Flora of Kaiga_ID_31082011 PJ2.

PUTTARAJU K

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Aug 31, 2011, 1:16:12 AM8/31/11

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Dear All,

Flora of Kaiga_ID_Please_31082011 PJ3. This fully covered on the mud compound wall in kaiga village.

Date/Time-:14/06/10   -    10:30
Location- Place, Altitude - Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrs
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-   wild
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb
Height/Length- 1cm

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PUTTARAJU K,
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KAIGA ATOMIC POWER PLANT,
POST-KAIGA, U.K.DISTRICT,
KARNATAKA -581400
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Giby Kuriakose

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Aug 31, 2011, 2:24:04 AM8/31/11

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May be Riccia sp. of Ricciaceae family?

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Giby

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prasad dash

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Aug 31, 2011, 2:47:37 AM8/31/11

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Dear Puttarajuji can u upload a close up to identify the bryophyte. The thallus seems here is not bilobed. I think a close up can confirm about Riccia or any other species.

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Ajay Nalawade

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Aug 31, 2011, 3:10:47 AM8/31/11

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May be Cyathodium sp.

prasad dash

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Aug 31, 2011, 3:16:57 AM8/31/11

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Yes this is also Cyathodium sp. but i am waiting for a more close up to have a look on the thallus structure. At this stage of the plant (which the picture depict) its very difficult to find reproductive organs. So only thallus is sufficient to confirm.

prasad

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Ajay Nalawade <anala...@gmail.com> wrote:

May be Cyathodium sp.

Giby Kuriakose

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Aug 31, 2011, 3:30:11 AM8/31/11

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Yes I too now think that this would be Cyathodium sp.

Thanks Prasad Ji for correcting me and the id.

A close would always makes things easy.

Regards

Giby

PUTTARAJU K

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Aug 31, 2011, 12:43:32 PM8/31/11

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Please find the 3 close up photos (cropped) attached.Hope this'll help you to identify the species.Please provide the classification of this plant as well.

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Puttaraju

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prasad dash

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Sep 1, 2011, 7:14:20 AM9/1/11

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Dear Puttaraju ji all specimens are Cyathodium.

The genus Cyathodium is represented by nine taxa in India. They are C. indicum, C. tuberosum, C. mehranum, C. aureonitens, C. tuberculatum, C. cavernarum, C. smaragdinum, C. denticulatum and C. acrotrichum. The genus is mainly characterized by thin, delicate, hyaline, spongy, dichotomously branched thallus. The female involucre is present on the ventral surface of the thallus towards the apex. The involucre is characteristic, being globose with a wide, rimmed mouth inhabiting usually one sporophyte. Rarely there may be two sporophytes in one involucre, although C. mehranum usually possesses two sporophytes per involucres. Out of the 9 species of Cyathodium found in India, C. aureonitens, C. cavernarum, C. smaragdinum is having south Indian distribution.

Cyathodium caveernarum, Cyathodium denticulatum, Cyathodium smaragdinum are with smooth involucres and C. aureonitens, C. tuberosum, C. mehranum, C. indicum, C. tuberculatum and C. acrotrichum are having hairy involucre. Cyathodium foetidissimum doses not form distinct rosettes. This plant has an aromatic smell when fresh.

Your plant may be out of the two

If it is a glossy plant then its Cyathodium caveernarum

If it is not a glossy plant then its Cyathodium smaragdinum