Raat ji I was equally surprised to see it in Celastraceae. Always associated with Saxifragaceae. That is why I uploaded it last.
Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone ---- D.S Rawat wrote ---- >So Parnassia is now in Celastraceae! > >Initially I thought that it is an error but then Plant List revealed it so. >Takhtajan (2009) placed Parnassiaceae closer to Celastraceae in Celastrales. >Earlier placed in Saxifragaceae now it is in Celastraceae also in APweb making >a separate group in the family.. Molecular Taxonomy many a times presents the >results which are difficult to accept. > >However, this small plant with bright white flowers always reminds me high >altitude meadows of Himalaya. > >DSRawat Pantnagar > >On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 6:34:39 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > >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/ > >-- >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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.