Platanus orientalis from Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Platanus orientails the most famous chinar tree of Kashmir, very commonly grown in Parks, Gardens and avenues. There is a famous garden in Dal lake known as char chinar, with four trees of chinar, a favourite tourist spot. Another example of vicariance. Its American couterpart is P. occidentalis.

I am providing the link of P. occidentalis for comparison:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/plt/Platanus%2520occidentalis%2520leaf2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/plt/platanus_occidentalis.htm&usg=__VXyK4zJQE5siN8AZOi__FoKShS4=&h=480&w=640&sz=47&hl=en&start=2&sig2=Xws8mIL2YLUALwuIqzu98w&itbs=1&tbnid=U3gv4-iHcyLmPM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplatanus%2Boccidentalis%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=QbQ9TPTlJpW0cJGv6KIB

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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/

[tanay bose]

A tentative description and illustration from Eflora of China

Description:: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200010590

Illustration:: http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=115268&flora_id=5

Tanay

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[Rashida Atthar]

Thank you sir for sharing this one, our feast has truly began !!

regards,

Rashida.

[Kenneth Greby]

 Here is California sycamore, Platanus racemosa, growing in the Santa Monica Mountains, Malibu, CA USA.

 This grove of over thirty genetically-identical trees is the result of one individual specimen that has fallen and rerooted multiple times. It is common for this to occur when specimens are found near bodies of water.


http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z93/fastfeat/DSC00487.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z93/fastfeat/DSC00488.jpg

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z93/fastfeat/DSC00489.jpg

Regards--
Ken.

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From: Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com>
To: efloraofindia <indian...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wed, July 14, 2010 6:00:10 AM
Subject: [efloraofindia:41423] Platanus orientalis from Kashmir

Platanus orientails the most famous chinar tree of Kashmir, very commonly grown in Parks, Gardens and avenues. There is a famous garden in Dal lake known as char chinar, with four trees of chinar, a favourite tourist spot. Another example of vicariance. Its American couterpart is P. occidentalis.

I am providing the link of P. occidentalis for comparison:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/plt/Platanus%2520occidentalis%2520leaf2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/plt/platanus_occidentalis.htm&usg=__VXyK4zJQE5siN8AZOi__FoKShS4=&h=480&w=640&sz=47&hl=en&start=2&sig2=Xws8mIL2YLUALwuIqzu98w&itbs=1&tbnid=U3gv4-iHcyLmPM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplatanus%2Boccidentali s%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=QbQ9TPTlJpW0cJGv6KIB

[Gurcharan Singh]

Dear Kenneth

Thanks for the link. I have photographs of both P. occidentalis and P. racemosa from California, but I did not upload them firstly because they were on another hard disc and secondly to restrict upload to Indian plants. Links are easier solutions for comparison.

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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/ 

[tanay bose]

Thanks Ken for the link and comparison
tanay