aquatic plant for ID 040311AMS1

aadil meher

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Mar 4, 2011, 9:32:53 AM3/4/11

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Aquatic plant from bhopal lake

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Pankaj Kumar

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Mar 4, 2011, 9:45:53 AM3/4/11

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Vallisneria spiralis most probably.
Pankaj

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 8:02 PM, aadil meher <aadilsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Aquatic plant from bhopal lake
>

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Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 4, 2011, 10:03:25 AM3/4/11

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Or perhaps V. natans, as V. spiralis probably does not grow in India

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Pankaj Kumar

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Mar 4, 2011, 10:12:30 AM3/4/11

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Vallisneria spiralis is found in India as well as V. natans
[Reference: Govaerts et al. 2011: Kew's checklist)
My contention was based on the spiral stalks present below the flower,
if that is not a unique character, then I may be wrong.
Regards
Pankaj

Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 4, 2011, 1:46:00 PM3/4/11

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I would be happier if both species grow in India. My information says that V. spiralis does not grow in Asia and the specimens identified as such belong to V. natans. By the way spirally coiled female stalk is the generic character and not unique to any species.

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