For me it looks like Commelina forskaolii though keeping in mind the difference .... I am really confused Is it a hybrid (natural hybrid)? Tanay
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > This plant has been lying in my folders for now more than two years. Under > normal circumstances I would have identified it as C. forskaolii Vahl, a > species which has been commonly reported from the area (Old Delhi Ridge) and > lot of cytotaxonomic work done by workers as Delhi University. However, I > could not ignore three clear differences that I noted in this plant: plants > are erect;there seem to be auricles at the base of the leaf blade and the > leaves are almost linear-lanceolate. These features take me to C. erecta > L., although not reported from the area. The only feature that is > preventing me to call it C. erecta is proximal petal which appears bluish. > Incidentally both the species are described and keyed in Flora of North > America with the differences: > > Leaf-sheath with auricles at summit; Proximal petal minute, white; locules > all one seeded; plants erect; leaves linear to lanceolate.........C. erecta > > Leaf-sheath not auricled; proximal petal blue, lilac or lavender; some > locules 2-seeded; plants decumbent to ascending; > leaves oblong to lanceolate-oblong to > elliptic-oblong........................................................................................................................C. > forskaolii > > I am uploading different parts of plant including fruits. Kindly give your > opinion. > > > -- > 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/ > > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
