Convolvulaceae Week: Ipomoea coptica from Delhi (indiantreepix@googlegroups.com)

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Gurcharan Singh (Google Docs)

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Mar 15, 2012, 1:08:40 AM3/15/12
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Ipomoea coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 208 208 1819.

Syn: Convolvulus copticus L.; Ipomoea dissecta Willd.

A glabrous prostrate or twining herb with digitate 3-7 lobed deeply serrate leaves; flowers solitary white; capsule subglobose, glabrous.

Photographed from Rajouri Garden in Delhi, a weed of cultivation.

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Dinesh Valke

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Mar 15, 2012, 1:11:50 AM3/15/12
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Very different and novel combination of leaves and flower to me, for Ipomoea.
Many thanks for sharing, Gurcharan ji.
Regards.
Dinesh

Balkar Singh

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Mar 15, 2012, 11:04:21 AM3/15/12
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New plant for me Sir Is this cultivated or found along cultivated fields?
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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
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Gurcharan Singh

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Mar 15, 2012, 11:25:15 AM3/15/12
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Growing wild


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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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Nidhan Singh

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Mar 15, 2012, 11:28:03 AM3/15/12
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New for me too, thanks sir for upload.




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Satish Phadke

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Mar 15, 2012, 11:28:13 AM3/15/12
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A unique plant indeed. The dissected leaves purple pink anthers. Amazing.
It is found rarely in wet rice fields of Nanded Mah. as per BSI
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Ron_Convolvulaceae

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Mar 17, 2012, 1:00:13 PM3/17/12
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Gucharan ji,

          The photo of the seedpods is the best (!)

regards,

Ron



On Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:08:40 AM UTC-4, Gurcharan Singh wrote:

Ipomoea coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 208 208 1819.

Syn: Convolvulus copticus L.; Ipomoea dissecta Willd.

A glabrous prostrate or twining herb with digitate 3-7 lobed deeply serrate leaves; flowers solitary white; capsule subglobose, glabrous.

Photographed from Rajouri Garden in Delhi, a weed of cultivation.

Ipomoea-coptica-Delhi-1

Ipomoea-coptica-Delhi-3

Ipomoea-coptica-Delhi-1

Gurcharan Singh


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