Simply amazing and beautiful catch. Thanks for sharing On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Amazing shots of a beautiful plants!!!! > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Ushadi micromini > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes entire series of Caralluma is fascinating... > > thanks > > Usha di > > ===== > > > > On Dec 19, 12:13 pm, prasad dash <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Simply superb catch Prabhu Ji. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> prasad > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Prabhu kumar KM > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Dear all, > >> > This is *Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata. *I collected this > species > >> > from Tamil Nadu. > >> > >> > The type species of the genus *Caralluma* is *C. adscendens *(Roxb.) > , a > >> > species originally described from India (Meve & Liede 2002). *C. > >> > adscendens* is a very variable species, which needs a complete > revision. > >> > 6 varities of *C. adscendens *have been recognized from India. This is > >> > one of thw species among them. > >> > A fleshy herb, among bushes in hills and on dry slopes of > ghats.Branched > >> > stem, quadrangular, tapering from base to apex. Internodes glabrous; > latex > >> > watery; leaves reduced to scale like structures, caducous. Flowers > >> > terminal, pedicels glabrous. Calyx 5-lobed, lanceolate, apex acute; > corolla > >> > rotate, 5-lobed and spathulate.Corona staminal, biseriate. Stamens and > >> > pollinia 5. Follicles paired and glabrous. > >> > >> > -- > >> > *Prabhu Kumar K M* > >> > Scientist > >> > Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division > >> > Centre for Medicinal Plant Research (CMPR) > >> > & 'CMPR' Herbarium > >> > Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala > >> > Kottakkal, Malappuram > >> > *E-mail: [email protected]* > >> > >> -- > >> Prasad Kumar Dash > >> Ecologist, Orissa, India > >> email: [email protected] > >> ph. 09437444241 > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- Regards Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade
