ID for plant 4

manasikaran

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Nov 11, 2010, 2:45:59 AM11/11/10

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Hello friends,

Plz identify this plant

Habit: Small herb

Date : September 2010

Place : Devgad, Maharashtra

Regards,
Manasi

IMG_0049 flowering.jpg

IMG_0051 leaves.JPG

Pankaj Kumar

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Nov 11, 2010, 2:47:57 AM11/11/10

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Alternanthera !
Pankaj

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Pankaj Oudhia

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Nov 11, 2010, 2:47:58 AM11/11/10

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Looks like Gomphrena sp.

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Pankaj Oudhia

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Gurcharan Singh

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Nov 11, 2010, 2:52:42 AM11/11/10

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Gomphrena celosoides

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Pankaj Kumar

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Nov 11, 2010, 2:55:06 AM11/11/10

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:P sorry... I was wrong !!
Pankaj

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Pankaj Kumar

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Nov 11, 2010, 2:59:07 AM11/11/10

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Gomphrena celosioides Mart. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes.
Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 13: 301. 1826
Just a typographic error.
Pankaj

manasikaran

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Nov 11, 2010, 4:53:24 AM11/11/10

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Thank you Pankaj ji, Gurucharanji and Pankaj kumar ji..thanks a lot

Regards,
Manasi

Satish Phadke

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Nov 11, 2010, 10:03:12 AM11/11/10

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Thanks for showing this plant new to many of us.
Will you please tell the details about the plant as per posting guidelines. The flower may be 0.5 cm like Alternanthera or may be 5cm in size.
Dr Phadke

tanay bose

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Nov 11, 2010, 10:41:56 AM11/11/10

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Gomphrena celosoides

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Vijayasankar

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Nov 11, 2010, 12:08:55 PM11/11/10

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Is it (G. celosioides) different from G. serrata? GRIN lists them separate. FoI treats as synonyms. JSTOR doesn't include the latter as syn under the former.