A reply: "Nymphaea pubescens Willd. Sp.Pl2:1154,1798 vide R.L.Mitra in Flora of India 1:431,1993.appears to match the image' Dr K.Subrhmanyam introduced many cultivars at Calcutta Botanic Garden in 60s .Dr R,L,Mitra revised Nympphaeaeae,,Nelumbonaceae ,Cabombacaea and Barclayaceae with field observations .It is surprising there is no Marathi name for white KUMUDA. N.nouchali Burm.f. the Nilotpal of Sanscrit is close realative of N.pubescens" from Datla C S Raju ji.
On 18 August 2012 12:09, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “ It is *Nymphea pubescens* > Regards, > Sanal Nair” > > > > > “Kindly upload a photograph of leaf. *To me the leaves don't look to have > spiny-dentate margin, characteristic of Nymphaea pubescens* > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh” > > > > “*Attaching a picture of the leaf* as requested. > > Regards, > > Aarti ” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > Date: 10 August 2012 20:34 > Subject: [efloraofindia:123956] White Water Lily for ID : MNP,Mumbai : > 100812 : AK-3 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Picture taken on 22/7/12 in Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai. > A water lily with white flower. > Id please > > -- > > > > > > > -- > 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'. > > -- 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'. --
