{"id":1358644,"date":"2012-05-12T06:17:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T06:17:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:44:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:14:36","slug":"cryptocoryne-retrospiralis","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/cryptocoryne-retrospiralis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptocoryne retrospiralis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cryptocoryne<\/i> retrospiralis<\/i> (Roxb.) Kunth<\/span><\/font><\/a>, Enum. Pl. 3: 12 1841<\/i>. (Syn: Ambrosina<\/i> retrospiralis<\/i> Roxb.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Ambrosina<\/i> roxburghiana<\/i> Voigt<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Ambrosina<\/i> unilocularis<\/i> Roxb.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Cryptocoryne<\/i> dalzellii<\/i> Schott<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Cryptocoryne<\/i> roxburghiana<\/i> (Voigt) Schott<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Cryptocoryne<\/i> unilocularis<\/i> (Roxb.) Schott<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Lagenandra<\/i> dalzellii<\/i> (Schott) Rataj<\/span><\/font><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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This plant is active only in the summer, I guess. Because the whole plant would be submerged for about 5-6 months during monsoon as this species grow in the river bed.<\/font> As the water level in the river\/stream get reduced during winter, the plant become active from the surviving rhizomes and new plants would germinate and establish from dormant seeds. Then, during summer it starts flowering.<\/font>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Cryptocoryne retrospiralis:<\/a> <\/p>\n

Cryptocoryne retrospiralis<\/font><\/i><\/span> (Roxb.) Fisch. ex Wydler (Araceae<\/i><\/font>)<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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Please compare your plant with this:\u00a0 efi thread<\/a><\/div>\n
Also, please furnish details about hte location of collection and season of flowering. I am much interested to find out this species.<\/p>\n
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had never seen such plant.
In one photo I can see lot of spiral outgrowths coming from water. in other the spiral outgrowth has leaves at thr base. In third and next some tips are shown.
WHAT ARE THEY?<\/p>\n

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I have collected this species during my field survey at Assam<\/font>. <\/div>\n

The habitat was semi evergreen, and the
collection site is a perennial river bank with sand and pebbles. <\/font><\/div>\n
Very interesting to note that, I have seen this sp only from a single location and some mammals are seen to feed on this<\/font>. I have photographed the phenophases of this species. <\/div>\n
The flowering was seen (Pic 1&2) during March-April and fruit (pic 5&6) during September-October.<\/font><\/p>\n
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In the photo where those shoot like things are comming out I first thought that they are pnumatophores of mangroves.
I doubt that in nature I would have dreamt it to be a plant.<\/p>\n

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This could be Cryptocoryne retrospiralis<\/p>\n

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<\/b><\/i>Do we have any species of Cryptocoryne<\/i> in the Western Ghats. <\/p>\n

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I am no expert on Crytocoryne<\/i> but if you look at the website of Cryptocoryne<\/i> expert … it looks like it: http:\/\/crypts.home.xs4all.nl\/Cryptocoryne\/Countries\/India.html<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n

You can also see there are several species from the Western Ghats. For confirmation you perhaps can contact Jan privately? His e-mail adress is mentioned on the website.<\/p>\n
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We do have few species here in Western Ghats<\/u>.<\/div>\n

Anyway am not sure about the total number of species present in South India. <\/div>\n
Provided time, I can dig out more details..<\/p>\n
These are the few species am familiar with..<\/div>\n
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