Thanks for forwarding the image again Jagmohan ji... and thanks Pankaj ji for the id confirmation
regards Shantanu :) On 10/10/10, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >
