Dinesh ji and Tapas ji Perhaps one thing needs to be resolved, whether above plant is to be called Euphorbia grantii Oliv., 1875 or Euphorbia umbellata (Pax) Bruyns, 2007
The Plant list lists both as distinct Under E. grantii only one synonym is listed E. mulemae Rendle Under E. umbellata following are listed as synonyms *Euphorbia* *pseudograntii* Bruyns [Illegitimate] *Synadenium* *grantii* Hook.f. *Synadenium* *umbellatum* Pax *Synadenium* *umbellatum* var. *puberulum* N.E.Br. I thought of checking Wikipedia, which in recent years is turning to be reliable under E. grantii it shows image of Synadenium grantii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbia_grantii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SynadeniumGrantii.jpg Under E. umbellata web shows images similar to above and Wikipedia although not having any image but lists synonyms similat to the Plant List. Frankly images on the internet are no help although description in Hortus Third may help in calling our plant as E. umbellata (syn: Synadenium grantii) Euphorbia grantii Oliver: Robust shrub, 5-10 ft; leaves somewhat *leathery *, strap-shaped *or linear-lanceolate*, up to 1 ft long, 1 inch wide, *sessile; *cyathia in umbels to 15 inch across, glands 4. Synadenium grantii Hook.f.: Shrub, 8-12 ft; leaves somewhat *fleshy*, *oblanceolate to obovate*, 3-7 inch long, tapering to *petiole 7-8 mm* long; margin entire, wavy to slightly toothed, cyathia in axillary much-branched cymes. Leaves are red in cultivar 'Rubra'. 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 Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you very much Tapas ji for the appreciation. > > Must consider about this plant's latest name ... > NPGS / GRIN <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?465141>and The > Plant List (2010). Version > 1<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-345129>treat *Synadenium > grantii* Hook.f. as synonym of *Euphorbia umbellata* (Pax) Bruyns. > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Excellent once again. >> T. Chakrabarty. >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 11:43 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Euphorbiaceae fortnight >>> castor OR spurge family >>> *Synadenium grantii* Hook.f. >>> Native of tropical Africa; cultivated elsewhere. >>> >>> NPGS / >>> GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F465141&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfyTPW3fYynPIDppG2G63QZHwLaAQ> >>> and The Plant List (2010). Version >>> 1<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theplantlist.org%2Ftpl%2Frecord%2Fkew-345129&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcz21EJR84GWvGvjsvEz__70LI25Q> >>> treat *Synadenium grantii* Hook.f. as synonym of *Euphorbia umbellata* >>> (Pax) >>> Bruyns at Sajjangad on 19 OCT 07 >>> >>> [image: Shend (Marathi: >>> शेंड)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1657038797%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcZQUE5QURvBfW_ujkGoDFx-f9zkw> >>> >>> >>> [image: Synadenium >>> grantii]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1657100539%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd66zwcXJshAmKV-jX_pyRRd51dVQ> >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> Dinesh >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.
