Sir, The flowers were recorded hours before 11 am<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/upHITJ5tB1M/discussion>, as the owner+recorder confirms. She also confirms, as i telephoned her a little while ago, that the flowers get closed in the late morning. Moreover, the leaves are sensitive.
But i cannot prove the above because i saw the flowers and fruits well after 11 am, when my colleague handed over me a small poly-pouch. *In noway, merely by stating the above fact, it is an effort to convince that this is a Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.* * * A digital herbarium of *Oxalis sensitiva* can be found at - http://www.linnean-online.org/4266/ that has a zoomable image, *which clearly shows that petals are noticeably longer than the sepals* (contrary to the claim, "Carl Linneaus proposed this originally as Oxalis sensitiva and later transferred to Biophytum as B. sensitivum. Biophytum sensitivum has its sepals more or less equal to its petals....."<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/DjpYvZsE20k/discussion> ). Other links are :- 1. http://apps.kew.org/efloras/namedetail.do?flora=fz&taxon=1197&nameid=2907 2. http://www.luomus.fi/english/botany/linne/spe.php?spe=h1495255&id=45 3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012374 Thank you, Regards, surajit On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot Surajit ji for digging out this important thread > Santosh ji has done a lot of research on this genus and his conclusions > should be more authentic than The Plant List. It is convenient for us that > we place all our specimens of B. sensivitum (from India) under B. > nervifolium. > > -- > 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/ > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:27 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> There is a *Biophytum nervifolium* Thwaites, which is synonym of *Biophytum >> sensitivum* (L.) DC. - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2676169 >> There is a *Biophytum sensitivum* var. *nervifolium* (Thwaites) Edgew. & >> Hook.f., which is, again, synonym of - Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC. - >> http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2676197 >> >> According to F. B. I. i. >> 437.<http://ia600202.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=floraofbritishin01hookrich&itemPath=%2F17%2Fitems%2Ffloraofbritishin01hookrich&server=ia600202.us.archive.org&page=n450_w1150.jpg>:- >> >> - *B. sensitivum* DC. - Petals usually twice as long as the sepals, >> yellow (sometimes purple?) >> - *B. sensitivum* var. *nervifolia* - purple petals and shining .... >> >> A little while ago i read the discussion at - >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/DjpYvZsE20k/discussion, >> which i missed earlier. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Thanks Santosh ji. Perhaps now some one has to show the typical B. >>> sensivitum. By the way what is your opinion about two uploads at Flowers of >>> India Website as B. reinwardtii and B. sensivitum? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/ >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Dr Santhosh Kumar < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> This is not Biophytum sensistivum, It is B. nervifolium >>>> >>>> Santhosh >>>> >>>> On 4 March 2013 05:39, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Surajit ji for showing this species. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:55 AM, surajit koley < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sir, >>>>>> >>>>>> This is the same plant as in my earlier upload ( >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/t1IQFomezck/discussion) >>>>>> and it is *Biophytum sensitivum* (L.) 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