Yes Garg ji -- 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, Mar 10, 2013 at 4:19 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Singh ji, > That means all species we considered as *Oxalis dehradunensis* should now > be put under *Oxalis intermedia.* > Pl. confirm so that I can make necessary changes in efi site. > > > > On 4 March 2013 12:01, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Last year we had detailed discussion on plants uploaded by Nidhan ji and >> Balkar ji, ultimately concluding on the basis of listing in The Plant List, >> that it is a synonym of Oxalis latifolia Kunth, 1822 >> >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Oxalis$20dehradunensis/indiantreepix/Xm0FRnWatfE/xrb2ZsFdVVMJ >> >> Raizada's new name (Nom nova) O. dehradunensis for O. intermedia A. Rich >> was based on early entry in IPNI considering 1845 (1842) as its date of >> publication as against 1841 for O. intermedia Steud., 1841. As it appears >> the date of publication of A. Rich. 1841 and opposite to what Raizada >> considered, Biophytum intermedium , 1839 antedates the binomial given by >> Steudal and is correctly Biophytum intermedium Wight, 1839 and not (Steud.) >> Wight, and citation for Oxalis intermedia is accordingly (Wight) Steud. and >> not O. intermedia Steud. >> >> Recent studies have shown that Oxalis intermedia A. Rich. and O. >> latifolia are two distinct species, and not synonyms. This is supported by >> recent publications such as CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de >> especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. >> México<http://www.tropicos.org/Publication/25511>. >> CONABIO, Mexico City., Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. >> Chiang Cabrera. (editores generales) 2013. Vitaceae a Geraniaceae. Fl. >> Mesoamer. <http://www.tropicos.org/Publication/100022344> 3(1): ined., >> and Nesom, G. L. 2009. TAXONOMIC NOTES ON ACAULESCENT OXALIS >> (OXALIDACEAE) IN THE UNITED STATES. Phytologia (December 2009) 91(3) >> 501-526. >> I am sharing the pdf of last (2009) publication and reproducing below the >> key from the publication: >> >> 1. Leaflets obtriangular to broadly obtriangular, (20–)30–50 mm long, >> 1.5–2.5(–3) times wider than long; >> stems and leaves arising from a cluster of small sessile >> bulblets; capsules and seeds rarely formed; >> flowers >> semi-homostylous........................................................................ >> …*.Oxalis intermedia* >> 1. Leaflets obcordate to obtriangular, 15–40 mm long, 1.1–2(–3) times >> wider than long; stems and leaves >> usually arising from a single bulb, rarely producing >> additional sessile bulblets; capsules and seeds >> often formed; flowers tristylous, rarely >> homostylous.......................…..…….*Oxalis latifolia* >> >> I seem to have both these species in my collection, and would upload both. >> Here is Oxalis intermedia A. Rich. from Chakrata and along Mussoorie >> Chakrata road. >> >> Oxalis intermedia A. Rich., Hist. Phys. Cuba, Pl. Vasc. 315. 1841 >> syn: Oxalis dehradunensis Raizada, 1976; Ionoxalis intermedia (A. Rich.) >> Small, 1907 >> >> This stemless species species is distinct from O. latifolia in leaves >> arising from a cluster of small sessile bulblets, leaflets broadly >> obtriangular leaves with usually acute angles and flat upper edge, larger >> green leaflets 30-40 cm long, smaller purple flowers more in number. >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> -- >> >> --- >> 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. >> >> >> > > > > -- > 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. 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