Sorry, please read "subject to experts' views" in place of "subject experts' views".
Regards, surajit On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 9:53 PM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Sir, > > An image search for *Cereus* yields similar looking plants, and i think > it might be accepted as *Cereus* sp, subject experts' views. > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 2:02 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: surajit koley <[email protected]> >> Date: 15 December 2012 23:27 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:140620] Hooghly Today : Cereus pterogonus Lemaire >> ? >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Sir, >> >> I have a pocket field guide in Bengali that illustrates about 20 wild >> shrubs and a few climbers that can be found in bushes. This book, BANGLAR >> JHOPJHAR (Anirban Roy, pub. PASCHIMBANGA JIB-BAICHITRA PARSHAD) illustrates >> a plant, *Cereus pterogonus* >> Lemaire<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2712277>. >> The Bengali name mentioned in this book is TESHIRA (তেশিরা). This book also >> features a photograph of this plant. >> >> Couldn't find this genus in Bengal Plants or in any eflora. >> >> But, "Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis" mentions the following *Cereus* species >> :- >> >> 1. *C. multangularis* >> 2. *C. peruvianus* >> 3. *C. hexagonus* >> 4. *C. tetragonus* >> 5. *C. speciosissimus* >> 6. *C. repandus* >> 7. *C. columnaris* >> 8. *C. grandiflorus* >> 9. *C. triangularis* >> 10. *C. reptans* >> 11. *C. setosus* >> 12. *C. phyllanthoides* >> 13. *C. truncatus* >> 14. *C. ackermanni* >> 15. *C. ovatus* >> 16. *C. decorus* >> 17. *C. nycticallus* >> >> This is a common plant in rural area and can attain a height of about 10 >> ft. >> >> 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 2015 members & >> 1,39,500 messages on 30/11/12) 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'. >> > > --
