Thanks Gurcharan ji I just raised a curiosity and you clarified it with so much details. Thanks a lot. Dr Satish Phadke
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Satish ji > Although flowers look somewhat similar to Ranunculus and Anemone, the > genus differs primarily in fruit being a collection of follicles (each with > several seeds) as against collection of achenes in the other two. More so > the 6 orange-yellow structures you see are coloured sepals, the real petals > are up to 16 in number, much smaller in size, mixed with stamens and you > can see in form of linear structures below the stamens. From Caltha, which > also has follicles and yellow flower represented by 5-6 sepals, it differs > in deeply cut leaves and presence of petals. > > > > -- > 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 Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> We have seen many other Ranunculaceae plants from you but this Genus >> seems to be new to me. Thanks for sharing this beautiful plant. >> (On searching earlier mails I found a mail from Pankaj Kumar showing same >> plant from Rohtang Pass) >> Any specific unique character which makes it different from other >> Ranunculaceae members? >> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Suresh Kumar Rana < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Bot. name: Trollius acaulis >>> Family: Ranunculaceae >>> Location: Paddar Valley J&K >>> Altitude: 3400 meters >>> Date: 17th May 2012 >>> >>> -- >>> Warm regards >>> Suresh Rana >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > --
