>>>>> > regards > >>>>>> > Alok > >>>>>> > -- > >>>>>> > Himalayan Village Education Trust > >>>>>> > Village Khudgot, > >>>>>> > P.O. Dalhousie > >>>>>> > District Chamba > >>>>>> > H.P. 176304, India > > >>>>>> >www.hivetrust.wordpress.comwww.forwildlife.wordpress.comhttp:// > >>>>>> mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new... > > >>>>>> > DSCN4266.jpg > >>>>>> > 127KViewDownload > > >>>>>> > DSCN4268.jpg > >>>>>> > 183KViewDownload > > >>>>>> > DSCN4269.jpg > >>>>>> > 308KViewDownload > > >>>> -- > >>>> - H.S. > > >>>> A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart > >>>> of stone > > >> -- > >> - H.S. > > >> A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of > >> stone > > -- > - H.S. > > A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of > stone
