Thank you very much Vijayasankar ji for the information. On Wednesday, January 15, 2014 9:37:11 PM UTC+5:30, Vijayasankar wrote: > > Thanks Manoj ji for this beautiful and interesting post. Cabomba > caroliniana is reported > <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?400193>to be a native > of the Americas, and naturalized elsewhere. > > I think the pink flowered form is uncommon, and it is not widely > represented<http://www.aquaticbiologists.com/algae--weed-id-guide/submerged-weeds/cabomba>in > www. > > FNA > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500297>states > that "...In parts of the southeastern United States, plants with > purple-tinted flowers, possibly a response to some environmental factor, > have been treated as *Cabomba caroliniana* var. * pulcherrima*..." > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Manoj Chandran > <mach...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> The aquatic plant Cabomba caroliniana in flower is seen in these pictures >> taken from a small dammed river in Kozhikode, Kerala. The underwater leaves >> are highly dissected and fan like whereas the surface leaves of the >> flowering stems are entire and triangular in shape. The flowers are pink in >> colour. You can see the carpet of flowers in the long shot of the habitat. >> I hope the id is correct. I am not aware of the status of its distribution >> in India and whether it is an exotic escaped from ornamental aquaria plants. >> [image: Inline image 1][image: Inline image 2] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to indian...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >
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