Allamanda violacea of Gardener (1844) is a synonym of A. franchetii A. DC. (1844), wheras A. violcacea of Linn (1771) is perfectly valid distinct species. I think we should impress upon all to check the name of author when comparing synonyms. An example of this confusion we faced in discussion of Phyllanthus fraternus and P. amarus. I would urge Garg ji and managers of Flowers of India to start citing the name of author (plus year of publication) for names and identifications to be meaningful, otherwise they will create a lot of confusion, when these two databases become more popular. There are thousands of such examples where nomenclature, if not understood properly could create confusion. Our 'Ber' fruit is correctly Zizyphus mauratiana Lamk, 1789 with Z. jujuba Lamk, 1789; whereas Z. jujuba Mill., 1768 is a distinct species. The synonym for Z. mauratiana Lamk, 1789 is Z. jujuba Lamk, 1789 (non Mill., 1768). Such things may look difficult in the begining, but are essential in the long run
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College University of Delhi, Delhi India http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tabish" <[email protected]> To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 6:32 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:17315] Re: Allamanda cathertica flowers Allamanda violacea is a synonym of Allamanda blanchetii, as per World Checklist at Kew. - Tabish On Sep 1, 5:33 pm, "Gurcharan Singh" <[email protected]> wrote: > I think, it is A. violacea > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi > Indiahttp://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: rashida atthar > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 8:24 AM > Subject: [indiantreepix:17286] Allamanda cathertica flowers > > These beautiful flowers were blooming at Sagar upvan (BPT gardens ) at > Mumbai on 30 August '09. > > regards, > Rashida. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Are you an untamed, bizarre or daring explorer? Find out now! Drag n' drop --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
