Aquatic herb for id 010610MK1

[Muthu Karthick]

Dear all,

Please id this plant.

Date/Time-	22-01-2010 / 05:00 PM
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-	Mudumalai WLS; 820 msl; TN
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Typ	Grassland closer to Moist Deciduous forest
Plant Habit-	Aquatic herb
Height/Length-
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-	ca. 15cm long;
Inflorescence Type/ Size-	15 - 20cm long scape
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-	white; ca. 2cm across
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-
Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-	No fragrance

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Muthu Karthick, N
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Care Earth Trust
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[Joshi Pankaj]

Dear DR. Muthu Karthick,

Please confirm with some Nymphoides species (indicum?), a member of Gentianaceae.

 

Pankaj
 

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From: Muthu Karthick <nmk...@gmail.com>
To: indiantreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tue, 1 June, 2010 5:42:10 PM
Subject: [efloraofindia:36724] Aquatic herb for id 010610MK1

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[Gurcharan Singh]

joshi ji and Muthu ji

N. indica has fimbriate corolla lobes. This should be N. hydrophylla (syn: N. cristata)

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Crested%20Floatingheart.html

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Water%20Snowflake.html

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[tanay bose]

Dear Joshi ji and Muthu ,
This plant is Nymphoides hydrophylla (Loureiro) Kuntze from the family Menyanthaceae (Dumortier) Dumortier and not from Gentianaceae. kindly see its description fro the Eflora of china http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210001333 .

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[Joshi Pankaj]

Sir,

Yes,

It should be N. hydrophylla (syn: N. cristata).

 

Thankyou.

 

Pankaj
 

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Pankaj N. Joshi, Ph.D
Jr. Scientist
Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE)
Post Box # 83, Opp. Changleshwar Temple,
Mundra Road, Bhuj- Kachchh
Gujarat: 370 001 (India)
Phone: +91 2832 235025, 329408; Fax: 235027
Cell: +91 94269 49523
Optional E-mail: pranav...@rediffmail.com
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From: Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com>
To: Joshi Pankaj <josh...@yahoo.com>
Cc: Muthu Karthick <nmk...@gmail.com>; indiantreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tue, 1 June, 2010 6:15:31 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:36727] Aquatic herb for id 010610MK1

[Muthu Karthick]

Dear all,

Thank you very much for the id and nomenclature. Menyanthaceae is a family closer to Gentianaceae.

Also see:

http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/4dc8c94f828acb21/b5bf6821577942e8?lnk=gst&q=Nymphoides+hydrophylla#b5bf6821577942e8

[Nandan Kalbag]

Yes it is N. cristata

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Joshi Pankaj <josh...@yahoo.com> wrote: