Exactly this type of question I was expecting during the fortnightly episode not only about this but other species of gymnosperms too. I have gathered some of the information about Gymnosperms from a very interesting book : *"The secret Life of Trees" by Colin Tudge.* I would like to quote a sentence from the book related to above matter. India is strangely deprived of wild,native conifers. Conifers grow very well in India - in plantations. But apart from a few Eurasian types on the Himalayas, the only living native is *Nageia wallichiana* of the southern hemisphere podocarp family in the Western ghats in the southwest of the country. He further says that..... The reson might behistorical. India was wiped clean about 60 million years ago by the huge deccan volcanoes, which buried a greater part of the subcontinent in lava.The angiosperms, by then well established, seem to have been the first to get back in to the devastated land(although this idea clearly does not chime well with the conifers' reputation as outstanding pioneers.
Dr Satish Phadke On 10 December 2013 07:49, surajit koley <[email protected]>wrote: > Sir, > > May I know how many and what species of *Araucaria* can be found in our > country and how to identify them? > > Thank you, > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:44 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id assistance please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> Date: 3 December 2013 00:27 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:176247] Gymnosperms fortnight :: Araucariaceae » >> ¿ Araucaria ? in a garden of Mumbai :: DV07 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> Gymnosperms fortnight >> Araucariaceae ... araucaria family >> ¿ *Araucaria* ? sp. >> Dear friends, I hope this burnt photo gives a clue - hoping it to be >> species of *Araucaria*.at Chota Kashmir garden, Mumbai on 11 MAR 07 >> >> >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F423937081%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdM6uQRuCTiqadJE0iFDwapSN5eRg> >> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2200 members & >> 1,76,000 messages on 30/11/13) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
