Araucaria heterophylla is there in Lalbagh, Bangalore
I have provided links for it. Ramna On Dec 14, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Surajit ji for raising the query about distribution of species of > Araucaria in India, and for the information you found with your study. > Thanks to all for putting your thoughts in this post. > Thanks to you too Garg ji for your study and thoughts. > > When I posted this lone burnt out photo - I was under the impression that in > Mumbai gardens there would be one species which is popular and planted as an > ornamental Christmas tree. My assumption seems to be totally wrong ! > > While the study is welcome, the identification of plant in the post seems to > be logically and scientifically not a good idea. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 11:44 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > As per my search, the following species are cultivated in India & Araucaria > heterophylla may not be growing in India (One can see the details by clicking > on the links). I think we need to check & correct our postings of Araucaria > heterophylla so far on the group: > > > Gardening in India By George Marshall Woodrow, G Marshall (1999- Araucaria > bidwillii, Araucaria cookii R.Br. ex Endl. synonym of Araucaria columnaris > (G.Forst.) Hook., Araucaria excelsa (Lamb.) R.Br. synonym of Araucaria > columnaris (G.Forst.) Hook., Araucaria cunninghamii Aiton ex D.Don) > Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide By Pradip Krishen (2006- Identifying Delhi's > Christmas tree- Araucaria columnaris & not Araucaria heterophylla) > Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay > (1986- Araucaria bidwillii, Araucaria cookii R.Br. ex Endl. synonym of > Araucaria columnaris (G.Forst.) Hook., Araucaria excelsa (Lamb.) R.Br. > synonym of Araucaria columnaris (G.Forst.) Hook., Araucaria cunninghamii > Aiton ex D.Don) > Species with description & keys in Flora of Pakistan : > Araucaria columnaris (Forster)Hook. f. > Araucaria cunninghamii Sweet, > Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal > : > Araucaria bidwillii Hook. > > > > > On 11 December 2013 07:47, surajit koley <[email protected]> > wrote: > 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 - > bidwillii - http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/242955 > angustifolia - http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228765 > cunninghamii - http://indiabiodiversity.org/observation/show/303968 > 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 > > > > 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. 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