Both actually refers to the length of the flower and not the diameter and both includes the length of stalk (pedicel) too. Pankaj
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:01 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to All for very elaborate discussion on flowers. I apologize for a > miss, Satish Sir's post of *Limnophila indica* does mention flower size > as "less than a > cm"<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/uFvfVjcR4-k/discussion> > . > > However, i have vague idea on flower size, not this species, any species > when size of a flower is mentioned. > > When we say > > 1) flowers are 1 to 2 cm > Is it the diameter of a fully open flower? Even then, if it is a regular > odd numbered petaled flower and the petals are not overlapping type it is > very likely that if you place one end of your scale on the tip of a petal > the opposite end passes through the blank space between 3rd and 4th petal. > So, i assume i will have to draw a circle equal to the circumference of > that particular flower and then decide its diameter. > > 2) corolla 1-2 cm > I assume it is the length of a corolla tube upto the tip of any member > petal. > > If i am wrong in the above understanding please let me know. > > Thank you once again, > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > 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<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Marshweed.html>andFoC<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020698>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 >> > > -- *********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" 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