Thanks a lot Lalithamba ji & Vijayasankar ji, for clarification.
On 1 September 2013 05:12, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > In 2001, Venter made a new > combination<http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26843671#page/579/mode/1up>in > the name of > *Finlaysonia wallichii *(Wight) Venter by including Hemidesmus wallichii > [not H. indicus] Wight as basionym and Atherolepis wallichii (Wight) > Hook.f. and Atherandra wallichii (Wight) Benth. as synonyms. He never > included H. pubescens or H. indicus var. pubescens as synonym to F. > wallichii. The same treatment is followed by > Tropicos<http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100339125>. > F. wallichii (= H. wallichii) is "restricted to > Myanmar<http://etd.uovs.ac.za/ETD-db//theses/available/etd-07182013-103724/unrestricted/SidneyNC.pdf>" > and does not occur in India. > > The Plant List <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-2603979>quotes > Tropicos > (record 2603979) <http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2603979> as the source > reference for the inclusion of H. pubescens as synonym under F. wallichii. > But, the particular record of Tropicos only says that *Hemidesmus indicus*var. > *pubescens* (Wight & Arn.) Hook. f. is a synonym of *Hemidesmus > pubescens*Wight & Arn. Finlaysonia wallichii is not in the picture here. > > Therefore, the listing of *Hemidesmus* *pubescens* Wight & Arn. as a > synonym of *Finlaysonia* *wallichii* (Wight) Venter in The Plant List page > <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2812952>is probably due to an > (yet another) erroneous linking of records. > > Venter's key to genera can be found in this BHL > page<http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26843671#page/581/mode/1up>. > Here is the Tropicos page <http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100339125> for F. > wallichii. > > > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 11:50 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A reply: >> "Dear all, >> F- Finlaysonia; H-Hemidesmus >> The plant list gave Hemidesmus indicus var.pubescens and H.pubescens >> as synonyms; but in my observation, there are some differences with >> Finlaysonia >> The F=1 bark with prominent longitudinal ridges-glabrous >> 2.hairs-H.dirty white to copper colored-hairs white, >> 3.floral buds –corolla lobes overlapping anticlock-wise- in H.it is >> valvate >> 4.flower bowl shaped-no, H. star shaped. >> 5. Leaves petiolate; petiole (3–)5–10 x 3–4 mm,-H.less tha 3mm; >> 6. blade oblong-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 96–125(–154) x >> 12–15(–25) mm, herbaceous, sparsely scabrid- H. elliptic, coriaceous to >> scabrid; 46x2-3.5cm; >> 7. apices acute to attenuate, base rounded, rarely cuneate, margin >> revolute and wavy, venation brochidodromous, 15–22 secondary veins on >> either side of main vein,- H.base cordate; margin entire, apex emarginated >> with a mucro; secondary veins 6-8; >> 8. Corona lobes rod-shaped- H.not rod shaped; >> 9.Corolla margin membranous;- H. margin as thick as innerpart. >> Hence we need not completely honour the plant list. it needs some >> revision. I consider it as another variety of Hemidesmus only; which I wish >> to publish. >> Ref:http://etd.uovs.ac.za/ETD-db//theses/available/etd- >> 07182013-103724/unrestricted/SidneyNC.pdf >> A TAXONOMIC REVISION OF FINLAYSONIA and STREPTOCAULON (PERIPLOCOIDEAE; >> APOCYNACEAE) >> by >> NWIGWE CHIMDI SIDNEY guided by DR. A.M. VENTER; >> >> Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter in Venter & R.L. Verh., Annals of >> the Missouri Botanical Garden 88: 565 (2001). Basionym: Hemidesmus >> wallichii Wight, Contributions to the Botany of India: 63 (1834)" from >> Lalithamba ji. >> >> >> On 31 August 2013 18:33, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks a lot, Lalithamba ji, >>> How come The Plant List >>> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2812952>states >>> as below ?: >>> *Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) >>> Venter*<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2812952>, >>> *Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 565 2001*. (Syn: *Hemidesmus* *indicus* >>> var. *pubescens* >>> Hook.f.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2845075>; >>> *Hemidesmus* *pubescens* Wight & >>> Arn.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-2603979>; >>> *Hemidesmus* *wallichii* >>> Wight<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2845077> >>> ); >>> >>> Is it correct ? >>> >>> >>> On 21 August 2013 13:02, Lalithamba Avadhanam <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I wish to share the 3 varieties of Hemedsmus indicus-yellow flowered; >>>> Hemidesmus pubescens 2 varieties at E.ghats. the yellow centered >>>> variety- leaves and flower are smaller than complete maroon variety. >>>> Thank you >>>> A.Lalithamba >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> 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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