A reply: "It is Scaevola sericea G. Forst. ex Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 37. 1791 GOODENIACEAE. (synonyms: Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 527. 1820; Lobelia taccada Gaertn., Fruct. 1: 119. t.25. 1788; Scaevola koenigii Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 36. 1794; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 421. 1881; Scaevola frutescens (Mill.) Krause in Engl., Pfreich. Gooden.-Brun. 133. 1912; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 73(516). 1921.
I don't come across with a var. for it. kunhikannan" 2009/12/30 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > My flower appears same as at FOI, stated to be *Scaevola taccada* (Syn. > Lobelia taccada, Scaevola frutescens, Scaevola sericea): > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Half%20Flower.html > > I think *correct name & syn. needs to be sorted out at FOI or my posted > plant is different than Scaevola sericea Vahl > * > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Date: 2009/11/28 > Subject: Scaevola sericea var. taccada (Half Flower, malayan rice paper, > beach naupaka) ? > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > Cc: Tabish <[email protected]>, Vijayasankar Raman < > [email protected]>, Shrikant Ingalhalikar <[email protected]> > > > It was marked as *Scaevola taccada *on 31/10/09 at Herbal Garden, on the > outskirts of Hyderabad, A.P. > I think it's cultivated for its medicinal properties. > KEW gives two accepted names as *Scaevola sericea* Vahl & *Scaevola > sericea var. taccada* (Gaertn.) Thieret & B. Lipscomb (syn. *Scaevola > taccada* (Gaertn.) Roxb.) as per links: > > http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/show_species_details.php?record_id=720275 > > http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/search_results.php?search_string=Scaevola+taccada+&match_whole_words=on > > http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/show_species_details.php?record_id=734489 > *Which one is correct name for the posted plant?* > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
