Oh I forgot to ask you, any taxonomy book for beginners that not only defines in language but has good illustrations and how to dissect these ovary etc...???
USha di == On Sep 7, 8:54 am, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > and D. Wallichii??? How do I identify it/ distinguish it from this > one? > > Usha di > = > > On Sep 6, 9:17 pm, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Sir > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Here it Balkar ji > > > > D. burgessiae (syn: D. calantha): ovary 5-celled with 6-8 ovules in each > > > cell; leaves 3-5-lobed, up to 30 cm across, pubescent on both sides; > > > peduncle 15-20 cm long. > > > > D. spectabilis: ovary 3-celled with two ovules in each cell; leaves 10-12 > > > cm long, shallowlt 3-lobed or entire, white-tomentose beneath; peduncle > > > 3-7 > > > cm long. > > > > -- > > > > 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, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Any peculiar difference between calantha and spectabilis > > > >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Gurcharan Singh > > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >>> *Dombeya spectabilis* Bojer, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 2, 18:191. 1842 > > >>> Syn: *Assonia spectabilis* (Bojer) Kuntze > > > >>> Shrub or tree with reddish stellate pubescence; leaves ovate to > > >>> orbicular, cordate, to 17 cm long, entire or dentate; flowers white or > > >>> pink > > >>> 2 cm across, in paniculate cymes. > > > >>> Photographed from Herbal Garden and Vikas Puri in New Delhi. > > >>> -- > > >>> 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/ > > > >> -- > > >> Regards > > > >> Dr Balkar Singh > > >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > >> Arya P G College, Panipat > > >> Haryana-132103 > > >> 09416262964 > > > -- > > Regards > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964
