Hi Lalithamba ji, I am waiting for your final views in the matter. On Thu 19 Apr, 2018, 3:26 PM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks a lot, Lalithamba ji. > Hope something useful comes out of these discussions. > Due to confusion in Regional Floras & BSI Flora of India, it is sure that > there is a long standing confusion between the two. > Finally I think we have to rely on Malvaceae of Southern Peninsular > India: A Taxonomic Monograph > <https://books.google.co.in/books?id=XhVI5BluzCUC&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=Hibiscus+hirtus+%2B+monograph+of+indian&source=bl&ots=aHVIaPCQmk&sig=IVANi2I0HBHe8ccDDALptE_0zw8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivzYjXgsbaAhUILI8KHTpfCWoQ6AEISDAJ> > (I > think published after BSI Flora of India). > From perusing this, you will agree with id of Hibiscus micranthus > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/malvaceae/hibiscus/hibiscus-micranthus> > (which > also has tri-lobed leaves and plant is pubescent and leaf size larger than > 4 cm) > Based on this, colour of the flower only decides the species among these > two, as per the keys. > > > > On 19 April 2018 at 14:26, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Yes, I firmly believe it is Hibiscus hirtus only; be cause we have >> observed the fresh specimen; some leaves are tri lobed; (H.micranthus never >> bear tri-lobed leaves,)epicalyx are longer than calyx; the entire plant is >> softly pubescent, the leaf size is larger than 3cm, (As per Flora of >> A.P.by Pullaiah, FPM by Gamble) >> thank you >> regards >> A.Lalithamba >> >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:41 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Lalithamba ji, >>> Do you still have doubts of this being Hibiscus micranthus >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/malvaceae/hibiscus/hibiscus-micranthus> >>> on >>> account of filiform epicalyx and calyx divided upto the middle as per keys >>> in BSI Flora of India >>> <http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=5684&type=11> >>> ? >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]> >>> Date: 30 March 2018 at 13:03 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:291433] Submission of Hibiscus hirtus >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Dear all >>> I have observed Hibiscus hirtus placed in efi is Hibiscus micranthus >>> (Ref. eflora karnataka; again the description given does not match; It is a >>> rather rare plant; leaves trilobate; hence I am adding description with >>> images captured in wild at Velugonda hills of Eastern ghats >>> Hibiscus hirtus L., Sp. Pl. 694. 1753. >>> Ver.names: Lesser mallow orange (Eng.) Nityamalli నిత్యమల్లె (Tel.) >>> Family: Malvaceae >>> Description: >>> Herbs, perennial, up to 2 m tall; stems much branched, >>> appressed-stellate-setulose. Leaves alternate; petiole 0.5-4cm long; lamina >>> ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 × 2-3 cm, shallowly 3 lobed, sparsely to fairly >>> densely stellate-hispid on both surfaces, apex acute, margin serrate, base >>> obtuse. Flowers 1-2cm in diam., white; peduncle articulated just below the >>> calyx. Epicalyx lobes 6-7, 5-10 mm long, filiform, stiff. Calyx >>> stellate-setulose; lobes up to 8-9 × 1•5 mm., linear-lanceolate. Corolla >>> 1.5-2cm across, ovate, white. Staminal column shorter than petals. Ovary >>> globose; style divided above the stamina column, stigmas 5, capitate. >>> Capsule 9 mm in diam., subglobose, minutely pubescent. Seeds reniform, with >>> white silky floss. >>> Habitat & location: Rare in hills. >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- around 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images). >>> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as >>> per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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