Dear members After discussions it has been decided to include Cyperaceae and Juncaceae also in Poaceae Week, since these three families are closely related and often confused especially by those not well versed with botany. The important links giving differences between these families are given in links in the original post:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Poaceae$20Week/indiantreepix/7U-Trm5p2Kg/DFU8BhCvqd0J I am repeating them again: This page should prove helpful http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poaceae This should be helpful in differentiating the three groups http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/cbasin/cb_grasses/grass_sedge_rush.html http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek060615.html http://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/grass_id/intro2.htm http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071005234744AA2UqyO http://books.google.co.in/books?id=-WYcUxppDo4C&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=Grasses+sedges+and+rushes+differences&source=bl&ots=y2yAUm39qB&sig=oUvIS_s8Gu06zy_vlGjFsb0O4fc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pCZLUfH1HI6zrAfSlYDAAQ&ved=0CGYQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Grasses%20sedges%20and%20rushes%20differences&f=false As already mentioned the duration of the week may be extended depending on the number of uploads received from members. Dr. Manoj ji will take a final decision on that. -- 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/ -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.