Sir, Didn't imagine this simple very fragrant flower can invite so much puzzle! Bimal Da informs that it might be *M. alba*.
- Naming issue :- *Michelia alba* DC. - TPL <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-50099121?ref=tpl1> recognizes but GRIN <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?28260> or FoC <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120458>doesn't, while another document from China does accept - http://www.jse.ac.cn/wenzhang/aps06137.pdf. According to this particular pdf file - 1) *stipular scar nearly to half of petiole = alba* 2) *stipular scar longer than half of petiole = **champaca* . Unfortunately none of my photographs shows clear stipular scars (I was outside the boundary wall!). *Michelia* x* alba* (DC.) Figlar - GRIN <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?452629> & FoC <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250090229> accept but TPL <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-252903> doesn't. TopTropicals features it <http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/michelia_alba.htm> and at the same time it features one *M. champaca* var. *alba* <http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/michelia_champaca.htm> (please scroll down the page)! - Tepal issue :- *M. champaca* - 15-20 (FoC <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200008479>); 12-20 (FoP <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200008479>) *M. *x *alba* - 10 in FoC <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250090229>, but variable in TopTropicles <http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/michelia_alba.htm>. Again my photographs are not decisive about the number of tepals, one perhaps shows 12 tepals. The issue has been raised in another forum - http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fragrant/msg0201072222522.html?8. However, another interesting document/pdf is at http://members.tripod.com/hatch_l/woodymi5d.pdf which *groups alba, x alba and var, alba together* and the species - (i) *tepals very narrow, linear to lanceolate, twisted, spidery effect* (ii) leaves medium to light green against other spp. Yet another article <http://www.scribd.com/doc/40287694/Michelia-Champaca-and-Michelia-Alba> informs flowers are zygomorphic *irregular in alba* and zygomorphic with bilateral symmetry in *champaca*. So, finally I think this plant is not *M. champaca* L. and would like to follow GRIN or FoC naming convention. Thank you very much. Regards On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Surajit ji > Please solve the puzzle lest I may be tempted to shoot out a name of plant > I had photographed in SFO Botanical Garden > Any way it is there in our forum. > > 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 Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:27 AM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Until a little while ago I knew this is *Michelia champaca* L., the >> scientific name of CHAMPA. But the KEY >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120458#KEY-1-24> >> in FoC and an article >> <http://dokmaidogma.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/a-fragrant-magnolia-suitable-for-the-hot-and-dry-chiang-mai-valley/> >> drew my attention. >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- 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/d/optout.
