Dear all, Many thanks for the id and the thread is of useful information and technical.
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Agreed again Vijayasankar ji > > -- > 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/ > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thanx Gurcharan ji, for the explanation. So, S. verticillata should be the >> one which we (during good young days!) used to play with as it had had >> greater grip (when compare to other species) due to retrorse barbs. Antrorse >> barbs are not that effective as the grip is obviously less. >> >> Regards >> >> Vijayasankar >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Vijayasankar >>> I think most species of Setaria have barbs ob bristles to make them stick >>> or move (our chilhood game). S. verticillata has retrorse barbs, whereas >>> others have anterorse barbs, so it would affect whether spikes are moving >>> forward or backward in my game. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/ >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Gurcharan Singh >>> <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Oh yes, I just checked, myself and Vijayasankar ji are matching >>>> S. glauca is is sunonym of S. pumila. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/ >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Gurcharan Singh >>>> <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Light yellow bristles (not green) are characteristic of S. glauca >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> 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/ >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Pankaj Kumar < >>>>> sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thats nice Dr. Gurcharan sir. >>>>>> Vijay, no bristles on our plant were not hooked but much elongated...i >>>>>> think they are called awns? I am too bad in grasses, but yeah it was >>>>>> not this species....those bristles are too small. Once dry, may be >>>>>> they all get stuck. It was at Sariska National Park. >>>>>> Pankaj >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> > Pankaj ji >>>>>> > We used to play with this genus as well as Hordeum murinum, keeping >>>>>> the >>>>>> > inflorescence between the edges of two palms and moving them, the >>>>>> spike used >>>>>> > to run fast. The competition would be who does it faster. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > -- >>>>>> > 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/ >>>>>> > >>>>>> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Pankaj Kumar < >>>>>> sahanipan...@gmail.com> >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> sorry, I meant non-botanist! >>>>>> >> Pankaj >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Pankaj Kumar < >>>>>> sahanipan...@gmail.com> >>>>>> >> wrote: >>>>>> >> > Around 5 years back there was a not botanists who was explaining >>>>>> me >>>>>> >> > this genus of grass. He threw the inflorescence on my trousers >>>>>> and >>>>>> >> > said "SAT GAYA NA" literally meaning, "IT GOT STUCK" so this is >>>>>> >> > Setaria :P....... though it was a funny explanation but I never >>>>>> >> > forgot it. >>>>>> >> > Pankaj >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Vijayasankar < >>>>>> vijay.botan...@gmail.com> >>>>>> >> > wrote: >>>>>> >> >> Setaria pumila, perhaps. >>>>>> >> >> Regards >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> >> >> Vijayasankar >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> >> >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:06 AM, tanay bose < >>>>>> tanaybos...@gmail.com> >>>>>> >> >> wrote: >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> >>> I dont think this a is Penisettum!! This is not sure >>>>>> >> >>> Tanay >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> >>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Selvalakshmi Selvaraj >>>>>> >> >>> <nevath...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >> >>>> >>>>>> >> >>>> is it penisettum?not sure >>>>>> >> >>>> >>>>>> >> >>>> -- >>>>>> >> >>>> Selvalakshmi S. >>>>>> >> >>>> Doctoral Scholar, >>>>>> >> >>>> Bharathiar University, >>>>>> >> >>>> Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. >>>>>> >> >>>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> >>> -- >>>>>> >> >>> Tanay Bose >>>>>> >> >>> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. >>>>>> >> >>> Department of Botany. >>>>>> >> >>> University of British Columbia . >>>>>> >> >>> 3529-6270 University Blvd. >>>>>> >> >>> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) >>>>>> >> >>> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) >>>>>> >> >>> 604-822-2019 (Lab) >>>>>> >> >>> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca >>>>>> >> >>> >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> >> >> >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > -- >>>>>> >> > *********************************************** >>>>>> >> > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>>>>> >> > Research Associate >>>>>> >> > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >>>>>> >> > Department of Habitat Ecology >>>>>> >> > Wildlife Institute of India >>>>>> >> > Post Box # 18 >>>>>> >> > Dehradun - 248001, India >>>>>> >> > >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> -- >>>>>> >> *********************************************** >>>>>> >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>>>>> >> Research Associate >>>>>> >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >>>>>> >> Department of Habitat Ecology >>>>>> >> Wildlife Institute of India >>>>>> >> Post Box # 18 >>>>>> >> Dehradun - 248001, India >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> *********************************************** >>>>>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>>>>> Research Associate >>>>>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >>>>>> Department of Habitat Ecology >>>>>> Wildlife Institute of India >>>>>> Post Box # 18 >>>>>> Dehradun - 248001, India >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust Chennai - 61 www.careearthtrust.org
