Cheilocostus speciosus (J.König) C.Specht for sure. Pankaj
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 4:59 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > > Earlier relevant feedback: > > “I imagine if this is Costus barbatus. Seems to me like Costus > speciosus which is now called as 'Cheilocostus speciosus (J.König) > C.Specht, Taxon 55: 159 (2006)" and the family is Costaceae. > Regards > Pankaj” > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]> > Date: 2 September 2010 23:26 > Subject: [efloraofindia:46322] Spiral Ginger > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Hi > sharing a pic of Spiral Ginger (Costas barbatus) that grows in the wild in > the Sonarpur area near Kolkata. Pic taken near my uncle's house at Harinavi. > Sorry for the poor quailty pic. > regards > Shantanu : ) > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- > Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1400 > members & 49,500 messages on 5/10/10 & with a database of around 4050 > species on 21/8/10) > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
