Aarti It is not P. viminalis It could be C. lanceolatus or C. citrinus. These were earlier treated as one species, but now distinct. We have to know differences between two to decide your plant. I had written it clearly in my mail.
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, Mar 28, 2014 at 10:44 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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