Sorry Dinesh ji, I could not reply earlier as I was travelling from California to Delhi and could not access my account. I reached Delhi today.
If one want to get confused, The plant list is the best place to visit. But it can also be used for checking cross references. Best database to me (in addition to GRIN) to rely are eFl China and Tropicos (whose records The plant list uses by does not always follow) Laurus cassia L. and Laurus cassia Nees & T Nees are synonyms, and latter can't be basionym for any name, as it is a later homonym of former. Even The Plant List and Tropicos agree with it (being synonym of Cinnamomum cassia (L.) C. Presl (which without doubt is based on Laurus cassia L.) http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-17806432 http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-17806432 Strangely no one lists Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterm and Cinnamomum cassia (L.) Presl. as synonyms, but since basionym is same, they have to be. But then there is a big catch. GRIN considers Neolitsea zeylanica (Nees & T Nees) Merr. (based on Litsea zeylanica Nees & T. Nees as synonym of Cinnamomum cassia (L.) Nees, whereas both Fl. China, Revised Flora of Ceylon and The Plant List consider as distinct taxa belonging to a separate genera. I hope I am not wrong. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Message from Dr Santhosh Kumar ji: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *Laurus cassia* L is a basyonym of *Neolitsea cassia* (L.) Kosterm. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Many many thanks to him. > > > With this as fact, there seems to be some confusion in the past because of > which: > *Laurus cassia *L. is a synonym of *Cinnamomum cassia* (Nees & T.Nees) > J.Presl ... The Plants > List<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-17805758> > > And just a few minutes back stumbled on this finding > *Laurus cassia* Nees & T. Nees is a synonym of *Cinnamomum cassia* (L.) > C. Presl ... The Plants List > > > Thus coincidentally, there are two identities of *Laurus cassia *as well > as* **Cinnamomum cassia. > * > * > > * > I now believe mentions of *Laurus cassia *in the online dictionaries and > old literature must be *L. cassia* Nees & T. Nees ... syn. of *Cinnamomum > cassia* (L.) C. Presl - therefore are not related to *Neolitsea cassia*(L.) > Kosterm. > > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> My query stems from findings about synonymy of *Neolitsea cassia* - >> while intending to gather its common names in regional languages of India. >> >> My findings: >> At The Plants List >> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50148283>(2010). Version 1 - >> *Neolitsea cassia* (L.) Kosterm. ... no synonyms recorded >> At NPGS / GRIN<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?413303>- >> *Neolitsea cassia* (L.) Kosterm. ... synonyms: *Laurus cassia* L. (* >> basionym*) • *Litsea zeylanica* Nees & T. Nees • *Neolitsea zeylanica*(Nees >> & T. Nees) Merr. >> >> >> *Neolitsea cassia* seems to be comparatively less discussed on internet >> in context of common names; and hardly in online dictionaries. BUT *Laurus >> cassia* has several entries in online dictionaries of South Asia, >> especially in Sanskrit. >> >> The confusion: >> *Would like to know which of the following is true:* >> 1) *Laurus cassia* L. is basionym of *Neolitsea cassia* (L.) Kosterm. >> 2) *Laurus cassia* L. is synonym of *Cinnamomum cassia* (Nees & T.Nees) >> J.Presl >> >> OR please help me with any other clarification. >> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> > > -- > > > > --
