Not at all boring. without turning a single page of the book the Botany of 1973 is getting revised for me. thanks sir Madhuri
--- On Thu, 3/9/09, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:17528] Re: ... Cassia ¿ species ? > To: "Nayan Singh" <[email protected]> > Cc: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 3 September, 2009, 6:32 PM > > > > #yiv1957824168 DIV { > MARGIN:0px;} > > > > > Nayan ji, your wild guess > was correct in one > sense. Cassia glauca Lam. and C. surattensis Burm.f. > are both synonyms of > now correctly known Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) Irwin & > Barneby. At the > finer level true surattensis with larger (2-4 inches) > leafets in 4-6 pairs, pods > 6-8 inches long and known as Senna surattensis > (Burm.f.) Irwin & > Barneby subsp. surattensis, whereas C. glauca Lam. (C. > glauca var. > suffruticosa Koenig in Flora of British India) with 6-9 > pair of smaller leaflets > (1-2 inches) and smaller pods (3-4 inches. is Senna > surattensis (Burm.f.) Irwin > & Barneby subsp. sulphurea (DC. ex > Collad) > Randell. > > And now an interesting > one. C. glauca Lam. was > published in 1789, whereas C. surattensis Burm.f. in 1768, > and hence latter gets > priority when two are treated as same species. At > subspecies level, true > surattensis is subsp. surattensis (no authority, as it is > automatically created > name if we treat C. glauca as distinct subspecies-it is > autonym). and now you > will ask why not to use subsp. glauca as name. Well Cassia > glauca Lam, 1789 and > C. sulphurea DC. ex Collad., 1816 are synonyms, and hence > former is prefered, > but when transferred to genus Senna (all 10 stamens > perfect) Senna glauca Roxb., > is already used for a different species, and sulphurea gets > > preference. > > I hope it was not very > boring. . > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa > College > University of Delhi, Delhi > India > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 > > ----- Original Message > ----- > From: > Nayan > Singh > To: Gurcharan Singh > > Cc: indiantreepix > > Sent: Thursday, > September 03, 2009 7:22 > AM > Subject: Re: > [indiantreepix:17454] Re: > ... Cassia ¿ species ? > > > > > Gurcharan ji yesterday i id it as Cassia > glauca, but some > how it is missing in the thread, what do you > think about my this wild > guess? > thanks > N.S.Dungriyal IFS > Chief Conservator of > Forests > and Field Director > Satpura Tiger Reserve > Hoshangabad > M.P. > 09424792100 > > > > > > > From: > Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > To: Yazdy Palia > <[email protected]>; > Kenneth Greby > <[email protected]> > Cc: Indian Tree Pix > <[email protected]>; > > Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, 3 > September, 2009 > 12:19:53 AM > Subject: > [indiantreepix:17454] Re: ... Cassia ¿ species ? > > > Not Cassia > fistula atleast which has distinctive cylindrical long > pods. This > one > seems more probably C. surratensis, the only thing that > looks different > to > me is the thin long stalk of pod. The specimens in our > garden don't have > > such long stalks. Leaves and flowers resemble. > > > Dr. Gurcharan > Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, > Delhi > India > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 > ----- Original Message > ----- > From: "Yazdy Palia" <[email protected]> > To: > "Kenneth Greby" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Indian > Tree Pix" <[email protected]>; > "Dinesh Valke" > <[email protected]> > Sent: > Wednesday, September 02, 2009 11:11 PM > Subject: [indiantreepix:17443] Re: > ... Cassia ¿ species ? > > > > Hello friends, > could it be cassia > fistula? Please check up > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Shower_Tree > Regards > Yazdy. > > On > Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Kenneth Greby<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dinesh-- > > > > I don't believe that this is Senna spectabilis > (Syn > S. excelsa, S. > > carnaval) due to the flattened seedpods. S. > spectabilis > has roundish to > > squared (in cross-section) pods with some muscilage > present. > > > > This looks closer to S. surattensis, but I am not > positive of that ID. > > > > Regards-- > > Ken > Greby. > > > > --- On Wed, 9/2/09, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [indiantreepix:17425] ... Cassia ¿ species ? > > To: "Indian Tree > Pix" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 11:20 AM > > > > Hello > friends, > > > > A large shrub of Cassia planted along an avenue near > Yeoor Hills, photos > > taken on 22 AUG 09. > > > > My friend > Ajinkya Gadave has already commented in Flickr about this > plant > > > to > > be Cassia spectabilis. > > Please validate ID. > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video > highlights and more. > Click here. > > > > > > > Love Cricket? 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