Thank you very much Sir for the ID confirmation and info on this grass. Regards,
surajit On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:34 AM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > A reply: > "Yes. It is Rottboellia cochinchinensis also called Rottboellia > exaltata. If you observe the lowest leaf sheaths, you can find stiff > hairs, which also may sting or itch when touched. Hence, this is also > called Itch grass." from Manoj Chandran ji. > > > > On 24/09/2012, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > > > > > Received an ID suggestion that fits very well with this grass, > *Rottboellia > > cochinchinensis* (Loureiro) Clayton - > > > > 1. description - > > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242414244 > > 2. image - > > > > > http://www.nature-museum.net/Share/DFS.ashx?id=2f6ba228-56c8-4e48-99ad-1eb906b67b01&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 > > 3. > > > > > http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/image-display.php?species_id=109200&image_id=2 > > > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > > Date: 15 September 2012 23:57 > > Subject: [efloraofindia:130865] grass ID2 from Hooghly 15/9/12 SK2 > > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > > > > Sir, > > > > Found this grass beside a railway platform, today. Could this be another > * > > Hemarthria* species? > > > > Species : UNKNOWN > > Habit & Habitat : about 4 feet or more tall, a few even more than 5.5 > feet; > > leaves = length more than 45 cm, leaf width 1.7 cm; inflorescence (?) > avg. > > 15 cm. > > Date : 15/9/12, 2.15 p.m. > > Place : Begampur (Hooghly) > > > > Thank you & Regards, > > > > surajit > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > With regards, > > J.M.Garg > > 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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members & > > 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > > of more than 7000 species). > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > > India'. > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > 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 Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members & > 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > --
