Again Wonderful!!!! On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Nepenthes khasiana > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > Date: Feb 15, 1:38 pm > Subject: The Pitcher Plant: Nepenthes khasiana Hook.f. > To: efloraindia > > > Yeah it is beautiful and very complex. I sometimes imagine how they > evolved to lead such life. > Pankaj > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: >> This Khasi plant is really beautiful > >> -- >> 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 Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >> wrote: > >>>Nepentheskhasiana Hook.f. Prodr. (DC.) 17: 102. 1873. >>> Family: Nepenthaceae > >>> Note: This plant is supposed to be endemic to India and this is one of >>> the very few plants which is enlisted among the Schedule VI of >>> Wildlife Protection Act (1972) of India. Hence any extraction of this >>> species from wild is illegal and punishable. >>> Location: TBGRI, Palode, Trivandrum. >>> Camera: Nikon D300+60mm Nikkor +Vivitar ringlflash. >>> ............................................ >>> Few more information on the plant [Source Wikipedia]: > >>>Nepentheskhasiana (pronounced /nɨˈpɛnθiːz ˌkæsiˈɑːnə/, after the >>> Khasi Hills, to which it is largely endemic) is a tropical pitcher >>> plant of the genusNepenthes. It is the onlyNepenthesspecies native >>> to India. > >>> The species has a very localised distribution and is rare in the wild. >>> Isolated populations are known to occur in the Jarain area of the >>> Jaintia Hills and the Baghmara area of the Garo Hills, adjacent to the >>> Khasi Hills region of Meghalaya. Nevertheless, N. khasiana exhibits >>> considerable genetic diversity. > >>> The Khasi people call the plant tiew-rakot, which means demon-flower >>> or devouring-plant. The Jaintias call it kset phare, which is roughly >>> translated as lidded fly net. The Garo call the plant memang-koksi, >>> which literally means the basket of the devil. > >>>Nepentheskhasiana is a protected species, classified as Endangered, >>> and is on CITES Appendix I along with N. rajah. In 2010, The Rare >>>NepenthesCollection was established with the aim of conserving 4 of >>> the most threatenedNepenthesspecies: N. aristolochioides, N. >>> clipeata, N. khasiana, and N. rigidifolia. >>> .................................... > >>> Regards >>> Pankaj > >>> -- >>> *********************************************** >>> "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 > > -- > *********************************************** > "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
