A reply from Dr. Kotia: "many thanks Mr Garg for sending me such a beautiful photograph of desert plants I am in Jharkhand and without any literature yes this is Calligonum speceis I remember Dr Pankaj show me one of fruit photograph when we were in WII
and i told him about the genus Calligonum but not sure about the species because you can check in following link in Flora of Pakisthan http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242100034 This species is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Calligonum polygonoides L. but can easily be differentiated from the latter by having smaller leaves, larger nuts and pedicel mostly shorter or sometimes equalling the perianth lobes. 1. Calligonum comosum L'Herit in Trans. Linn. Soc. London. 1:80. 1791; Boiss., l.c. 1000; Rech.f. & Schiman-Czeika, l.c. 44; R.R.Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W.Pak. Kashm. 201. 1972; Mandaville, Fl. East. Saudi Arabia 107. 1990; Chaudhary, l.c. (Fig.30, C-D). Calligonum polygonoides L. subsp. comosum L’ Hér, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 80. 1791; Boulos, Fl. Egypt 24. 1999. Shrub, up to 2 m tall, stem branched, branches fascicled, somewhat whitish, glaucous. Leaves subulate, 1-5 mm long. Flowers in long clusters. Perianth segments 5, 3-4 mm long, 2-3 mm broad. Fruit 12-13 mm across. Nut fusiform, somewhat twisted, 7-8 mm long, 3 mm broad, 4-ribbed, ribs setose, setae seriate, 3-5 times branched, dilated and ± connate at the base, soft or little fragile. Fl. Per.: March-April. Type: In Aegypt, Lippi: Barbaria Desf. Distribution: Notheast Africa, Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Arabia to Pakistan." On 19 February 2012 16:54, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “*Calligonum polygonoides* > Family: Polygonaceae > > Pankaj” > > > “Other plant was most probably Capparis decidua. This is a true > representation of desert flora. > Pankaj” > > > “Pankaj ji, > > I think I have found the correct id of this bush from Oman. > Had borrowed a book recently 'Wild Plants of Oman' by Helen Pickering & > Annette Palzelt. > This seems to be *Calligonum comosum*, common name Fire Bush. > Kindly validate. > Regards, > Aarti” > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > Date: 31 May 2011 19:36 > Subject: [efloraofindia:70784] Request for ID : Oman : 310511 : AK-3 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Pankaj Kumar < > [email protected]> > > > Taken at Muscat, Oman....first two pictures on the 8th of Feb, 2008 > and other two on the 22nd of Feb, 2008. > Bushes found growing in the sand. > Dr Pankaj ji had identified similar bushes from Rajasthan if I am not > wrong, but those had no flowers/pods. They were only bushes. > Aarti > > > > -- > 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 1800 members & > 1,06,000 messages on 31/1/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- 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 1800 members & 1,06,000 messages on 31/1/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
