Good morning Garg Sir.... Thank you very much,
Regards, surajit On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:41 PM, jmgarg1 <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> > Date: 14 October 2012 21:03 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:135070] Amaranthaceae herb id from Hooghly > 12/10/12 sk > To: ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> > Cc: Prabhu kumar KM <prabhumkris...@gmail.com>, Vijayasankar < > vijay.botan...@gmail.com>, efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > Thank you Usha Di for the info on habitat of this plant. > > I noticed a few more of this plant around my PARA. The plants here are not > as big and sturdy as the third set of photographs in this post or thread. > But, neither they are as small as what we usually see on roadside and waste > place. I think - > > 1. This variety does not form community, rather they are scattered > here and there. More of an under-shrub than a herb. > 2. They may grow big, like a shrub, if left undisturbed. Regular > removal of roadside weeds and collection of fuel wood by not so privileged > villagers bar them to grow more. > 3. *Unequal tepals*, as can be seen in newly attached two pictures > with this mail, suggests that it may be *Achyranthes aspera L. var. > porphyristachya (Wall. ex Moq.) Hook. f.*, conforming to the keys > provided by Prabhu Sir. > > Thank you and Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:02 AM, ushadi Micromini < > microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> =========== >> >> > -- > > > > > > > -- > 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. 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