Thank you Mayur ji for identification and providing the Key. Regards Bhagyashri
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello to all, > > I am very happy to read all the discussion and finally I would like to > conclude something > > Madhuri ji your posted pictures First* Commelina bengalensis 1.jpg *is > absolutely no doubt *Commelina benghalensis * > But *Commelina bengalensis 2.jpg *may be *Commelina diffusa *(most > probably) > > May be this key will be helpful to identify few common Commelina's* *in > field ................. > > 1. Spathes with margin free to base > ........................................................... *C. diffusa * > 1. Spathes with margins fused at least basally > .......................................................2 > 2. Inflorescence (Spathe) solitary, axiallary or > terminal.........................................3 > 2. Inflorescence composed of several aggregate, axillary or terminal > spathe...........4 > 3. Flowers > white........................................................................... > *C. suffruticosa * > 3. Flowers > blue.............................................................................................5 > 5. Spathe funnel shaped... > ......................................................*C. benghalensis * > * *5. Spathe broadly > ovate...............................................................*C. > forskalaei* > * *4. Sheath with rusty hairs at the > summit................................................*C. paludosa* > * *4. Sheath lacking rusty hairs > .................................................................*C. > ensifolia ** > * > * > * > Thank you > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you Neha ji for giving me some lead. Yes I can see that there seems >> to be a lot of morphological variation to consider it as the Key. >> >> Regards >> Bhagyashri >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Neha Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Madhuri Ji, >>> >>> To me, the first pic looks more like - Commelina benghalensis ( Ovate >>> leaves ) >>> and the second seems more near to- Commelina forsskalii ( lanceolate >>> leaves). >>> >>> But as Satish Ji said - " The key of differentiation is based on the >>> cells of ovary which is difficult in the field. >>> Many taxonomists objected about the guesses made from morphological >>> characters "", May b I m completely wrong here. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, > Research Student, > Department of Botany, > Shivaji University, > Kolhapur. > 07507013607 > >
