Thanks Harisandhya ji for this update. On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:10 AM, harithasandhya <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thank you Prasad ji and Pankaj ji. > Beautiful photographs of Glory Lily. It used to be placed in the > family Liliaceae. > Searching 'Plant List' I found that it is now placed in the family > Colchicaceae. > A new family for me. So thought of sharing. > The APG III system places it in the order Liliales, and the family > includes some > two hundred species of herbaceous perennials with rhizomes or corms. > Regards, > Sandhya > > On Dec 2, 6:23 pm, prasad dash <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear members sending the photograph of *Gloriosa superba* from Ranpur > > > > Name of the species: *Gloriosa superba* > > > > Place of collection: Ranpur, Odisha > > > > Habit: Climber > > > > Habitat: Wild, Scrub forests > > > > Altitude: 250 m above msl > > > > Regards > > > > Prasad > > -- > > Prasad Kumar Dash > > Ecologist, Orissa, India > > email: [email protected] > > ph. 09437444241 > > > > Gloriosa superba 1.jpg > > 449KViewDownload > > > > Gloriosa superba.jpg > > 336KViewDownload > -- Dr Satish Phadke
