I think at present it is justified to treat it as accepted name following GRIN and GBIF, both reputed databases. The Plant List as in most cases has raised its hands by declaring it as unresolved name (better to ignore).
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 Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:23 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Different sources are saying different things & there seems a lot of > confusion: > > IUCNRed List (LC) <http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/194926/0>- 2013 : Gnetum > montanum Markgr. (no mention of Gnetum scandens Roxb.) (Range in India: > India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Sikkim) > > WCSP <http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=334198> (Kew): > *Gnetum** scandens* Roxb. as a syn. of > > *Gnetum edule (Willd.) Blume, Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 1: 161 > (1834).* <http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=334110> > > > Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal: *Gnetum* > *scandens*Roxb.<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242323766> > as > a syn. of *Gnetum montanum* Markgr. > Encyclopaedia of World Medicinal Plants, Volume > 1<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=d5JEanrJK6kC&pg=PA1027&dq=Gnetum+scandens+%2B+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YzKoUtHuEIGKrQe1mYCIAQ&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Gnetum%20scandens%20%2B%20india&f=false> > By T. Pullaiah (2006) & Indian Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated > Dictionary edited by C.P. Khare (2007) - *Gnetum* *scandens* Roxb. as a > syn. of Gnetum montanum Markgr. > > *Gnetum scandens* information from > NPGS/*GRIN*<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?17843>(2002): > *Gnetum* *scandens* Roxb. & no mention of Gnetum montanum Markgr. > M.M.P.N.D. Sorting *Gnetum* > names<http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/new/Sorting/Gnetum.html>: Both > names are accepted. > > > I hope somebody sorts it out. > > > > > > > > On 5 December 2013 19:20, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Forwarding the message from Dr. RC Srivastava.. >> >> Dear Sir >> Correct name for G scandans is G montana >> >> Dr R C Srivastava >> Joint Director >> Botanical Survey of India >> CGO Complex,DF Block, >> Saltlake, Sector I, >> Kolkata,India-700064 >> 033 2321 9334 >> M: 9830878882 >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Assistant Professor >> Department of Botany >> I.B. (PG) College >> Panipat-132103 Haryana >> Ph.: 09416371227 >> >> -- >> 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. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2200 members & > 1,76,000 messages on 30/11/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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.

