Yes seems Aapaang likes to grow in the disturbed rocky/broken bricks kinda soil!!1
usha di = On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 1:20 AM, surajit koley < surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sir, > > Today (13/10/12) i found another plant which i think is the same species. > This one is not less than four feet high and may be called a sub shrub. > Attaching new pictures. > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 1:10 AM, surajit koley < > surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> Leaf apex and base are very confusing to me, and to FoC & FoP too! >> A description of leaf apex of *Achyranthes aspera* L., Sp. Pl. 204. >> 1753, var. *aspera* - >> >> 1. in FoC = apex obtuse or >> mucronate<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242300546> >> 2. in FoP = obtuse or abruptly apiculate at the >> apex<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250064294> >> >> An illustration in >> FoP<http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=115719&flora_id=5> >> tells >> me that my earlier upload (20th July, >> 2012)<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/5Lmu-wGQCSI/discussion>is >> *Achyranthes aspera* L., Sp. Pl. 204. 1753, var. *aspera*. >> >> Dinesh Ji has a pic of *Achyranthes aspera* L. var. *porphyristachya*(Wall. >> ex Moq.) Hook. f. in flickr. - >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2897903559/ >> leaves of the same species - >> http://iscmumbai.maharashtra.gov.in/Fig%20800-814.htm >> The leaves of my species seem to be different from the above. But at the >> same time my picture (11oct12_grlgch_DSCN3898.jpg) tells me that my species >> has decussate leaves, and may be with cuneate base. >> >> Now, remains *Achyranthes aspera* L. var. *pubescens* (Miq.) Towns. - >> >> 1. a herbarium = >> http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/SpecimenDetails.aspx?PlantID=1611 >> 2. attaching more images taken today. Middle spike is much longer >> than 10 cm. I scaled two leaves of the plant, one at base and the other at >> middle of the stem. Leaves at the base region are much bigger than the >> keys >> you have provided in this thread. >> 3. Moreover, this plant comes from Gangetic plain, not from forests >> at high elevations. >> >> So. i am not sure of the ID of this *A. aspera*. >> >> Thank you very much. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Prabhu kumar KM < >> prabhumkris...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> *Achyranthes aspera* L., Sp. Pl. 204. 1753, var. *aspera* >>> Stem tomentose. Leaves 6-10 x 3-6 cm, broadly elliptic to obovate, apex >>> abruptly acuminate, tomentose, nerves 6 pairs; petiole 5 mm long. Spike to >>> 20 cm long, hispid; bracts 6 mm long, lanceolate, aristate; bracteoles >>> entire, aristate. Flowers deflexed; tepals 7.5 x 2 mm, elliptic, acute, >>> glabrous, equal; ovary truncate at apex. Achenes 3 mm long, ovoid, brown. >>> *Habitat:* Dry deciduous forests and forest plantations, also in the >>> plains. >>> *Distribution: *Pantropical. >>> >>> *Achyranthes aspera* L. var. *porphyristachya* (Wall. ex Moq.) Hook. f. >>> Straggling subshrubs. Leaves decussate, oblanceate, 3-6 by 2-3 cm, base >>> cuneate, apex acuminate, pubescent, chartaceous. Flowers in terminal and / >>> or axillary spikes, bisexual; bracts and bracteoles spine-tipped; tepals 5, >>> unequal, 1-3 nerved; stamens 5, connate, alternate with fimbriate >>> staminodes; ovary superior, 1-locular, ovule 1, basal. Fruit a dehiscent >>> utricle. Seed 1. >>> *Habitat: *Moist deciduous forests >>> *Distribution:* Peninsular India and Sri Lanka >>> * >>> * >>> *Achyranthes aspera* L. var.* pubescens* (Miq.) Towns. >>> Erect herbs; stem glabrous. Leaves to 6 x 2.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, >>> acuminate at apex and base, pubescent above and below; petiole 5 mm long. >>> Spike 5-10 cm long, hispid; bracts 2.5 mm long, lanceolate, aristate; >>> bracteoles orbicular, emarginate at apex, cuspidate, cusp 3 mm long. >>> Flowers many, perpendicular to the axis; outer tepals larger, 5 mm long, >>> lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, inner smaller with revolute apex; staminal >>> tube truncate, minutely ciliate or glabrous. Achenes 2 mm long, truncate, >>> cuspidate, dark brown. >>> *Habitat:* Evergreen forests at high elevations >>> *Distribution*: India >>> * >>> * >>> Please compare. >>> * >>> * >>> Regards >>> -- >>> *Prabhu Kumar K M* >>> Scientist >>> Plant Systematics & Genetic Resources Division >>> Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR) >>> & 'CMPR' Herbarium >>> Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala >>> Kottakkal, Malappuram >>> *E-mail: prabhumkris...@gmail.com* >>> >>> >> > -- Usha di =========== --
