Dear all, This is *Commelina forskailii *Hochst. ex C. B. Clarke.. for sure. Thank you
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 2:08 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “For me it *looks like Commelina forskaolii* though keeping in mind the > difference .... I am really confused > > Is it a hybrid (natural hybrid)? > > Tanay” > > > > “Sir this is very confusing Genus. you seems to be right in *C forskaolii*” > from Balkar ji. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 20 October 2011 19:59 > Subject: [efloraofindia:88744] 20102011GS1 Comelina from Delhi for ID > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > This plant has been lying in my folders for now more than two years. Under > normal circumstances I would have identified it as C. forskaolii Vahl, a > species which has been commonly reported from the area (Old Delhi Ridge) > and lot of cytotaxonomic work done by workers as Delhi University. However, > I could not ignore three clear differences that I noted in this plant: > plants are erect;there seem to be auricles at the base of the leaf blade > and the leaves are almost linear-lanceolate. These features take me to C. > erecta L., although not reported from the area. The only feature that is > preventing me to call it C. erecta is proximal petal which appears bluish. > Incidentally both the species are described and keyed in Flora of North > America with the differences: > > Leaf-sheath with auricles at summit; Proximal petal minute, white; locules > all one seeded; plants erect; leaves linear to lanceolate.........C. erecta > > Leaf-sheath not auricled; proximal petal blue, lilac or lavender; some > locules 2-seeded; plants decumbent to ascending; > leaves oblong to lanceolate-oblong to > elliptic-oblong........................................................................................................................C. > forskaolii > > I am uploading different parts of plant including fruits. Kindly give your > opinion. > > > -- > 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/ > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 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 1840 members & > 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- Mayur Nandikar Research Student, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur (MS) India- 416 004 +917507013607 http://commelinaceae.blogspot.com http://murdannia.blogspot.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/commelinaceae
