Thanks a lot Sir Ji. i came to know that this speies is native to sub tropical America and introduced in India. finally becomes naturalized in various parts of India. Yes ushadi mam u r right , Gurcharan Sir can identify the route of this species.
Regards prasad On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > so how did it travel all the way from Jamaica to India??/ > > usha di > ====== > > On Dec 23, 6:24 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very nice series of photographs Prasad ji > > Interestingly this was the first plant I got identified through this > group. > > In fact my joining this group was connected with this plant. I had posted > > this for identification to another Group, TAXACOM of which I am a member > > for more than 15 years, a group of International taxonomists of Plants as > > well as animals, and there a member suggested to me to join this group in > > August, 2009. It is perhaps a recent introduction to India. > > > > -- > > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 6:40 PM, prasad dash <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear members please find the images of Mecardonia procumbens taken from > > > Ranpur > > > > > Name of the species: Mecardonia procumbens > > > Family: Scrophulariacea > > > Place of collection: ranpur, Nayagarh, Odishs > > > Habit: Herb > > > Habitat: Wild in grasslands > > > > > Regards > > > > > Prasad > > > > > -- > > > Prasad Kumar Dash > > > Ecologist, Orissa, India > > > email: [email protected] > > > ph. 09437444241 -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
