A reply: "This is Oplismenus compositus. O.undulatifolius has only a few spikelets on very short branches and is usually a grass found in high altitudes. Moreover, O.u is considered as just a variant of O.c. The picture posted is definitely O.compositus." from Manoj Chandran ji.
On 24 October 2012 11:43, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Date: 14 October 2012 21:05 > Subject: [efloraofindia:135075] grass Oplismenus from Hooghly 14/10/12 sk1 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Sir, > > The most interesting feature of this grass is that i could not find its > starting point! It is trailing grass, rooting at nodes and often gets cut > in midway, growing in a shady & moist private land with a few banana and > other wild plants. > I am sorry that my camera doesn't behave properly in low light. > > Species : *Oplismenus undulatifolius* (Ard.) Roem. & Schult. ? > Habit & Habitat : trailing grass in a shady place; leaves wavy, avg. 9.5 > cm x 1.8 cm; raceme terminal > Date : 14/10/12, 10.10 a.m. > Place : Nalikul (Hooghly) > > Found a similar grass at - http://www.floraofvirginia.org/flprojnews.shtml > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > > > > -- > 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 1980 members & > 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 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 1980 members & 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
