Hi, aarti ji, Pl. click on the link in "one uploaded by Aarti ji<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/9aR5jAsaLEU>"
On 28 March 2014 10:27, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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