Neil Sir, The images of *Sida retusa* (your uploads - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/wildflowerindia/Y7Lyh4_z5tg/discussion) do perfectly match with herbarium found at - http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/view_large.cfm?SpecimenPK=151598&idThumb=378002&SpecimenSequenz=1&loan=0
I thought my pics resemble with the herbarium at - http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/view_large.cfm?SpecimenPK=151592&idThumb=377939&SpecimenSequenz=1&loan=0. But my inexperienced eyes and lack of knowledge are very likely to deceive me. Thank you very much for the correct id of this Sida. Regards, surajit On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Affirmative. This is Sida retusa. [Don't go by the leaves at the top of > the plant. Check the leaves lower down]. As Dr.Almeida explained to me when > I posed the same questions to him - retusa means 'cut' - its as if someone > has abruptly cut the leaves. Whereas in Sida rhombifolia, the leaves are > rhomboid. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Tue, 9/4/12, surajit koley <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:128413] Sida rhombifolia L. (?) from Hooghly > To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> > Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 12:07 AM > > Neil Sir, > > Though my flowers differ with your picture of *S. rhombifolia* at - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/cWZmjt6gng0/discussion, i > think my leaves differ with that of your images of *S. retusa* leaves at > - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/wildflowerindia/Y7Lyh4_z5tg/discussion > . > > Besides, the following websites informs *S. retusa = S, rhombifolia* L. > or *S. rhombifolia* L. subsp. *rhombifolia* - > > 1. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33900 > 2. > > http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Sida_rhombifolia.htm > 3. http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/ > > On the other hand The Plant List informs - > > 1. *Sida retusa* L. is a synonym of *Sida alnifolia* var. *alnifolia* > - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-19601817 > 2. more synonyms of the above - > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-19603576 > > I am confused. Attaching one more photographs, a larger one, for your > perusal. > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Neil Soares > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hi, > Negative. This is Sida retusa. Please check these links for my > photographs and our previous discussion on this : > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Sida$20retusa$20Neil$20Soares/wildflowerindia/Y7Lyh4_z5tg/GuQwons9sIIJ > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Sida$20retusa$20Neil$20Soares/indiantreepix/cWZmjt6gng0/oAjbrJq0bCUJ > > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > > --- On *Mon, 9/3/12, surajit koley > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: surajit koley > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: [efloraofindia:128413] Sida rhombifolia L. (?) from Hooghly > To: "efloraofindia" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: Monday, September 3, 2012, 10:54 PM > > Sir, > > I hope this is *Sida rhombifolia L.*, the Bengali name of which has been > stated as LAL-BERELA in the book, Plant Groups, by H. Mukherji. > > Species : *Sida rhombifolia* L. ? > Habit & Habitat : wild herb, about 2 feet, found on roadside, pictures > were taken from two individual plants at the same place > Date : 01/09/12 & 03/09/12 > Place : Kamarkundu (Hooghly) > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > > > --
