Thanks a lot Gurucharan sir. i used to wonder for elongated stalk of inflorescence, in some Synedrella! but i was looking Calyptocarpus- which was not taught to me.
Wonderful experience! On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Shruti Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you very much Sir, for clear the confusions. > > > On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 12:23:28 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh > wrote: >> >> Confusion between Calyptocarpus vialis and Synedrella nodiflora solved >> (for me atleast). >> I was lucky to find both on same day in Bangalore and appreciate crucial >> differences between two. >> >> Perhaps no two plants are as confused by most of us as these two. Many >> differentiate the two by prominent three veins from base, but they occur in >> both although thinner in Calyptocarpus. Heads of two look similar, >> involucre bracts of Calyptocarpus are 4 in two whorls, In Synedrella they >> range from 2-5 and may be in one or two whorls. Achenes are with two >> diverging awns in Calyptocarpus, in Synedrella most florets (disc) have >> similar 2-awned achenes although few (fertile ray) have achenes with scales >> (which you are likely to miss. >> Here are features which will never fail you >> 1. Calyptocarpus has low growing, procumbent to ascendin, mat forming >> habit often rooting at nodes, rarely rising more than 15 cm, Synedrella >> tall erect habit up to 80 cm tall . >> 2. Leaves the most crucial are not longer than 3 cm, pale green, thinner, >> faint 3 basal vein and broadly ovate. In contrast leaves of Synedrella >> are longer than 3 cm, dark green in colour, more prominent basal veins and >> ovate to elliptic in shape. >> 3. All heads in Synedrella are in sessile clusters, but in Calytocarpus >> there are always a few on long peduncles bearing solitary head, in addition >> to several sessile in cluster. >> Here are some photographs for illustration. >> >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- *Dr. Jitendra Gavali* Director, COMMUNITY SCIENCE CENTRE VADODARA, Aarti Society, Near Atmajyoti Ashram, Subhanpura, Vadodara 390 023 Ph. 0265 2389749, Mob. 09725891033 Email: [email protected] Web: www.cscvadodara.com -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
