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Regards, Giby On 3 September 2011 22:16, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes Madhuri Ji > More information about the family regarding shifting of plants from other > families to Malvaceae > Pls see attached Paper > > And also see the Beautiful link > > http://www.florabymax.net/FLORAbyMAX/Family-pdfs/FLORA-F-O/Malvaceae%20(Mallow%20Family).pdf > > > On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 10:04 PM, <formpeja...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> ** Great! Remembered my Inter science. >> Presence of Epicalyx in some genera? >> Madhuri >> >> Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel >> ------------------------------ >> *From: * Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> >> *Sender: * indiantreepix@googlegroups.com >> *Date: *Sat, 3 Sep 2011 21:20:08 +0530 >> *To: *indiantreepix<indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> *Subject: *[efloraofindia:79408] Malvaceae Week: 05.09.11 to 11.09.11 >> >> Dear All >> Welcome you all to the coming Malvaceae Week. To make this coming week >> from 05.09.11 to 11.09.11 a great success I need your best wishes >> and Co-operation in terms of uploading of maximum Identified or >> unidentified pics of plants from family Malvaceae. >> Here I am sharing some information about the family. >> Your suggestions to improve the event are Most Welcome. >> Hope for the maximum contribution from all >> >> *Malvaceae Also called as Mallow family is a dicotyledonous family >> comprising about 82 genera and 1500 species, distributed * >> >> *almost throughout the world and particularly abundant in tropics. * >> >> * >> * >> >> *In India, this family is represented by 25 genera and about 110 >> species. These include Annual or perennial herbs to shrubs or small >> trees.* >> >> * >> * >> >> * >> * >> >> *Some important floral characters of the family are:* >> >> * >> * >> >> * >> * >> >> *Plant parts often mucilaginous, leaves stipulated, young stem/ branches >> often with stellate trichomes* >> >> * >> * >> >> *Flowers axillary, solitary, or in fascicles, racemes or panicles, >> actinomorphic, usually bisexual, pentamerous. * >> >> * >> * >> >> *Calyx, free or connate, valvate aestivation* >> >> * >> * >> >> *Corolla free, adnate at the base to the staminal tube and falling off >> with it, twisted; petals 5. * >> >> * >> * >> >> *Stamens usually numerous, monadelphous to form staminal tube which at >> apex divided into numerous filaments* >> >> * >> * >> >> *Carpels 1 to many, usually in a single whorl, placentation axile; style >> usually branched into as many as the number of carpels or * >> >> * >> * >> >> *sometimes twice the number of carpels * >> >> * >> * >> >> *Fruit a dry capsule or schizocarp, rarely baccate, usually dehiscent. * >> >> * >> * >> >> *Seeds with a little endosperm* >> >> * >> * >> >> *Genera represented in India include Hibiscus, Pavonia, Thespesia, Kydia, >> Gossypium, Alcea, Malva, Abutilon, **Malvastrum, * >> >> * >> * >> >> *Malvaviscus, Sida, Urena, Abelmoschus, Sidastrum,Herissantia, Wissadula, >> Modiola, Anoda, Decaschistia, Nayariophyton, Fioria, * >> >> * >> * >> >> *Senra, Lavatera, Althaea and Malachra* >> >> * >> * >> >> *Hibiscus and pavonia are large sp represented by about 300 sp and 200 >> sp worldwide* >> >> * >> * >> >> *Some important Plant include Gossypium sp (Cotton yielding), Abelmoschus >> esculentus (Vegetable) Thespesia populnea* >> >> * >> * >> >> *(Avenue Tree), Hibiscus sp, Alcea rosea (Ornamental) etc. * >> >> * >> * >> >> *Thanks* >> *-- * >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
