1a. Ovary and fruits lepidote, never stellate-pubescent
2
b. Ovary and fruits stellate-pubescent, never lepidote
3
2a. Leaves not much longer than broad; ripe carpels reddish purple
*1. C. hierosolymitana*
b. Leaves twice as long as broad; ripe carpels bluish purple
*2. C. oblongifolia*
3a. Leaves both radical and cauline, eglandular at base; stigmas
orange; fruits grey or black, non-tinctorial when wetted *3.
C. prostrata*
b. Leaves cauline only, 2-glandular at base; stigmas red; fruits
purple, tinctorial when wetted *4.
C. rottleri*
*Tapas.*
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks a lot Balakrishnan ji for clarification
>
>
> based on Reply from Balakrishnan ji
> "The real Chrozophora plicata (Vahl) A.Juss. ex Spreng. does not occur in
> India. It is confined to Africa and Middle East. What is given as C.
> plicata in Indian floras are now known as *Chrozophora rottleri *(Geisl.)
> A.Juss. ex Spreng.
> N.P.Balakrishnan, 17 Nov. 2013"
>
>
>
> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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>
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Nambiyath Balakrishnan <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The real Chrozophora plicata (Vahl) A.Juss. ex Spreng. does not occur in
>> India. It is confined to Africa and Middle East. What is given as C.
>> plicata in Indian floras are now known as *Chrozophora rottleri *(Geisl.)
>> A.Juss. ex Spreng.
>> N.P.Balakrishnan, 17 Nov. 2013
>>
>>
>> On 17 November 2013 16:27, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Garg ji
>>> This needs to be resolved.
>>> If Chrozophora plicata (Vahl) A. Juss., 1826 (basionym Croton plicatus
>>> Vahl, 1790) and C. rottleri (Geiseler) A. Juss., 1826 (based on Croton
>>> rottleri Geiseler, 1807) are synonyms, the former should be the correct
>>> name as it is based in earlier basionym.
>>>
>>> If two are distinct species as listed on the Plant List, we have to know
>>> the differences to choose our plants from North India and Western Ghats.
>>>
>>> I hope Tapas ji and Balakrishnan ji can throw better light on this based
>>> on their treatment of Indian Euphorbiaceae.
>>>
>>>
>>> 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, Nov 17, 2013 at 1:02 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chrozophora rottleri as per another
>>>> thread<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/BwXu2nTEqlA>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>
>>>> Date: 20 April 2011 22:09
>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:67681] Chrozophora plicata from Delhi
>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Flowers of India <
>>>> [email protected]>, Tabish <[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Chrozophora plicata (Vahl) A. Juss. ex Spreng., Syst. veg. 3:850. 1826
>>>> syn: *Croton plicatus* Vahl; *Chrozophora* *prostrata* Dalzell & Gibson
>>>>
>>>> Stellate-wooly prostrate herb with several branches; leaves nearly as
>>>> long as broad, upper surface folded (plicate); flowers unisexual; stamens
>>>> 15 in two whorls, petals pink; capsules stellate wooly, without scales.
>>>> Photographed from Vikas Puri Delhi, growing in waste lands.
>>>>
>>>> Common name: Giradol
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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