Thank you Garg Sir for making this post resurface. Regards,
surajit On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:31 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > Some earlier relevant feedback: > “Its *Pycreus species* of Cyperaceae” from Anil Rajbhar ji. > "*Attaching more images* of this species. It is - about 41 cm high, stem > smooth, trigonous > leaf 36cm X 5mm" from Surajit ji. > > "Taking cue from Anil Sir i searched "Pycreus species in West Bengal". > A document, available at - > http://kuedu.academia.edu/ProfSobhanKrMukherjee/Papers/921505/DIVERSITY_OF_AQUATIC_AND_WET_LAND_PLANTS_OF_WEST_DINAJPUR_DISTRICT_WEST_BENGAL_INDIA, > informs me that two Pycreus species in West Bengal are P.pumilas and > P.sanguinolentus. > > This sage is not Pycreus pumilas, because - > "Annual, 4-10 cm (only).... - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200026912 > culms tufted, 2-20(-35) cm tall - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200026912 > This description of Pycreus sanguinolentus - > "Small annual or perennial, 10-30 cm; plants single or in small tufts..... > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242101161 > "margins of glumes reddish or reddish brown..." - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=127734 > "..Culms densely tufted, 5-50 cm tall, compressed 3-angled, smooth"... - > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200026913 > However, at least two more Pycreus species available in West Bengal - > P. stramineus - http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/176987/0 > P. polystachyos - http://eol.org/pages/248137/entries/46194422/details > Attaching one more pic that might be same species as my previous uploads > in this thread. *Could it be P. sanguinolentus?* > Thank you Regards, > Surajit Koley" > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Date: 8 July 2012 22:21 > Subject: [efloraofindia:121554] Cyperus sp. ID from Hooghly 8-July-12 SK1 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Sir / Madam, > > Attaching images of a *Cyperus* sp. that i found growing along the wall > of a building, amongst garbage of building materials. The place is moist. > Could this be *Cyperus rotundus* L.? > > Species : UNKNOWN > Habit & Habitat : about 2 feet high, outside a temporary construction, > moist place > Date : 7/7/12, 1.45 p.m. > Place : Hooghly > > Thank you & Regards, > > Surajit Koley > > > > > -- > 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 1900 members & > 1,23,300 messages on 31/7/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > --
