Dear all, A humble suggestion from my side.. Whenever we make a comment on the identity of a plant, I request to you to check the characters of the plants with the protologue. I have seen many floras give wrong identifications and misleading descriptions. Can you imagine a a wrong identification even in a monograph?? Myself has encountered such a situation recently in an Arisaema revision. Such mistakes can carry forward easily. Almost all the Kerala floras have followed this wrong ID in their treatment of the genus. I agree many times we may not able to check the protologues but we can select most reliable works. I would suggest you people to refer monographs or family revisions rather than district floras for the confirmation of the ID. Since the mistakes are even found in such monographs and revisions, it would be much better if it is the original description or type illustration of the plant. I think accessing a protologue is not a himalayan in this era
with warm regards On Oct 25, 9:32 am, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> wrote: > I have written to few people whose id is misleading referring this thread > and few other relevant online references. > > Thanks and Regards, > Giby. > > On 24 October 2011 18:56, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Yes Prejith ji ... I am one of the contributors in misleading !! > > Some of pictures in my photostream need to be rectified. > > Will revisit them shortly. > > > Giby ji was kind enough to at least two instances. > > > Regards. > > Dinesh > > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:28 PM, PreSam <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Thanks to everybody for the identification. A lot of pictures of > >> Murdannia pauciflora on the internet are misleading. > > >> Regards, > >> Prejith. > > >> On Oct 24, 11:07 am, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I am very sorry for a mistake from my side as I have taken notes wrongly > >> on > >> > to my notebook and my identification of plant in this thread went wrong. > >> I > >> > do not know how it had happened. > >> > Thank you Prabhu for pointing out that and made me to recheck the same. > > >> > Yes this is *M. pauciflora* only. > > >> > I further agree with Mayur jis explanation on *M. languinosa. * > > >> > *Murdania pauciflora* > > >> > ....stem creeping rooting at nodes, villous on one side. Leaves up to 5X > >> > 1.6cm sessile base usually cordate; more or less hairy, sheaths with > >> ciliate > >> > margins > >> > Flowers in 1-5 flowered, axillary cymes. Sepals narrowely oblong petals > >> > brownish yellow > >> > Stamens and staminodes 3 each..... (Flora of Udupi, G K Bhat) > > >> > Thanks and Regards > >> > Giby > > >> > On 24 October 2011 08:53, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >> > > Dear all................. > >> > > Prabhu ji is may be right and again I am writing here flowers in > >> *Murdannia > >> > > pauciflora *are orange to brick red in colour. > >> > > * > >> > > * > >> > > In *Murdannia lanuginosa *leaves are linear to linear lanceolate with > >> a > >> > > broad base, finely acuminate apex, conspicuously striate and with > >> acuminate > >> > > margin. Grow always erect. > > >> > > Above posted plant is may be *M. pauciflora *coz of its prostrate > >> habit > >> > > (apparently look likes), leaves ovate, apex acute, and margins aren't > >> that > >> > > much of undulate. > > >> > > To compare herewith I am attaching image of *M. lanuginosa * > > >> > > * * > > >> > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected] > >> >wrote: > > >> > >> *Murdannia lanuginosa* > >> > >> A common plant at Kaas in Sep. > > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Prejith Sampath <[email protected] > >> >wrote: > > >> > >>> This is a plant found growing on the roadsides in South Wynad at > >> about > >> > >>> 700 to 800 msl. Is it a Commelina sp. ? > > >> > >>> Regards, > >> > >>> Prejith > > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Dr Satish Phadke > > >> > > -- > >> > > Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, > >> > > Research Student, > >> > > Department of Botany, > >> > > Shivaji University, > >> > > Kolhapur. > >> > > 07507013607 > > >> > -- > >> > 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 > > -- > 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
