Certainly a wonderful idea!!! Thanks, Singh ji for initiating this operation. I will post a few which I come across henceforth, keeping these things in mind.
2009/8/29 Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Dear members > > A look at the photographs at our webside, I get the impression that genus > Commelina is least understood/represented. Even the commonest species C. > benghalensis is misrepresented (probably C. dianthifolia or some other > species), several are unidentified. All of experienced the inadequate > knowledge about this genus in few exchanges about C. benghalensis. I had > earlier suggested to note a few things while photographing or subsequently. > This is the perfect season for seeing this genus, many species come up > during this season. I request members to spend some time with species of > this genus: Observe or take photographs so that these parts are highlighted: > leaf sheath, leaf size (l, w) and shape, whther spathe is stalked or not and > its hairyness, whether it is free upto base or not, length of pedicel and > peduncle (inside spathe), colour and size of three petals and most > importantly number of seeds and number of valves of capsule. May something > interesting comes up. I have started critically examining species in Delhi, > and already find interesting results. I will send photographs of C. > benghalensis in next mail. > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi > India > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 > > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

