Thanks, Tapas ji, for more efforts for conclusively establishing the Ids. On 28 August 2016 at 14:03, Tapas Chakrabarty <tchak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is a comment from Dr. Bruce Maslin, Australia on the above images: > > Hi Tapas > > > I cannot be sure of the identity of that plant from those photos. However, > I do not think that they are A. pycnantha. There are many Australian > species with long, 1-nerved phyllodes and racemose inflorescences. I would > need to see details of the gland (i.e. its distance above the pulvinus and > whether or not there is a fine nerve connecting the gland to the midrib) > and perhaps even whether or not there are tiny appressed fine hairs on the > peduncles to have any chance of naming this plant. To be sure of the > identity of these sorts of plants one often also needs to see pods/seeds > (to check pod width and whether or not the seed is encircled by long, fine, > reddish-brow funicle). Such a funicle does not occur in A. pycnantha. It > would be best if I could see specimens when I am in India (and if the > collector could collect pods/seeds later in the year). > > > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Lalithamba Avadhanam < > alalitha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Plant name: *Acacia pycnantha* Benth., >> >> Vernacular name: Golden wattle >> >> Description: >> Evergreen trees, 3-8 m tall; bark dark brown furrowed in older stems. >> Leaves are modified into sickle shaped leathery phyllodes, 9-15 cm long and >> 1-3.5 cm wide. Floral heads globose, creamy white or yellow, 5-10mm in >> diameter, are produced in 30-40cm long drooping panicles from leaf axils. >> Flowers pentamerous. >> Exotic species; cultivated along road sides by forest department. >> Thank you >> Regards >> A.Lalithamba >> >> -- >> 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). The whole world uses my Image Resource <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
