Kas Week :: DV :: 28 SEP 08 - 1142 :: Eriocaulon sedgwickii

Dinesh Valke

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Oct 1, 2012, 4:44:07 AM10/1/12

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Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl
... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India

28 SEP 08
Eriocaulon sedgwickii Fyson ... (family: Eriocaulaceae)

er-ee-oh-KAW-lon -- from the Greek erion (wool) and kaulos (plant stem) ... Dave's Botanary
sedgwickii -- named for Leonard John Sedgwick, British botanist, studied flora of western India

commonly known as: spherical pipewort • Marathi: गेंद gend

Endemic to: rocky plateaus of the Western Ghats (of India)

References: Flowers of India • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar

Regards.
Dinesh

Mani Nair

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Oct 1, 2012, 5:13:27 AM10/1/12

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Dinesh ji, very beautiful flowers.

Thanks for sharing

Regards,

Mani

References: Flowers of India • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar

Regards.
Dinesh

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ushadi Micromini

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Oct 1, 2012, 5:21:58 AM10/1/12

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Dinesh wonderful as always
Usha di

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Gurcharan Singh

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Oct 1, 2012, 9:08:33 AM10/1/12

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Really wonderful plant and equally good capture

Thanks Dinesh ji

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