A new Species for me thanks for the photos and also for the description Sir TAnay
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Galphimia gracilis Batling. from Sunder Nursery, New Delhi, photographed on > September 1, 2009 > > This small shrub is most confused and often sold in nurseries under the > name G. glauca or sometimes G. brasiliensis. Last one is mainly a South > American species also like G. gracilis with deciduous petals but easily > differentiated by peduncles being absent or less than 2 mm long and smaller > corolla limb (ca 4 mm long). G. glauca is distinct in having persistent > petals often spreading below the fruit, longer and denser inflorescence, > peduncle much shorter than peduncle (less than 1/2 as long) with bracteoles > borne well below the tip of peduncle (peduncle 1/2 to almost as long as > pedicel in G. gracilis; bracteoles at peduncle tip), shorter claw (1.5-2 mm > in lateral petals, 3-4 in posterior, as against 2-2.5 in lat and 4-5 in > post. petals in G. gracilis) and shorter fruit (2.5 mm long as against 4.5-5 > mm in G. gracilis). > > For excellent paper on Galphimia refer to > Contr.. Univ. Michigan Herb. 25: 1-82, 2007 > REVISION OF Galphimia (Malpighiaceae) > Christiane Anderson > University of Michigan Herbarium > 3600 Varsity Drive > Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108-2287 > > http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/MICHpdfs/C25-Galph.pdf > > <http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/MICHpdfs/C25-Galph.pdf> > -- > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
