I stick to my original comment - probably Dioon edule. Cones would be needed to be certain.
Kind regards, Alastair http://www.facebook.com/PlantDiversity From: J.M. Garg [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 10 November 2011 12:45 To: efloraofindia Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Pinki; Dr. Pankaj Kumar ; [email protected]; Shrikant Ingalhalikar Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:77281] Re: 14082011-BS-001: cycas sp for id from Arya PG College Panipat Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback: "It could be Dioon edule (or another similar Dioon) Alastair Culham http://www.facebook.com/PlantDiversity"; "Not Cycas but Dioon spinulosum or edule may be. In Delhi University botany department you will find big plants of this with some other cycads. Pankaj" "This attachment could be of some use. Regards Pankaj" ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Balkar Arya <[email protected]> Date: 16 August 2011 23:02 Subject: [efloraofindia:77281] Re: 14082011-BS-001: cycas sp for id from Arya PG College Panipat To: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> Cc: indiantreepix <[email protected]> a few more pics of same plant On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Pankaj ji and Alastair Ji On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: This attachment could be of some use. Regards Pankaj On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Plant Diversity <[email protected]> > Date: Aug 14, 11:43 am > Subject: 14082011-BS-001: cycas sp for id from Arya PG College Panipat > To: efloraofindia > > > It could be Dioon edule (or another similar Dioon) > > Alastair Culhamhttp://www.facebook.com/PlantDiversity > > On Aug 14, 4:25 am, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Dear All >> A sp of Cycas i think for id >> Brought from a Nursery in Panipat now in My College Never seen anywhere else >> (Panipat 200 mts) >> Fronds about 20-25 inch spines on margins. leaflets about 4-5 inches >> no cone seen >> Thanks >> -- >> Regards > >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 > >> IMG_6059Sm.JPG >> 214KViewDownload > >> IMG_6060Sm.JPG >> 228KViewDownload > >> IMG_6061Sm.JPG >> 512KViewDownload > >> IMG_6063Sm.JPG >> 180KViewDownload -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1740 members & 90,000 messages on 31/10/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
