---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan <ponsant...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 at 08:08 Subject: Re: [itpmods:13293] Differences- Ixora pavetta and Ixora brachiata To: <itpm...@googlegroups.com>
That is correct Garg ji *Thanks ®ards* *Dr. Santhan P* On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 6:28 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is a lot of confusion between these species, including in our > database. > I could not find any difference between the two on net. > After deeply studying all posts in efi site along with Biotik > <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/i/ixorbrac/ixorbrac_en.html> and > Pitchandikulam > <http://www.pitchandikulam-herbarium.org/contents/description-flower.php?id=17>, > I found the following key differences to separate the two based on > photographs: > Most important is *buds are globose *in Ixora brachiata and not so > in Ixora pavetta. > *Leaf base *is attenuate <http://www.biotik.org/india/defs/520_en.html> > to cuneate <http://www.biotik.org/india/defs/447_en.html> or acute > <http://www.biotik.org/india/defs/4_en.html>, in Ixora brachiata > <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/i/ixorbrac/ixorbrac_en.html> and > rounded in Ixora pavetta > <http://www.pitchandikulam-herbarium.org/contents/description-leaf.php?id=17> > . > *Leaf apex *is obtuse to subacute in Ixora brachiata > <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/i/ixorbrac/ixorbrac_en.html> and is > acute to apiculate in Ixora pavetta > <http://www.pitchandikulam-herbarium.org/contents/description-leaf.php?id=17> > . > *Fruits *are reddish when ripe in Ixora brachiata > <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/i/ixorbrac/ixorbrac_en.html> and > black-coloured when ripe in Ixora pavetta > <http://www.pitchandikulam-herbarium.org/contents/description-fruit.php?id=17> > . > Ixora brachiata is *endemic to Western Ghats *while Ixora pavetta > <http://www.pitchandikulam-herbarium.org/contents/ecology-distribution.php?id=17> > is *native to India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and is also cultivated*. > Based on this I am reviewing all the posts in efi site. > -- > 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- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or > Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than > 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). > > 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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To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAJa_cDiM8bboSEm9Aed%2BREy%2BhoQJbm8_8K2VwSEocLQnrDwmzw%40mail.gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAJa_cDiM8bboSEm9Aed%2BREy%2BhoQJbm8_8K2VwSEocLQnrDwmzw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- 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>. 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