Good morning Satish Sir Thank you so much for this very interesting as well as enlightening quote. I wondered if it was possible to id an *Araucaria* merely by general appearance, without details on bark, leaves, cones etc. As i searched the Indian species i came across -
1. *bidwillii* - http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/242955 2. *angustifolia* - http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228765 3. *cunninghamii* - http://indiabiodiversity.org/observation/show/303968 4. *columnaris* - http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/242956 One site informed *heterophylla* is close relative to *columnaris*. and i was wondering how to differentiate them - http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph27.htm Have a nice day Regards, surajit On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
