Pankaj: I dont know... hence the question Please tell me ... do taxonomy experts deny colors in flowers?
if yes... please give me some citations that I can access easily or better yet a pdf or two ... for my education and the others if they so desire.. this is a sincere request, not an affront... so please tell me/us usha di === On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Prasad > Your keys are very interesting. > But as usual I have one objection. > This colour purple is perceived by different people in different > sense. now rose purple, pale purple, blue purple can be due to > sunlight and other weather conditions too. Infact to me all these are > blue or purple. > Please remove the colors and make the keys again. There are major > differences in leaves also you may incorporate that part too. > But for sure your contribution is very important for us. > Best wishes for more of such wonderful work. > Pankaj > > > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Prasadji, > > > > Your keys are useful for differentiating the Limnophila plants. > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Prasad Dash <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > >> > >> Dear all this is the flowers of 8 species of Limnophila i have collected > >> from different water bodies of Odisha and preserved in herbarium,. I wl > >> share them later in the group. > >> > >> > >> Species Flowers > >> > >> L. aquatica------Bluish or purple, 1-1.2 cm, short to long pedicelled, > in > >> erect terminal receme > >> L. aromatica----Flowers purple, 9-15 mm long, in axillary or terminal > many > >> flowered receme, pedicels 7.5-10 mm long > >> L. connata-----Flowers rose purple, 1.2-1.5cm long, sessile in the axils > >> of floral leaves/bracts > >> L. heterophylla---- Flowers purplish, sessile-subsessile, 1-1.2 cm long, > >> solitary axillary > >> L.indica-----Flowers white or pale purple, 8-12 mm long, pedicelled, 8-8 > >> mm long, axillary > >> L.repens----Flowers purple, 7.5-12 mm long, , shortly pedicelled, > solitary > >> axillary > >> L.rugosa----Flowers blue purple with yellow mouth in dens axillary heas, > >> sessile or shortly pedicelled > >> L. sessiflora----Flowers light purple, sessile, 1-1.2 cm long, solitary > >> axillary > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Prasad > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:08 AM, ushadi Micromini > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Dear Members all: > >>> there is a quote above that says : " But neither post mentions its > flower > >>> size." > >>> > >>> This is why giving all particulars at the initial query is SOOOOOOOO > >>> important ... > >>> > >>> then in follow up ... it will help a great deal ... > >>> > >>> This is one more case in point > >>> > >>> thanks all > >>> > >>> Usha di > >>> > >>> == > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Prasad Dash < > [email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Surajit ji in Limnophilla aromatica, L. repens, L.conata and L. > rugosa, > >>>> the leaves are undivided throughout the stem where as in L. aquatica, > >>>> L.indica, L.sessiflora and L.heterophylla, leaves of lower/submerged > parts > >>>> of the stem are pectinate to multifid.. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Similarly in L. aquatica and L. indica, flowers are pedicelled and in > >>>> L.sessiflora and L. heterophylla flowers are sessile. > >>>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> > >>>> Prasad > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 8:32 PM, surajit koley > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Prasad Ji, > >>>>> > >>>>> Found two posts of L. indica at - > >>>>> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/_hwW6CK8V14/discussion and > >>>>> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/uFvfVjcR4-k/discussion. > But > >>>>> neither post mentions its flower size. > >>>>> > >>>>> While FoI and FoC state flowers are white or pale purple, 1-1.4 cm (i > >>>>> hope they mentioned the diameter/across), my flower is significantly > >>>>> smaller. > >>>>> > >>>>> If it is L. indica (L.) Druce (syn. L. gratioloides R. Br.) we should > >>>>> stop copying blindly FoC or similar sites. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thank you & Regards, > >>>>> > >>>>> surajit > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Prasad Dash > >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> This is Limnophila indica. Please check my earlier post on Eflora > >>>>>> > >>>>>> [EfloraIndia_221212PD02_Limnophila indica_Flora of Odisha > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Prasad > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Yes this looks like Limnophila. It has peculiar smell of Saunf on > the > >>>>>>> leaves. Not sure of the species. > >>>>>>> Pankaj > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Monday, 29 October 2012 21:28:04 UTC+8, surajitkoley wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Sir, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Found this yet another herb inside the same uncultivated paddy > >>>>>>>> field. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Species : UNKNOWN > >>>>>>>> H & H : less than 10 cm high > >>>>>>>> Date : 26/10/12, 10.30 a.m. > >>>>>>>> Place : Hooghly > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Thank you & Regards, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> surajit > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Dr. Prasad Kumar Dash > >>>>>> Ecologist, Odisha, India > >>>>>> email: [email protected] > >>>>>> ph. 09437444241 > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Dr. Prasad Kumar Dash > >>>> Ecologist, Odisha, India > >>>> email: [email protected] > >>>> ph. 09437444241 > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Usha di > >>> =========== > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Dr. Prasad Kumar Dash > >> Ecologist, Odisha, India > >> email: [email protected] > >> ph. 09437444241 > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Muthu Karthick, N > > Care Earth Trust > > #15, second main road, > > Thillai ganga nagar, > > Chennai - 600 061 > > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > > www.careearthtrust.org > > > > > > -- > ********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Orchid Conservation Section > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile). Fax: +852 2483 7194 > -- Usha di =========== --
