Thanks Dinesh ji for bringing this out for discussion again. The problem has been that all three species have mostly been treated as one species only but now that all three are treated as distinct and looking at the key in Flora of china, this plant has red petals could be Rubia manjith. The last two photographs, however, belong to a different plant.
-- 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 Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 11:36 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Prasad ji, and Dinesh. > Regards > Prashant > * > * > > On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Many thanks Prashant for sharing the eye-opening red-coloured flower of >> this species. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Prasad Dash >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Graet snap again. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> P.............. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Friends, >>>> >>>> Sharing photographs of *Rubia cordifolia* from Manali and Bhimashankar. >>>> >>>> Family: Rubiaceae >>>> >>>> Flowers seen at Manali were red where as one from Bhimashankar were >>>> greenish. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Prashant >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Prasad Kumar Dash >>> Ecologist, Odisha, India >>> email: [email protected] >>> ph. 09437444241 >>> >> >> >
