Thank you Sir for this informative post. It will help me a lot. Regards,
Surajit On Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:23:13 UTC+5:30, Satish Phadke wrote: > > From the posts received during the Convolvulaceae week I am really amazed > to see the number of species and genera it contains. > 5-6 years back when I started observing the flowers closely in pursuing my > hobby I was aware of only Ipomoea as a genus and I never imagines that many > *Ipomoea *flowers come from different plants and I used to neglect them. > Now after several months it is heartening to say that I know many species > now.(Credit goes to Efloraofindia too....) > The flower shapes of Convolvulaceae are described differently. Sometimes > the meanings are difficult to understand. I tried to compile some of these. > *Campanulate : ** > * > > Bell-shaped. A flower with a wide tube and flared lobes (petal tips), > typical of the Bellflower family (Campanulaceae). > > As in *Convolvulus*(This word is used for Genus *Volulopsis *in BSI Mah > flora)* *Some Merremia members e.g.*M.gangetica* and *M.hederacea* > *Funnelform : *As in *Argyreia *and *Ipomoea** > * > > *Infundibuliform* : Funnel shaped(Funnel-shaped) (This word is used for > *Cressa > *and *Evolvulus*) > > A flower that widens gradually from the base, ending in an open or flared > shape. > > *Trumpet-shaped* > > A flower that starts as a narrow tube, but widens into a flared mouth, > where the petals often turn back. > > *Salverform* > > A flower with a long, thin tube, that widens suddenly into a flat-faced > flower. > > *Hypocrateriform *:/ hypocraterimorphous > > > 1. In *botany*, salver shaped: an epithet applied to a corolla > consisting of a straight tube surmounted by a flat and spreading limb, as > in the cowslip and phlox. > > http://theseedsite.co.uk/flowershapes.html > > > *Subglobose*: Close to spherical; As in Cuscuta > In Stictocardia and Ipomoea the Corolla is *Infundibuliform* or > *Hypocrateriform > * > -- > Dr Satish Phadke >
