Here is a comment from Dr. Bruce Maslin, Australia on the above images: Hi Tapas
I cannot be sure of the identity of that plant from those photos. However, I do not think that they are A. pycnantha. There are many Australian species with long, 1-nerved phyllodes and racemose inflorescences. I would need to see details of the gland (i.e. its distance above the pulvinus and whether or not there is a fine nerve connecting the gland to the midrib) and perhaps even whether or not there are tiny appressed fine hairs on the peduncles to have any chance of naming this plant. To be sure of the identity of these sorts of plants one often also needs to see pods/seeds (to check pod width and whether or not the seed is encircled by long, fine, reddish-brow funicle). Such a funicle does not occur in A. pycnantha. It would be best if I could see specimens when I am in India (and if the collector could collect pods/seeds later in the year). On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <tchak...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is a comment from Dr. Bruce Maslin, Australia on the above images: > > Hi Tapas > > > I cannot be sure of the identity of that plant from those photos. However, > I do not think that they are A. pycnantha. There are many Australian > species with long, 1-nerved phyllodes and racemose inflorescences. I would > need to see details of the gland (i.e. its distance above the pulvinus and > whether or not there is a fine nerve connecting the gland to the midrib) > and perhaps even whether or not there are tiny appressed fine hairs on the > peduncles to have any chance of naming this plant. To be sure of the > identity of these sorts of plants one often also needs to see pods/seeds > (to check pod width and whether or not the seed is encircled by long, fine, > reddish-brow funicle). Such a funicle does not occur in A. pycnantha. It > would be best if I could see specimens when I am in India (and if the > collector could collect pods/seeds later in the year). > > > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Lalithamba Avadhanam < > alalitha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Plant name: *Acacia pycnantha* Benth., >> >> Vernacular name: Golden wattle >> >> Description: >> Evergreen trees, 3-8 m tall; bark dark brown furrowed in older stems. >> Leaves are modified into sickle shaped leathery phyllodes, 9-15 cm long and >> 1-3.5 cm wide. Floral heads globose, creamy white or yellow, 5-10mm in >> diameter, are produced in 30-40cm long drooping panicles from leaf axils. >> Flowers pentamerous. >> Exotic species; cultivated along road sides by forest department. >> Thank you >> Regards >> A.Lalithamba >> >> -- >> 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
