I think the confusion arose from the fact that the plant which was called Galphimia glauca Hort. ex Bartl., is now known as Galphimia gracilis. Thanks for bringing this to light Gurcharan ji! - Tabish
On May 19, 4:31 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Galphimia gracilis Batling. from Sunder Nursery, New Delhi, photographed on > September 1, 2009 > > This small shrub is most confused and often sold in nurseries under the name > G. glauca or sometimes G. brasiliensis. Last one is mainly a South American > species also like G. gracilis with deciduous petals but easily > differentiated by peduncles being absent or less than 2 mm long and smaller > corolla limb (ca 4 mm long). G. glauca is distinct in having persistent > petals often spreading below the fruit, longer and denser inflorescence, > peduncle much shorter than peduncle (less than 1/2 as long) with bracteoles > borne well below the tip of peduncle (peduncle 1/2 to almost as long as > pedicel in G. gracilis; bracteoles at peduncle tip), shorter claw (1.5-2 mm > in lateral petals, 3-4 in posterior, as against 2-2.5 in lat and 4-5 in > post. petals in G. gracilis) and shorter fruit (2.5 mm long as against 4.5-5 > mm in G. gracilis). > > For excellent paper on Galphimia refer to > Contr.. Univ. Michigan Herb. 25: 1-82, 2007 > REVISION OF Galphimia (Malpighiaceae) > Christiane Anderson > University of Michigan Herbarium > 3600 Varsity Drive > Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108-2287 > > http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/MICHpdfs/C25-Galph.pdf > > <http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/MICHpdfs/C25-Galph.pdf> > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > Galphimia-gracilis-Delhi-1.jpg > 188KViewDownload > > Galphimia-gracilis-Delhi-2.jpg > 144KViewDownload > > Galphimia-gracilis-Delhi-3.jpg > 108KViewDownload > > Galphimia-gracilis-Delhi-4.jpg > 143KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
