Neil ji No two opinions. We all have graduated reading A. C. Dutta -- 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 Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > My apologies. Prof. Singh would be the right person to suggest this - > possibly one of the many books authoured by him. > The book I have suggeste is available in Bombay. Another book [with > difficulty] is 'A Textbook of Systemic Botany' by Prof. R.N.Sutaria. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Sat, 10/22/11, Neil Soares <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Neil Soares <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:89018] Re: abutilon indicum > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "Ushadi micromini" < > [email protected]> > Date: Saturday, October 22, 2011, 9:36 AM > > > Hi, > Would suggest you buy a basic textbook of Botany used in colleges. > A.C.Dutta's 'A Class Book of Botany' would do for starters. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Sat, 10/22/11, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]>*wrote: > > > From: Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:89006] Re: abutilon indicum > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, October 22, 2011, 9:00 AM > > FOR NON BOTANISTS: > INCLUDING MYSELF: > > Peduncle has different meaning(s) in medicine... > so had to do some reading: > > the nuances are different in Botany: > this is what I learnt today: RE-LEARNT: since after 1962/3... ha ha.. > A Pedicle, Pedicel, and Peduncle are the same thing : A stalk... > and leaf stalk is different named.... > > A pedicle is what we use mostly in medicine: stalk or a long base of > a tumor, benign or malignant.... > > > A leaf stalk is called : A petiole > > A stalk of a flower cluster is called: Peduncle > A stalk of a single flower (when it grows independently, not part of a > cluster) is called : Peduncle > > A stalk of an individual flower in a cluster or an inflorescence is > called : Pedicel > A stalk of a moss capsule is also called: Pedicel: > > Source: based this on a few dictionaries ... > > An extensively illustrated Taxonomic dictionary for botany would be > very handy... > don't have one in my library.. could you please suggest one? > thanks for the lesson.... Everybody.... > usha di > ====== > > > > On Oct 21, 9:47 pm, Gurcharan Singh > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > To me leaf shape, colour, and very short pedicel of second photograph > can't > > be ignored. The other two have slender long pedicel of S. cordata. > > > > -- > > 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 9:30 PM, Vijayasankar > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To me all three pictures look like Sida cordata, as suggested by Neil > ji. > > > Pl see this link for S. cordifolia > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sida_cordifolia_%28Bala%29_in_Hyder > ... > > > > > Regards > > > > > Vijayasankar Raman > > > National Center for Natural Products Research > > > University of Mississippi > > > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Gurcharan Singh > > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >wrote: > > > > >> The first photograph (*DSCN0755a.jpg) *and photograph uploaded > > >> subsequently (*DSCN0757a.jpg) *belong to Sida cordata (syn: S. > > >> veronicifolia) > > > > >> Second photograph (*DSCN0769aa.jpg) Sida cordifolia* > > >> * > > >> * > > >> * > > >> * > > >> -- > > >> 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 8:45 PM, Giby Kuriakose < > [email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > >> > wrote: > > > > >>> Erect herb, leaves cordate and hairy (stem too), *pedicel is shorter > > >>> than peduncle*: *Sida cordifolia* > > > > >>> Trailing herb, leaves faintly hairy or even sometimes glabrous > *pedicel > > >>> is as long as or longer than peduncle*: *Sida cordata* > > > > >>> My guess, based on the pedicel length, is that this plant is *S. > > >>> cordifolia *of Malvaceae family > > > > >>> Regards, > > >>> Giby > > > > >>> On 21 October 2011 18:55, Neil Soares > > >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > > >>>> Hi Mohina, > > >>>> Just checked your photographs. This is also Sida cordata. > > >>>> Regards, > > >>>> Neil. > > > > >>>> --- On *Fri, 10/21/11, Mohina Macker > > >>>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>* > wrote: > > > > >>>> From: Mohina Macker > > >>>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > >>>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:88911] abutilon indicum > > >>>> To: "hari lal" > > >>>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > >>>> Cc: "Gurcharan Singh" > > >>>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>>, > "H S" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >, > > >>>> "efloraofindia" > > >>>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > >>>> Date: Friday, October 21, 2011, 5:31 PM > > > > >>>> many many thanks for all the identifications > > >>>> ireally appreciate all the time that goes in > > >>>> i have added another photograph of the same plant as 755 > > >>>> maybe it will help > > >>>> regards > > >>>> mohina > > > > >>> -- > > >>> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > > >>> Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > > >>> Royal Enclave, > > >>> Jakkur Post, Srirampura > > >>> Bangalore- 560064 > > >>> India > > >>> Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > > >>> visit my pictures @http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby > >
