Dear Garg Sir, As per info from KEW, GRIN and efloras, *Physalis minima* L. is a valid name. If this species in this thread can be same depends only on sizes.
Thank you Regards surajit On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:05 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > Hi, Santhan ji, > 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*). > > Also see: > The myth of “minima” and “maxima”, the species of Physalis in the Indian > Subcontinent (2007) <http://www.jse.ac.cn/wenzhang/aps06141.pdf> by > Vatsavaya S RAJU, C S REDDY & K G RAJARAO (With Keys-*Physalis angulata, > Physalis grisea, Physalis lagascae *&* Physalis pruinosa*)- 45 (2): > 239–245(2007) Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica- > *Abstract* : The status of the names, Physalis minima L. and P. maxima > Mill. (Solanaceae), and their alleged presence on the Indian subcontinent > are discussed. The issues of nativity and identity of Linnaean Physalis > minima are long-debated while the use of the name P. maxima Mill. and its > report from India are recent. The available evidence indicates that the > name “P. minima L.” is misapplied to two different elements, viz., *P. > angulata* L. and *P. lagascae* Roem. & Schult. The name Physalis minima > L. may be rejected as nomen confusum, for which the paper provides the > primary information. As on today, it is submerged under the synonymy of P. > angulata L. The correct name for the widely known P. minima is P. lagascae. > The name “P. maxima Mill.” applied to the escape and naturalized weed in > the Indian subcontinent and elsewhere is to be substituted by *P. > pruinosa* L., a name misapplied to *P. grisea* (Waterf.) M.Martínez. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan <[email protected]> > Date: 24 February 2015 at 18:10 > Subject: [efloraofindia:216577] Solanaceae fortnight SN 10 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > *Physalis* *minima* L., Common weed > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
