Pankaj ji
in both E. roseum and E. pulchellum the bracts are white with green veins
not in this case
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.
Bracts green
The bracts many nerved, white ciliate on margins..*.E. purpurascens*
Nees
The bracts few nerved, viscous hairy.....................*.E.
capens*L. var.
*concanense* (T. And. C. B. Cl.) Sant.
Illustrations are in the key
https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/a98d8d20dd92659f/b96487df74641dfa?hl=en
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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I was thinking, why not Eranthemum roseum?
> Pankaj
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> On Sep 23, 4:45 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Balkar ji
> > This is not Eranthemum pulchellum (syn: E. nervosum) commonly grown in
> > Delhi. That species has white bracts with green veins, cuspidate at tip
> and
> > spike not more than 7.5 cm long.
> >
> > This is Eranthemum purpurascens Nees with green bracts, many nerved and
> > ciliate along margin
> >
> > Please see the key jointly developed by Shrikant ji and me.
> >
> > https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/a9...
> >
> > --
> > 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/http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
> >
> >
> >
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> > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Dear All
> > > Eranthemum pulchellum from Chakrata Kalsi road
> > > pls validate
> >
> > > --
> > > Regards
> >
> > > Dr Balkar Singh
> > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
> > > Arya P G College, Panipat
> > > Haryana-132103
> > > 09416262964
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