Gurcharan ji, Neither the Kew Checklist nor the International Plants Name Index (IPNI), the two respectable online sources I know, mentions any Allamanda violacea of Linn. Are you sure you are not talking about Allamanda cathartica Linn., 1771? - Tabish
On Sep 1, 6:58 pm, "Gurcharan Singh" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > Indiahttp://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
