Garg ji, Gurcharan ji, This is getting confusing for me. Could you kindly tell me which is the species posted by me? I have a few more from Lalbagh to be posted. Regards, Aarti
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 8:52 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > A reply from another > thread<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/kPo3kPIFFDM> from > Singh ji: > "Dear friends > Most of us know through Floras and common books Callistemon lanceolatus > DC. as the commonest species of Callistemon cultivated in many parts of > India. As it turned out for last 5 to six decades this was considered as > synonym of C. citrinus (Curtis) Stapf. > > As has been clearly specified in Trees of Delhi (Pradip Krishen) none of > the specimens grown in Delhi belong to C. citrinus. They actually belong to > C. viminalis (Soland. ex Gaertn.) Cheel., the two similarly looking species > are distinguished as under: > C. viminalis: Tree with drooping slender branches; leaves > linear-lanceolate, up to 10 cm long and 4-7 mm broad; flowers scarlet--red > in up to 7 cm long dense spikes; filaments united at base; fruits not > persisting on old wood. > C. citrinus: Shrub or tree with short arching branches; leaves broadly > lanceolate, rigid, up to 7 cm long, 6-12 mm broad; flowers scarlet red in > up to 10 cm long spike; filaments free at base; fruits persisting on 2--3 > year old branches. > > C. viminalis is aptly represented in our website through uploads of Balkar > ji > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/E3f-aKsZQcQ>, > Rathinasabapathy > ji<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/group$3Aindiantreepix$20AND$20Callistemon$20AND$20viminalis/indiantreepix/hGNp4mvUWQ4>and > several posts of Bimal > ji<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Callistemon$20AND$20viminalis/indiantreepix/nLEPdbeqHr4>I > am uploading mine from Delhi here. > *Now there is a big catch. It has now been established (both on The Plant > List and GRIN) that C. lanceolatus (Sm.) Sweet and C. citrinus (Curtis) > skeels are two distinct species and not synonymous (although C. lanceolatus > DC. a synonym of latter). It would as such be interesting to know the > differences between the two to be able to place our specimens properly. > Perhaps some member can help.* > I also have feeling that C. rigidus of Flowers of > India<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stiff%20Bottle%20Brush.html>and > one uploaded by Aarti > ji <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/9aR5jAsaLEU>from > Lalbagh may actually be one of these two species, as C. rigidus has > much narrower almost linear lobes and capsules with almost close mouth > where as in both above uploads leaves are broader almost broadly lanceolate > with capsules with clearly open mouths. > Perhaps once differences between C. lanceolatus and C. citrinus as > understood now, are know, we can place our specimens correctly. " > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Date: 30 January 2014 20:12 > Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:179422] Callistemon For ID : > Lalbagh,Bangalore : 150114 : AK-7 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Cc: "Aarti S. Khale" <[email protected]> > > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > Callistemon<https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/myrtaceae/callistemon>- > some species in India & eFI > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > Date: 15 January 2014 12:23 > Subject: [efloraofindia:179422] Callistemon For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : > 150114 : AK-7 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Callistemon seen at Lalbagh with bright red, shorter flowers. > Cultivated, garden tree. > Picture taken on 25/11/13. > Id please. > Aarti > > -- > 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. 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