---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan <[email protected]> Date: 20 November 2014 17:46 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:205642] Hooghly : Nymphaea lotus var. pubescens (Willd.) Hook. f. & Thomson To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]>
*Nymphaea* *rubra* Roxb. ex Andrews On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:29 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > This needs some further investigation. N. pubescens is characterised > by sharply dentate leaves (which it has) and pubescent leaf under surface > (it is glabrous here). Can you check with original description of N. rubra > for leaf under surface. > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > Thank you Sir, i have also noted the point (leaf under surface), that is > why i followed the FoC where the site informs, "cultivated forms of var. > *pubescence* with red flowers, originating from India....", thinking that > cultivated forms may have variable character (s). > However, Flora Indica records - > 1) *N. rubra* R. : Leaves sub-orbicular, margins sharply sinuate-toothed, > downy underneath. Flowers red...... A native of India. It flowers during > the rainy season, In Bengal there is a smaller rose coloured variety > (differs in numbers of stamens & stigma rays). > 2) *N. lotus* Willd.. 2. 1153 : Leaves orbicularly peltate, sharply > sinuate toothed, downy underneath..... It differs from *N. rubra* in the > colour of the flowers only. There is a beautiful rare variety with pink > coloured flowers..... the white sorts is found common in pools,... it > flowers more or less the whole year...... > 3) *N. versicolor* R. : Leaves oval, peltate, repand-dentate.... A native > of Bengal, ...two varieties, ...one pure white and the other pink of > various shades. > Compared to above entry by Haines :- > *N. lotus* L. : Leaves usually pubescent beneath.... (two var.) *lotus* proper > and *rubra*. > Compared to above the author(s) of http://archive.lib.cmu.ac. > th/full/T/2008/biol0708wl_ch3.pdf informs (in Thailand) leaves of *N. > rubra* Roxb. ex Salisb. orbicular, dark reddish both above and below, > becoming greenish above with age, below pubescent; veins about 9 pairs.... > Attached here larger photographs for your perusal. > Thank you very much for taking care. > Regards > > Suarjit > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Date: 8 November 2014 23:01 > Subject: [efloraofindia:205642] Hooghly : Nymphaea lotus var. pubescens > (Willd.) Hook. f. & Thomson > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > I have used the name as found in FoC. 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