A reply: "Dear Dr Nidhan Singh: Namastae….In Telugu language…’nidhan’ means straight or those who think slowly and straight with judgement….I am glad to see the pictures of Physalis posted to eFloraofIndia mail, thanks to Dr JM Gargji. These need to be identified with some perseverance.
I have some knowledge of these Physalis species and hybrid swarms, now finding place in garbage sites, roadsides, and cultivated fields all over India. Some of them are escapes from cultivation. We must have a comprehensive account of all these species in India. The one (first mail) species with small stature, variable leaves, yellow flowers with dark brown nectar indicators and bluish anthers and pollen….cannot be P. grisea [we have one species, P. alkekengi with some semblance; however, in it, the calyx is red in the fruit; the species is cultivated for its edible berries, making jams, etc.]. I wish that all the pictures (Jpg 1-5) are all of one species. The species could be P. pruinosa which was earlier reported as P. maxima Mill. from Rajasthan…..now it is there at many a place …it has robust habit and hirsute condition, large fruits, yellow flowers with light green nectar indicator and yellow anthers. However, in jpg5, the leaves are dark green and somewhat different in leaf-margin. We also have P. peruviana [plants perennial] in India under cultivation and as occasional escape. It is all what I can add. Dr Vatsavaya S. Raju Retd. Professor Prof. V.V. Sivarajan Gold Medal Awardee Plant Systematics Laboratory Department of Botany Kakatiya University, Warangal Telangnana-506 009, India ................" Thanks, Dr. Raju. On 23 February 2015 at 13:49, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > As per efi thread > <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/f508776feaf9dc1d?hl=en#> > : > Most of the descriptions and plates on which Linnaeus based his species > also refer to *P. angulata* rather than to the small-flowered prostrate > plant, usually known as “*P. minima*” (that we treat here as *Physalis > lagascae*). > Conversely, in the Indian taxonomic literature, we are dealing with > two distinct elements (Table 1) under the name* P. minima*: First one is > an erect, robust, smooth, tetraploid taxon with bigger flowers (>7 mm > across), bluish anthers, and fruiting calyces tinged purple No. 2 RAJU et > al.：The myth of “minima” and “maxima”, the species of Physalis 241(*P. > angulata*). The second one is a diffuse to erect, relatively smaller, > pubescent, diploid taxon with smaller (<6 mm across) flowers (*parviflora* > or *micrantha*), yellow anthers, and greenish > fruiting calyces (*P. lagascae*). > > Physalis > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/solanaceae/physalis> > species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ > regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever > available) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nidhan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 19 February 2015 at 20:32 > Subject: [efloraofindia:216056] Solanaceae Fortnight:: Physalis for > validation from Paonta Sahib-NS Feb 36/36 > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Dear All, > > This *Physalis* with large leaves and small flowers was recorded from > near Paonta Sahib, H.P. > Can this be *Physalis minima *? > > -- > Regards, > > Dr. Nidhan Singh > Assistant Professor > Department of Botany > I.B. 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