Grass week: Phalaris minor from Delhi

Gurcharan Singh

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Dec 9, 2010, 2:50:47 PM12/9/10

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Phalaris minor Retz., Obs. Bot. 3:8. 1783.

A common weed in wheat and Mustard fields in winter in Delhi. Can be easily confused with species of Phleum. Photographed from Khalsa College Botanical Garden in Delhi, in February.

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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/

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Vijayasankar

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Dec 9, 2010, 2:54:25 PM12/9/10

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Beautiful pictures, Gurcharan ji.

Regards

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Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Research Associate
National Center for Natural Products Research
Thad Cochran Research Center
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677
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Gurcharan Singh

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Dec 9, 2010, 2:58:07 PM12/9/10

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Thanks, Vijayasankar ji

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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

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Dec 9, 2010, 4:12:10 PM12/9/10

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very good catch

tanay

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Tanay Bose

Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
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Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
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Pankaj Kumar

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Dec 10, 2010, 9:18:29 AM12/10/10

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Phalaris minor Retz. Observ. Bot. (Retzius) iii. 8. 1783.

Regards
Pankaj

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Pankaj Kumar

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Dec 10, 2010, 9:19:26 AM12/10/10

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Beautiful pictures.
Just wanted to ask. Are you still using the hand lens for macro or you
got some macro lens and which camera are you using now a days?
Pankaj

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