Satish Ji, As far as I know the height of the stem is not a constant delimiting character for any species of Biophytum. You can see same species in different habitat behave differently. The plant you observed might be in open place with sufficient sunshine and the same species in shady areas should have very long stem. While working on Indian Biophytum, Biophtyum reinwardtii was a nightmare for me. This species often having a long and slender stem in shady habitat but in open place it is stem less with rosette of leaves apparetly seems to be a different species. I think your plant also a case of this? If you have a photograph I can tell you the species.
Thanks Satish Ji Santhosh 2009/10/20 Pardeshi S. <satishparde...@gmail.com> > > recently i encountered a plant of Biophytum at Beed, Maharashtra. > the main difference in that plant was that the stem was very small and > the rosette of leaves were at the ground level. can you put some light > on it? is it some other species of Biophytum? > > regards > Satish Pardeshi > > On Oct 20, 9:32 am, Dr Santhosh Kumar <drsanthosh1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear Sir, > > > > This is not Biophytum sensitivum, It is Biophytum nervifolium. The main > > difference is sepals are more or less equal to petals in B.sensitivum > > whereas in B. nervifolium sepals are half the length of petals. > > > > Santhosh > > 2009/10/19 Nayan Singh <ns_dungri...@yahoo.co.in> > > > > > > > > > > > > > This herb is from Satpura tiger Reserve > > > > > Photo taken on 10-10-09 > > > > > I think it is Biophytum sensitivum from Oxalidaceae > > > > > Experts please confirm or inform otherwise > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Nayan > > > > > ................................. > > > N.S.Dungriyal IFS > > > Chief Conservator of Forests > > > and Field Director > > > Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad > > > M.P. > > > 09424792100 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > From cricket scores to your friends. Try the Yahoo! India Homepage!< > http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_metro_4/*http://in.yahoo.com/trynew> > > > > -- > > SANTHOSH > > ------------------------------------------ > > Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar > > Tropical BOtanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode > > Thiruvananthapuram-695562 > > Kerala > > Indiawww.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- SANTHOSH ------------------------------------------ Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar Tropical BOtanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala India www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
