Another new plant sir On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Trochetiopsis ebenus *Cronk, Edinburgh J. Bot. 52: 210 1995. > > Common name: *Saint Helena ebony* > > Plant endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the southern Atlantic > Ocean. Saint Helena ebony is now critically endangered in the wild. It was > assumed to be extinct till two bushes were discovered in 1980. From these > two bushes many thousands of specimens have been propagated by seed and > vegative propagation. These represent a small, and perhaps atypical, > representation of the former variability of the species. > A low spreading shrub with horizontal stems; leaves ovate and > sub-cordate, about 7 cm long, dark green with brown hairs beneath; flowers > about 7-8 cm across, white aging to pink; epicalyx of 3 triangular segments; > staminal column reddish purplish brown with 5 ligulate staminodes of the > same colour, surrounded by 5 stamens. The filaments and pollen of the > stamens are orange. > > Photographed University of California Botanical Garden in June, 2008 > > > 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
