Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. from Delhi and Dakpathar

[Gurcharan Singh]

Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. Fl. Oware 2:66, t. 99, fig. 1. 1818 "ficoides" 

Syn: Alternanthera tenella Colla;  Gomphrena ficoidea L.

Common name: Parrotleaf

Procumbent to erect semiwwoody herb; leaves broadly ovate to obovate, green or coloured, flowers in sessile axillary heads; tepals unequal, outer three broad, hairy, 3-ribbed at base, the inner two narrower; pseudostaminodes longer than stamens, lacerate at tip.

Photographed from Delhi and Dakpathar.

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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.
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http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[Balkar Singh]

Nice set of Pics Sir

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Dr Balkar Singh
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