Thats really great. Thanks for the information.... Pankaj
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > > What I could find from internet ...from > A book called "Contributions to the botany" by Robert Wight > http://www.archive.org/stream/contributionsto00wighgoog#page/n48/mode/1up/search/heterostemma > > Owing to the variable nature of the corona in this genus, we have been under > the > necessity of making its essential character rest on the form and structure > of the > pollen masses (which resemble those of Stapelia and its allies), and the > twinioLg ha- > > oit. Each of the species referred to this genus has a form of the crown > peculiar ta > itself: the first has the leaflets dilated, entire, and spreading, with the > interior pro- > cess similar in form but smaller ; the second has them obcordate, much > dilated, > > with the margins free and overlapping, and the interior process erect flesh > j, incum- > bent on and nearly equalling the gynostegium in height; in the third thej > are fur- > nished with a subulate tooth or horn on the back, wmle the interior process > is re- > > duced to a mere gland. > > On 2 November 2010 22:24, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Heterostemma dalzellii Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 48. 1883. >> >> Very interesting generic name. I couldnt make out why they are called >> Heterostemma. I mean what is the difference in crowns? >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Sharad Kambale <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Heterostemma earlier known by Oianthus deccanense, three to four sp. >> > found >> > in Maharashtra >> > H. dalzelli >> > H. urceolatus >> > and more I forgot >> > >> > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family) ~ Apocynaceae » Heterostemma dalzellii >> >> Synonym: Heterostemma wallichii >> >> >> >> >> >> het-er-oh-STEM-uh -- from the Greek heteros (different) and stemma >> >> (garland, crown) >> >> ¿ del-ZEL-ee-eye ? -- named for N. A. Dalzell, collaborator with >> >> Gibson, >> >> of Bombay Flora >> >> >> >> >> >> commonly known as: Dalzell's heterostemma >> >> >> >> >> >> Endemic to: Western Ghats of India >> >> >> >> >> >> Attached views from Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park) >> >> ... for more views: >> >> >> >> http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Heterostemmadalzellii&m=tags >> >> >> >> >> >> ... END OF APOCYNACEAE UPLOADS (with notes) --- >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "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 > > -- *********************************************** "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
