oh oh... me too... its ok... learnt one thing,,, not to worry... worry about it makes it bad for brain
:) usha di On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ushadi for pointing out. I wonder how I wrote Malvaceae instead of > Rutaceae. Perhaps the age is catching up. > > > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:20 AM, ushadi Micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Gurcharanji: >> Wonderful saga of how to search for an unknown... >> thank you ... >> >> I am a bit confused though.. >> I searched thru Malvaceae lists and did not find Correa... >> finally just googled* Correa alba* and first thing I got was this wiki >> link: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correa_alba >> >> which says its a Rutaceae ... >> >> looking forward to info from you >> thanks >> Usha di >> >> PS *so this plant is also a salt tolerant white flowered one... just >> like the ** >> Carissa macrocarpa... >> >> I find the superficial similarities quite interesting... one from >> Australia another from south africa.. both grown in California... >> * >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Another nice upload from California and its really great to see your >>> efforts in getting the ID. Thanks. >>> Regards >>> Prashant >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Correa alba Andrews >>>> >>>> Botany Bay Tea Tree >>>> >>>> This interesting Australian shrub cultivated here in California really >>>> tested my botany. I started from appearance of flower, tetramerous flowers >>>> and 8 stamens to look for some species of Daphne, only to learn that it has >>>> both calyx and corolla and fruit a capsule splitting into four parts, not >>>> expected of Daphne. Key in the Manual of cultivated Plants led me to family >>>> Ericaceae to find that it does not match any listed there. Only when I >>>> uploaded to TAXACOM that I received a suggestion from Prof. Stevens (who >>>> maintains APWeb website) that it could be Correa, a member of Malvaceae. >>>> Only when I tried to pull apart corolla lobes that I found these are >>>> connivent petals and not fused petals. >>>> >>>> Photographed in Sunnyvale, California >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
