Wayanad flora #14 | 01April2011AR01 | Prickly Shrub for ID

[raghu ananth]

Wayanad flora #14 | 01April2011AR01 Prickly Shrub for ID  /*Base of the flower pedicel is protected by sharp spines, 10-20 mm long. The yellow-orange-red tubular flowers are found tightly together at the top of the stem, but they also occur singly at the base of stem. The flowers are 5cms-8cms mm long and tubular, with several long protruding stamens. */ Date/Time-10 Jan 2011 06:10 PM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Near Karapuzha Dam, Waynaad, Kerala Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Garden,  P lant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Shrub, Height/Length-approx - 2feet Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape - <0.5cms Inflorescence Type/ Size-  Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts - Flower size-4-8cms, color saffron to Red,  Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- --NA-- Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-  Regards Raghu

[Mahadeswara]

Looking at the stamens , one can say it could be a Malvaceae member.

On Apr 1, 9:15 am, raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wayanad flora #14 | 01April2011AR01Prickly Shrub for ID 

> /*Base of the flower pedicel is protected by sharp spines, 10-20 mm long. The yellow-orange-red tubular flowers are found tightly together at the top of the stem, but they also occur singly at the base of stem. The flowers are 5cms-8cms mm long and tubular, with several long protruding stamens.
> */

> Date/Time-10 Jan 2011 06:10 PMLocation- Place, Altitude, GPS- Near Karapuzha Dam, Waynaad, KeralaHabitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-, Garden, Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Shrub,Height/Length-approx - 2feetLeaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Shape - <0.5cmsInflorescence Type/ Size- Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts - Flower size-4-8cms, color saffron to Red, Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- --NA--Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- 
> RegardsRaghu
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[Gurcharan Singh]

Looking strange. I won't be surprised if it turns out that some one has fixed flowers of Abutilon striatum (painted mallow) and some Crossandra infundibuliformis  flowers on a twig of Asparagus.

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Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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[shrikant ingalhalikar]

This is Ikebana waynaadensis that blooms only on 1st of April.
Regards, Shrikant.

On Apr 1, 9:15 am, raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Wayanad flora #14 | 01April2011AR01Prickly Shrub for ID 

> /*Base of the flower pedicel is protected by sharp spines, 10-20 mm long. The yellow-orange-red tubular flowers are found tightly together at the top of the stem, but they also occur singly at the base of stem. The flowers are 5cms-8cms mm long and tubular, with several long protruding stamens.
> */

[Gurcharan Singh]

Ikebana waynaadensis Shrikant, efloraofindia 66115, 2011

Congrats Shrikant ji

-- 
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/ 

[Vijayasankar]

Commonly known as 'Waynaad Bouquet'.
Nice work! ;)

 

Regards 

 

Vijayasankar Raman
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

[Neil Soares]

Not so fast Prof. Singh. Will have to consult Dr. Pankaj Oudhia. [Dissention in the ranks !]. This could be Selfa waynaadensis.                           Regards,                             Neil Soares. --- On Fri, 4/1/11, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Gurcharan Singh]

Ok Neil ji

Selfa waynaadensis (Shrikant) Neil, efloraofindia 66115-1, 2011

Basionym: Ikebana waynaadensis Shrikant

-- 
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/ 

[Gurcharan Singh]

I forgot to add

Selfa waynaadensis (Shrikant) Neil, efloraofindia 66115-1, 2011

Basionym: Ikebana waynaadensis Shrikant

Hotolotypus: Near Karapuzha Dam, Waynaad, Kerala, Raghu Ananth, DSC_1460a (eFl)

-- 
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/ 

[raghu ananth]

Sorry folks,  Could not resist an April fool joke. It was the handiwork of the holidaying children at home,  April 1st was the perfect time to be publicized.  Thanks every one for the new nomenclature .. Regards Raghu

[Gurcharan Singh]

This is an April Fool episode, but something similar has happened in reality also. A collector by the name of Henry submitted a herbarium sheet which became the type specimen (deposited at KEW) of a new species Actinotinus sinensis (under new genus Actinotinus) described by Oliver in Hooker's Pl. 18, t. 1740, 1888. The name was subsequently rejected when was discovered that the collector had in error inserted an inflorescence of Viburnum on the vegetative shoot of Aesculus chinensis.

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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]

Nice Try !!

Tanay

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[Ushadi micromini]

Dear Raghuji :Why should you be sorry, this is the best April fool's
joke I have witnessed in a long time....
wonderful and LOL....
and I LOVED it that every body chipped in the fun.... excellent
camaraderie..
Usha di (Usha Desai MD)

=

On Apr 2, 1:07 am, raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sorry folks,  Could not resist an April fool joke.It was the handiwork of the holidaying children at home,  April 1st was the perfect time to be publicized. 

> Thanks every one for the new nomenclature ..
>

> Regards
> Raghu
>
> --- On Fri, 1/4/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> From: Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:66177] Re: Wayanad flora #14 | 01April2011AR01 | Prickly Shrub for ID
> To: "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>
> Cc: "shrikant ingalhalikar" <le...@rediffmail.com>, "efloraofindia" <indian...@googlegroups.com>
> Date: Friday, 1 April, 2011, 11:13 PM
>
> I forgot to add
> Selfa waynaadensis (Shrikant) Neil, efloraofindia 66115-1, 2011
> Basionym: Ikebana waynaadensis Shrikant
> Hotolotypus: Near Karapuzha Dam, Waynaad, Kerala, Raghu Ananth, DSC_1460a (eFl)
>
> -- 
> 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/ 
>

> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ok Neil jiSelfa waynaadensis (Shrikant) Neil, efloraofindia 66115-1, 2011

> Basionym: Ikebana waynaadensis Shrikant
>
> -- 
> 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/ 
>

> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Neil Soares <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Not so fast Prof. Singh. Will have to consult Dr. Pankaj Oudhia. [Dissention in the ranks !]. This could be Selfa waynaadensis.
>
>                           Regards,
>                             Neil Soares.
>

> --- On Fri, 4/1/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> From: Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:66170] Re: Wayanad flora #14 | 01April2011AR01 | Prickly Shrub for ID
>
> To: "shrikant ingalhalikar" <le...@rediffmail.com>
> Cc: "efloraofindia" <indian...@googlegroups.com>
>
> Date: Friday, April 1, 2011, 10:01 PM
>
> Ikebana waynaadensis Shrikant, efloraofindia 66115, 2011
>
> Congrats Shrikant ji
>
> -- 
> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[Gurcharan Singh]

Usha ji

I have read your interesting mails in last few days and the only thing I have to say:

Welcome to the Story tellers group of the efloraofindia. Our numbers are already increasing. This makes the interactions more and more enjoyable.

-- 
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/