89 invasive plant species present a threat to Kerala’s biodiversity: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article3470290.ece?homepage=true 89 invasive plant species present a threat to Kerala’s biodiversity K. S. Sudhi Special Arrangement Mikania micrantha, an aggressive climber, has swathed the canopy at the Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary in Wayanad. Kerala’s plant biodiversity faces a severe…
Greetings & Butterfly Story!: Wish you a Very Happy, Healthy & Peaceful Deepavali & New Year! I take this opportunity to inform you that this year’s Diwali Issue of ‘Chandrakant’ (Marathi Annual Special Festive Issue) has published my Kadambari (Novel) – ‘Adbhutachya Shodhat’. The imaginary story is based…
Kas fauna: Posting photographs of some insects, moth, etc., found at Kas last year. The moth that you posted is Problepsis vulgaris of family Geometridae (Sterrhinae) KAS Week DS_101012_04 a bird in midst of flowers: Malabar crested Lark in Kas , 22nd Sep 2012. the newly…
Germination of seeds of trees.: I am in an effort to germinate seeds of Tree species for assisting forest dept. nurseries and am not able to geminate some like Dolichandrone atrovirens, Melia dubia , Anogeissus latifolia, Mitragyna parviflora etc. Can I get information on the above about treatments,…
Connections = White Flowers = fragrance = Night Blooming: I had read it somewhere, though unable to recollect the source, that most of night blooming flowers are fragrant and are white in colour. Would love to hear efI members view on it. Yes … White and other light…
is leguminosae now called Fabaceae?: i have an query …though an stupid one…..is leguminosae now called Fabaceae? i thought papilionaceae is called fabaceae…..so whats papilionaceae called then? To understand this you have to first understand what rank we are giving to the three subfamilies 1. If we treat…
querry about double fertilisation.: please clear my doubt about this double fertilisation….Considering double fertilization in angiosperms, how many sperm are involved in the formation of a mature 2-seeded peanut pod? According to my knowledge..double fertiliztion involves 2 male gamete (for every seed)..as follows.. one male gamete fuse female…
Invasive species : threat to local flora:
Queries about nectaries.: Nectaries may be floral (inside the flower) or extrafloral (nectaries present on the part of the plant other than the flower. eg.nectaries at the meeting point of petiole and the leaf blade of Ricinus).As we all know that floral nectaries have a great role in…
Kyd – Roxburgh – Indian Botanic Garden – BSI: Tuesday, the 17th July 2012, i was on a time machine and travelled to the days of Colonel Robert Kyd, the founder of “Indian Botanic Garden”, …and to the days of William Roxburgh, “The Father of Indian Botany” who…
Describing Flowering Plants: Recently I got the set of books as a gift and along with it was this pamplet. I am sure this can be of use to you all in checking and describing your plants following the keys.Enjoy and have a great week ahead
query about saprophytic plants…: Now all the saprophytic plants are commonly classified as mycoheterothophic plants…Does all the saprophytic plants have an association with a particular fungus???All the members please clear my doubt. I will reply positively to your query. The research on fungal symbiosis shows, without the help…
Latest classification _Bentham and hookar: i was start to work in the filed of plant taxonomy and ecology since last four year and during this course of time, i was came to know that there is a name of various species, genera and family were changed. in addition,…
Names of plants in India – mini lexique: It would be useful to every one to have a kind of mini lexique covering the basic words which can be found in plant names. Something like this:ASSAMESE:BENGALI :ENGLISH : 1.Leaf, 2. leaves, 3 flower, 4. fruit, 5. treeGUJARATI :…
Article required: I wants a help from you….Pleasse send me a pdf copy of the article ‘LIU ZhongJian,CHENSingChi,RU ZhengZhong Phalaenopsis malipoensis,a New Species ofOrchidaceae from China, 2003 Vol. 25 (14): 1-3.’ if you have…. Attached
Help required………: I urgently require literature on Genus Dahlia (Asteraceae). Can anybody help me with it. On what aspect you need to have literature? Taxonomy/distribution or number of species? Some relevant information can be accessed from http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/41562 and I attache some publications related to the genus Dahlia. A…
photographs needed for some trees of Uttrakhand forest depratment: I am helping forest dept of Uttrakhand in putting together a field guide for nature guides from community to increase opportunities for community livelihoods program under sub dept of eco-tourism. Since this is a non profit program to augment…
Help required…………….: Information required on the IUCN status of Indian plants. Can anybody help me with the information. …, this may be of use to you Attachment: Threatend plants of India.xlsx
guidance for future: My self … I am a student of B.sc. Medical IInd Year,S.D. College,Ambala Cantt.Dear members please guide me what course I would opt after B.Sc. so that I can have a bright future. Should I go for M.Sc. or any other course. My best subject…
JFR d’Almeida’s book “Lessons in Plant Morphology”: I am trying to locate information on a book entitled “Lessons in Plant Morphology” by J.F.R. d’Almeida and D.P. Mullan, published in 1946 in Bombay. I have been trying to track this book for a long time without any luck and…