*This Plant as suggested by Tanay should be Poulzolzia. pentandra. Upper highly reduced, alternate bract-like leaves are quite distinctive for this species.*
-- 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 Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Milind Sardesai <[email protected]>wrote: > This is *Pouzolzia. *Leaves are alternate. Only Rotala floribunda has > alternate leaves. > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:42 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> “Can we have better view of habit and lower leaves. To me it looks like >> some *species of Rotala*. >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh” >> >> >> >> “Sir i could find these three pics only” from Balkar ji. >> >> >> >> “It may be a species of Pouzolzia (Urticaceae) >> Regards, >> Giby” >> >> >> "Any chance of* Pouzolzia pentandra (Roxb.) Benn.? >> *Kindly see the description from Eflora of Pakistan >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242424685 >> Tanay" >> >> "I am in deep dilemma as I could learn that there can be stalked lowers >> in Pouzolzia, especially male flowers. >> Hence, again, I feel the pictures are of a *species of Pouzolzia only*. >> Regards >> Giby" >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Balkar Arya <[email protected]> >> Date: 15 July 2011 20:30 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:74161] Flora of panipat- a small herb for >> id-15072011-01 >> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear All >> pls id this small about 1 ft to 1.5 ft high erect herb. Photo taken 20 >> Sept 2010 from Lohari Panipat this was on the bank of a small water >> Channel/canal >> >> -- >> 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 1725 members & >> 85,000 messages on 30/9/11) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of around 5500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > -- > With warm regards > > > Yours sincerely > > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > Milind M. Sardesai, Ph.D. > Reader in Botany > Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, > Aurangabad-431004 (M.S.) INDIA. > Web : www.bamu.net > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > Phone: 0240-2403303 | Fax: 0240-2403399, 243400 | Mobile: 08805075007 > > ______________________________________________________________________________ > > >
