so plants are using their innate intelligence in the PRESENT TENSE... not in some nebulous future, as in Darwin's theory of successive generations developing survival tactics...
usha di On Oct 21, 1:54 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forgot to mention, prostrate types generally develop under areas of intense > grazing and trampling, erect types under undisturbed areas. > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not a big deal Dinesh ji > > Many species are supposed to have stable (genetically fixed) variants under > > different ecological conditions. These are better known as ecotypes, > > although some call them varieties or subspecies (different areas), and some > > enthusiastic persons giving them ranks of independent species. It is common > > to have erect and prostrate types in many species including our Euphorbia > > hirta. In fact this concept of ecotypes was developed simultaneously in > > Europe (Hieracium vulgatum) and California (Potentilla fruticosa) around > > 1822. > > > -- > > 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 Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> Many thanks Mohina ji for sharing this plant. > >> ... taking opportunity to put this trivia : *Eclipta prostrata* has one > >> of its synonyms as *Eclipta erecta*. > > >> Regards. > >> Dinesh > > >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Mohina Macker > >> <mohinamac...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >>> eclipta prostata of asteraceae family > >>> been seeing it in flower for the past couple of weeks > >>> at alibaug > >>> regards > >>> mohina macker > > > -- > > 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/
