Hello all it is Oplismenus compositus(L.) Beauv Regards Satish Pardeshi
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 6:30 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “Is it Oplismenus burmannii (Retz.) P. Beauv.? > > Tanay” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com> > Date: 11 December 2010 19:08 > Subject: [efloraofindia:56738] Grasses week- Oplismenus > To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > > > > Amazing grasses week going on. Great photography, some grasses resembling > windmills others beating beautiful flowers. I am sure a lot of us will > feel far more at ease with grasses now ! Here's my two pence to the > contributions - Oplismenus not sure of species, could be burmanii? Ided by > Dr Almeida seen at the forest in Mumbai on 20 Nov.'10 . As explained by Dr. > Almeida this has spikelets (individual flowers) arranged in spikes all on > one side, sparsely spaced sub-spikes, sessile flowers. > > Ancient greek -hopliosmenus means 'armed'. The sound also resembles in > Marathi 'aplas manus' meaning our local person. > > > regards, > Rashida. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) > 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. You can also use them > for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1475 members & > 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 species on > 30/11/10) > > -- *EACH ONE.... PLANT ONE...* * * *Satish Pardeshi Plant Taxonomist * *Mumbai, Pune*
