Flora of Mississippi, USA-003

Vijayasankar

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29 Apr 2011, 11:27:52 pm29/04/11

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Liquidambar styraciflua is indigenous in N.America, and also commonly planted as an ornamental. The tree at present is in flowering and I shall send the pictures soon.

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Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

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Gurcharan Singh

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30 Apr 2011, 1:38:34 am30/04/11

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Vijayasankar ji

You are tempting me to upload mine from California. I have more than 1000 species from the area photographed during three years of visit.

Here are of this species, commonest in our apartment complex in Sunnyvale.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
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Vijayasankar

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30 Apr 2011, 2:55:15 am30/04/11

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1000 species?!!! WOW!
...a potential resource supplement to Calflora...
Thanks Gurcharan ji, now I decided to post all my unidentified plants also...

Regards

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

Ushadi micromini

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30 Apr 2011, 8:56:29 pm30/04/11

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Dr Raman and Dr Gurucharan ji:
This is very commonly planted street tree in some neighborhoods...in
NY.. and in Connecticut... called sweetgum... the leaves are unique,
and the seepods scratchy to say the least...

Leaves turn kinda brown in NY but its bright orangeish red in CT....

And Dr Gurucharanji...1000? wow... cant wait to see ....
Usha di

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On Apr 30, 8:27 am, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Liquidambar styraciflua *is indigenous in N.America, and also commonly

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Gurcharan Singh

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30 Apr 2011, 10:21:32 pm30/04/11

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Yes Usha di

You know when I visited USA in 2008 and saw it for the first time, Platanus and Acer (maple) came to my mind, leaves of maple and infl. of Platanus, till I finally got it identified through TAXACOM Group.

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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/

ushadi Micromini

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1 May 2011, 3:18:07 am01/05/11

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Gurucharanji:
Is n't it exhilarating (at least for me it is) when I track down the identity of some plant... based on photos or finally description, toxonomic details...though I am not very comfortable with taxonomy yet... thogh I imagine it can't be any more difficult to master than the weird rare cancers.... or endocrime or immunological disorders....

were you elated when you discovered the sweetgum identity? I do not remember if it turns any nice color in california...
Usha di
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Gurcharan Singh

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1 May 2011, 8:01:46 am01/05/11

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Yes in the same way as maple turns up in autumn in USA and Europe

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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/

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