Thank you very much Gurcharan ji for the clarification. I was hoping that one of the names has no scope for some good reason !! In case I go to Manali again, I will certainly make it a point to visit the Van Vihar park and check for the relevant aspects. Regards. Dinesh
On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dinesh ji > This is yet another example how we get stumped when author name is not > indicated. > There are two different species which have been given the name P. laricio > and both have two leaves in a spur > P. laricio Poir. (leaves up to 17 cm long, dark green, cones up to 8 cm > long) is illegitimate name and now considered as synonym of P. nigra Arnold > subsp. laricio Maire > P. laricio Savi ( leaves 18-25 cm long, glossy green, cones 12-25 cm long) > is now correctly known as P. pinaster subsp. escarena (Risso) K. Richt. > Perhaps this may help in fixing the correct name. > > > > 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, Dec 1, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Gymnosperms fortnight >> Pinaceae ... pine family >> ¿ *Pinus laricio* ? ¿ Poir. ? OR ¿ Savi ? >> Dear friends, this ID *Pinus laricio* is based on the placard - could be >> wrong too. >> >> At The Plants List, could find two instances of *Pinus laricio* ... 1) >> Poir. and 2) Savi ... if the placard is correct, the plant could either be >> *Pinus >> nigra* subsp. *laricio* Maire OR *Pinus pinaster* subsp. *escarena* (Risso) >> K.Richt. >> >> I am aware that these photos would not help in ascertaining the ID; but >> there is no better opportunity to add them to group's database than its own >> fortnight ! in Van Vihar, Manali on 04 JUN 08 >> >> [image: Pinus >> laricio]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2561967968%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcATLwbmM2hj2cLJiEI5USHTlcHTw> >> >> >> [image: Pinus >> laricio]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2561910856%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdYP-9m_o4_nAZNSF57o5Sjw2K4qg> >> >> >> 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.
