Thanks Sukla ji for information. Hope it is resolved soon. 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 Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Sukla Chanda <[email protected]> wrote: > In Flora Iranica, Nauman (1969) was of opinion that Populus alba L. is > confined to Europe, N. Africa and Anatolia and does not extend to Caucasus, > Transcaucasia, Persia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia and it is > replaced by *P. caspica* Bornm. in those regions. But after studying the > type specimen *Populus alba* of Linnaeus (Upsala) and the specimen of > India and central Asia, I found that both are similar species. I visited > several herbaria in India and a few major herbaria in US but could not get > a single specimen of Populus caspica. Unfortunately I don’t have any > opportunity to visit any herbarium of Middle East so that I could study *P. > caspica*. No images of type and other herbarium material are available in > the web as well. So now it is not possible without studying the type and > authentic specimen to conclude a decision. > > > > Thanks, > Sukla > ------------------------------------------------ > Sukla Chanda, PhD > Science & Education, > The Field Museum, Chicago IL. > > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 6:23 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> Date: 4 February 2014 08:42 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:180817] Salicaceae (including Flacourtiaceae) >> Fortnight: Populus alba or P. caspica from Kashmir-Pl validate-GSFEB-1 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> It would be interesting to fix whether this plant should actually be >> named as Populus alba L. or P. caspica (Bornm.) Bornm. Although Flothough >> Flora of Pakistan treats latter as synonym of former, The Plant List >> considers latter as unresolved, but there several recent publications >> treating two as distinct. >> >> >> >> 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 [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 (around 2250 members & >> 1,80,700 messages on 31/1/14) 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.
