Hello everyone First up all I wish to clear genus *Aneilema *is truly African genus and not a single species of *Aneilema *is found in India.
However, all the earlier Indian *Aneilema *species are synonymous under few genera like *Murdannia, Dictyospermum, Pollia *and *Rhopalephora. * All these above mentioned genera are differentiate on the basis of capsule and stamen character. Stamens 6..........Tradescantieae (*Cyanotis, Amischtolype, Callisia, Tradescantia, Belosynapsis, *etc) Stamens 2-3 .................................... (*Commelina, Murdannia, Pollia, Rhopalephora, Dictyospermum*) Stamens antesepalous..............................*Murdannia* Stamens all anterior............................ Fruits sticky with hook-hairs.......................*Rhopalephora* Fruit indehiscent, berry like.........................*Pollia* Fruit dehiscent ........................................*Dictyospermum* *Dictyospermum *Wight Thyrses mostly 5- 16 cm long .........................*Dictyospermum montanum *Wight Thyrses mostly 4- 6 cm long............................*Dictyopsermum ovalifolium *Wight And I am sure (its my personal opinion) the above posted specimen is *Dictyopsermum ovalifolium *Wight Thank you for giving me opportunity to explaining the things again. * * On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Giby Kuriakose <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com>wrote: > > *Dictyospermum ovalifolium *has a synonym, Aneilema ovalifolium and is > endemic to the Western Ghats. > > Shivaprakashji, > > Few clarifications (please consider these clarifications for > better understanding of the species). > > Whether the fruits are dehiscent or indehiscent and blue at maturity? whether > the leaves (especially lower leaves) petioled or not? and > the number of perfect stamens. > > Please check and share these information, if possible. > > > > > Regards, > Giby > > > > > > > > > On 6 August 2011 14:24, Mayur Nandikar <mayurnandi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> *Dictyospermum >> ovalifolium*<http://www.tropicos.org/NamePage.aspx?nameid=50282556> >> Wight <http://www.tropicos.org/NamePage.aspx?nameid=50282556> for >> sure....... >> Distribution: southern peninsular India. >> >> Thank you >> >> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Smilax004 <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Please check Pollia secundiflora (Syn. Pollia secundiflora var. >>> indica and Pollia sorzogonensis var. indica) of Commelinaceae family >>> >>> I am little doubtful about the inflorescence >>> >>> Please check whether the fruits are indehiscent and blue in color at >>> maturity. >>> >>> If not, we may need to reconsider the id. >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Giby >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 2, 8:40 pm, shivaprakash adavanne <adava...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Hello, >>> > Please find attached photos of a herb with flower and fruit, but not >>> > of good quality picture, requesting id. This was seen at Iruppu, >>> > Kodagu, Karnataka on 30.07.2011 >>> > >>> > Regards >>> > a.shivaprakash >>> > >>> > DSCN9716.JPG >>> > 64KViewDownload >>> > >>> > DSCN9717.JPG >>> > 59KViewDownload >>> > >>> > DSCN9718.JPG >>> > 75KViewDownload >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, >> Research Student, >> Department of Botany, >> Shivaji University, >> Kolhapur. >> > > > > -- > 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 > -- Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, Research Student, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
