Gomphocarpus physocarpus from Arunachal Pradesh_RKC02_021110

[Ritesh Kumar Choudhary]

Dear all,

Pl find some fotos of Gomphocarpus physocarpus from NE India.

Date/Time-  April, 2007

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS: ca 700m, Damro village, Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh

Habitat: Cultivated at garden

Plant Habit: Shrub

Height/Length: ca 2 m high.

Regards,
Ritesh.

[Balkar Arya]

Gorgeous snaps Ritesh Ji

Thanks for sharing


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Regards

Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Pankaj Kumar]

According to IPNI the accepted name is

Asclepias physocarpa Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xxi. Beibl. liv. 8.

Syn:
Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. Commentariorum de plantis Africae
Australioris 1 1836

Asclepias is for Asklepios, the god of healing in Greek mythology
Gomphocarpus means nail like fruit.!!
physocarpa means bladder like fruit !!

Regards
Pankaj

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"TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!"

Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
Research Associate
Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
Department of Habitat Ecology
Wildlife Institute of India
Post Box # 18
Dehradun - 248001, India

[tanay bose]

The fruits of this plant has spines.

Tanay

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Tanay Bose

Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
3529-6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)

            604-822-2019 (Lab)

ta...@interchange.ubc.ca

[Pankaj Kumar]

Then the word Gomphocarpus should mean nails or spines on fruit!!
Regards
Pankaj

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahani...@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Date: Nov 2, 7:05 pm
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> Tanay
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> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>

> wrote:
>> According to IPNI the accepted name is
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>> Asclepias physocarpa Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xxi. Beibl. liv. 8.
>
>> Syn:
>> Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. Commentariorum de plantis Africae
>> Australioris 1 1836
>
>> Asclepias is for Asklepios, the god of healing in Greek mythology
>> Gomphocarpus means nail like fruit.!!
>> physocarpa means bladder like fruit !!
>
>> Regards
>> Pankaj
>

>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Gorgeous snaps Ritesh Ji
>
>> > Thanks for sharing
>
>> > --
>> > Regards
>
>> > Dr Balkar Singh
>> > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
>> > Arya P G College, Panipat
>> > Haryana-132103
>> > 09416262964
>
>> --
>> ***********************************************
>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!"
>
>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
>> Research Associate
>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
>> Department of Habitat Ecology
>> Wildlife Institute of India
>> Post Box # 18
>> Dehradun - 248001, India
>
> --

> *Tanay Bose*

> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
> Department of Botany.
> University of British Columbia .
> 3529-6270 University Blvd.
> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)
>             604-822-2019 (Lab)
> ta...@interchange.ubc.ca

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[Dr Pankaj Kumar]

On Nov 2, 7:05 pm, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The fruits of this plant has spines.
> Tanay
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>
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> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > According to IPNI the accepted name is
>
> > Asclepias physocarpa Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. xxi. Beibl. liv. 8.
>
> > Syn:
> > Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. Commentariorum de plantis Africae
> > Australioris 1 1836
>
> > Asclepias is for Asklepios, the god of healing in Greek mythology
> > Gomphocarpus means nail like fruit.!!
> > physocarpa means bladder like fruit !!
>
> > Regards
> > Pankaj
>

> > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Gorgeous snaps Ritesh Ji
>
> > > Thanks for sharing
>
> > > --
> > > Regards
>
> > > Dr Balkar Singh
> > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
> > > Arya P G College, Panipat
> > > Haryana-132103
> > > 09416262964
>
> > --
> > ***********************************************
> > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!"
>
> > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
> > Research Associate
> > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
> > Department of Habitat Ecology
> > Wildlife Institute of India
> > Post Box # 18
> > Dehradun - 248001, India
>
> --

> *Tanay Bose*