Thanks Sir On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 9:38 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Balkar ji for detailed information and the list. It surely helped > me to include some forgotten members. Would surely help others also. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear All >> We will start the year 2013 with celebrations of monthly episodes with >> family Bignoniaceae From January 7 to 13. >> You are requested to upload photographs of plants of this family during >> this week, both identified and unidentified. >> Please remember to have subject line as "Bignoniaceae Week: >> ..................(name or unique code) from >> .....................(place/place + for ID)". >> For example for identified: "Bignoniaceae Week: Campsis radicans from >> Sunder Nursery Delh" >> For unidentified plants: "Bignoniaceae Week: For Id 070113 BS 01 from >> Panipat Haryna" >> Here 070113 means January 7 2013 and BS as Initials and 01 mean first >> post for id on January 07. Panipat is place from where plant was shot >> >> Here I am Presenting a brief Intro about Family Bignoniaceae >> >> 1. This family consists of about 113 genera, 800 species (excluding >> Paulownia) and widely distributed in both tropical and subtropical >> regions. In temprate regions this family is represented by only a few >> species. This family is well known for their ornamental value. Many plants >> of this family are grown in garden for their large tubular showy flowers >> like Campsis, Kigelia, Jacaranda, Spathodia, Tecoma, Bignonia, Tecomeria, >> Pyrostegia, Tabebuia, Catalpa, Crescentia and many more >> >> 2. This family includes usually woody lianas or trees. The important >> characters of this family include - petiolated leaves, usually opposite, >> often compound, sometimes with tendrils, nectaries on leaves, flowers >> zygomorphic, >> showy, Calyx fused with 5 sepals, petals 5 fused and often bilabiate, stamens >> 4 inserted usually on corolla tube, carpels 2, Stigma generally sensitive, >> ovary >> superior, 2-chambered, ovules many, fruit a woody capsule, seeds often >> winged. >> >> 3. Some of the Plants expected to be there in this family week are as >> follows >> >> Adenocalymna comosum >> >> Anemopaegma chamberlaynii >> >> Campsis grandiflora >> >> Campsis radicans >> >> Catalpa ovata >> >> Crescentia cujete >> >> Dolichandrone atrovirens >> >> Dolichandrone falcata >> >> Haplophragma adenophyllum >> >> Heterophragma quadriloculare >> >> Incarvillea arguta >> >> Incarvillea emodi >> >> Jacaranda mimosifolia >> >> Jacaranda obtusifolia ssp. rhombifolia >> >> Kigelia africana >> >> Mansoa alliacea >> >> Markhamia lutea >> >> Millingtonia hortensis >> >> Oroxylum indicum >> >> Pandorea jasminoides >> >> Parmentiera cereifera >> >> Podranea brycei >> >> Pyrostegia venusta >> >> Radermachera xylocarpa >> >> Saritaea magnifica >> >> Spathodea campanulata >> >> Stereospermum chelonoides >> >> Stereospermum tetragonum >> >> Tabebuia aurea >> >> Tabebuia berteroi >> >> Tabebuia heterophylla >> >> Tabebuia rosea >> >> Tabebuia roseo-alba >> >> Tecoma capensis >> >> Tecoma castanifolia >> >> Tecoma fulva >> >> Tecoma stans var. angustata >> >> Tecoma stans >> Tecomella undulata >> >> For More Details about this family you can visit on following links >> 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bignoniaceae >> 2. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Bignoniaceae/ >> 3. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/65081/Bignoniaceae >> 4. http://theseedsite.co.uk/bignoniaceae.html >> 5. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=10102 >> 6. >> http://www.flowersofindia.net/risearch/search.php?query=bignoniaceae&stpos=0&stype=AND >> 7. http://www.flickr.com/groups/treesofindia/pool/tags/bignoniaceae/ >> 8. http://www.indianaturewatch.net/view_cat.php?tag=Bignoniaceae >> 9. http://www.outreachecology.com/landmark/category/botany/bignoniaceae/ >> 10. http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/genera/bignoniaceaegen.html >> Books >> 1. Plant Systematics Third edition by Gurcharan Singh Science Publishers >> 2. Families and Generas of Vascular plants by Kubitzki >> 3. Plant Systematics A Phylogenetic Approach bu Judd >> 4. Plant Systematics by Simpson >> 5. Contemporary Plant Systematics by Woodland >> *All the members are requested to post maximum plants belonging to >> family Bignoniaceae during this. * >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology & >> Horticulture Incharge >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology & Horticulture Incharge Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 --
