NA23/06 Euphorbia sp. for identification

[noorafsha abdulla]

Request for identification of plant

Family: Euphorbiaceae
Habit: Herb
Location: Thane, Maharashtra
Date: 15th June 2015

[D.S Rawat]

Euphorbia indica to me.
DSRawat Pantnagar

[Tapas Chakrabarty]

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From: Nambiyath Balakrishnan <npba...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:226288] NA23/06 Euphorbia sp. for identification
To: Tapas Chakrabarty <tcha...@gmail.com>

Dear Tapas

This plant is E. hypericifolia L., common in Peninsular India.

N.P. Balakrishnan

23 June 2015

On 23 June 2015 at 15:46, Tapas Chakrabarty <tcha...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Mahadeswara]

The plant is Euphorbia nutans.

On Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 8:06:17 AM UTC+5:30, noorafsha abdulla wrote:

[Tapas Chakrabarty]

If it is Euphorbia nutans, then a new record for India.

Dr. N.P. Balakrishnan identified the images to be Euphorbia hypericifolia.

Regards,

Tapas.

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[D.S Rawat]

Yes, once Dr Balakrishnan identified, it should be taken as final ID. He is the expert of Euphorbiaceae and written complete account of the family for India. I also correct here my earlier ID as per the suggestion by by Dr Balakrishnan.
DSRawat Pantnagar

On Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 8:06:17 AM UTC+5:30, noorafsha abdulla wrote:

[M Swamy]

  As a member of the group I suggested the ID based on the resemblance of the  photograph. Certainly not to  counter any body.   It is up to the experts to accept or reject it.     Purpose is to get  the  correct ID.   Nothing wrong in rechecking the characters  by taxonomic experts.

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[Nambiyath Balakrishnan]

Dear All

Yes. There is a possibility that it may be E. nutans Lag. However, this species has not been recorded from India so far. It is native of America, and also found in Europe and Egypt. Recently it has been recorded from Iran, which is so far its easternmost location.

E, hypericifolia and E. nutans are closely similar and are very difficult to distinguish. Perhaps the two should be combined into one species, when E. hypericifolia has priority and should be its correct name. In many floras these two species are confused. The distinguishing characters are not clear-cut. Therefore there is need to study them in detail and find out how they differ before drawing into conclusions.

I am attaching two photographs taken from some websites. This is only to show you how similar the two species are.

N. P. Balakrishnan

24 June 2015

[noorafsha abdulla]

Thank you all respondents..

Thank you Dr. Balakrishnan for the identification and an insight on both the species E. hypericifolia and E. nutans

Regards,
Noorafsha

[Tapas Chakrabarty]

The suggestion of Swamiji prompted Balakrishnan Sir to arrive at such a conclusion and nobody thought of this possbillity so far.  Now that attention is drawn on Euphorbia nutans, I am sure it is a matter of time only when the status of the species, i.e. E. nutans will be clarified.  As suggested by Dr. Balakrishnan, there is a need for detailed studies.  E. hypericifolia, E. hyssopifolia and E. indica are all closely related species having narrow differences.  Hence further critical studies on the complex are desirable.

Regards,

Tapas.

[noorafsha abdulla]

Thank you Sir for the kind words..

The need for further studies amongst the similar looking sps.  is necessary for more clarifying results. 

Regards,
Noorafsha

[Ushadi Micromini]

Interesting

so Noor, you have your work cut out for you

if you are a botanist you know what to do

if not, collaborate with some taxonomist in nearby university and you may have a paper in it for you and your collaborator.

Good case

usha di

Usha di
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[noorafsha abdulla]

Thank you Ma'am..

Will look into more detail of the plant..

Btw.. I am latter (an amateur)

Regards,
Noor