Thanks for the explanation Santhoshji.
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Dr Santhosh Kumar <drsanthosh1...@gmail.com > wrote: > Dear DebashishJi, > > This is applicable to Biophytum only. It is so called because of this > nature 'Bio' means life and 'phyton' means plant ie the plant is sensitive > to touch. It was intially thought that only one species is sensitive to > touch B. sensitivum. This was the reason why Carl Linnaeaus named all his > received specimens around the world as B. sensitivum. Later we came to know > that almost all unbranched species of Biophytum are sensitive to touch. > They never close their leaflets as that of our common touch me not plant > Mimosa pudica. > > See the attached Photograph of Biophytum poterioides showing normal and > closed leaves!! > > Thank you > > Dr Santhosh > > On 8 March 2013 17:40, Debashish Bhaduri <debubhad...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear experts, >> >> I have an elementary question about the family Oxalidaceae. I am >> following the posts of the members and the contributions by all are >> really fantastic. I read somewhere that the leaves of some plants in >> this family close when we touch them. Is it true of all the plants in >> this family or only some? >> >> Regards, Debashish >> >> On 2 March 2013 20:18, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > Oxalidaceae >> > Family with 8 genera and more than 800 genera mainly in tropical and >> > subtropical regions of the world. >> > >> > leaflets entire, often folded together at night ; >> > >> >> -- >> >> --- >> 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. >> >> >> > > > -- > SANTHOSH > ------------------------------------------ > Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar MSc, PhD, FIAT, FLS (on leave for 2 years) > Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode > Thiruvananthapuram-695562 > Kerala > India > www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com > > Presently working for the British Aerospace, Riyadh, KSA > NB: Please consider your environmental responsibility! Ask yourself before > printing this email !!! > > -- > > --- > 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. > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org -- --- 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.
