Good morning After going through the discussions in various threads in our group i find that what i am vehemently supporting as *Celosia spicata<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/yMoF0vgyp-4/discussion> ** Spreng<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/yMoF0vgyp-4/discussion>actually is **C. argentea** L.* ! Dr. Anil Ji also drew my notice, in the thread at - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/y9hdl9jZ0Tc/discussion . FoC validates the above - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105991. FoP itself seems to be confused -
- root/base page - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=105991 - *Celosia argentea* L. page that concludes with lower taxon - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200006992 Let's see herbaria in Linnaeus Server<http://linnaeus.nrm.se/welcome.html.en>:- 1. *Celosia argentea* L. - http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/c/celos/celoarg.html.en 2. *Celosia cristata* L. - http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/c/celos/celocri1.html.en and http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/c/celos/celocri2.html.en 3. *Celosia cristata* L. var. *coccinea* - http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/c/celos/celocri3.html.en and http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/c/celos/celocri6.html.en 4. *Celosia cristata* L. var. *castrensis* - http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/c/celos/celocri5.html.en 5. *Celosia cristata* L. var. *comosa* - http://linnaeus.nrm.se/botany/fbo/c/celos/celocri4.html.en Thank you Regards surajit On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:42 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > There seems to be a lot of confusion between Celosia spicata & Celosia > argentea during the Amaranthaceae Week in different threads. > This appears to be same in efi site as well. > To sort out the issue, I think we need to first find out the difference > between the two. > Experts may pl. help in sorting out the issue. > > Efi pages for both are given below: > Celosia argentea var. > argentea<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/amaranthaceae/celosia/celosia-argentea> > Celosia > spicata<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/amaranthaceae/celosia/celosia-argentea-var-spicata> > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2045 members & > 1,45,000 messages on 31/1/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
