Thank you very much, Gurcharan ji. In the (Online) Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, no mentions of * Blainvillea* are found; however *S. acmella* are found in some of the languages, which perhaps refer to *B. acmella*.
Regards. On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dinesh ji > > Spilanthes acmella is a highly confused species. Recent studies have shown > that Verbesina acmella L. on which Murray based his combination Spilanthes > acmella (L.) Murray is now correctly known as Blainvillea acmella (L.) > Philipson with flat receptacle and white ray florets. The species wrongly > refered to Spilanthes acmella by several authors including Hayata (1904), > Kitamura (1941) and Li (1978) refering to many Asian specimens i.e > Spilanthes acmella auct (non (L) Murray) is correctly known as Acmella > paniculata (Wall. ex DC) Jensen, 185, which has cone shaped receptacle > without ray florets. So specimens of Spilanthes acmella in older > publications should belong to Blainvillea acmella (L.) or Acmella paniculata > (Wall. ex DC) Jensen, or may be even A. uliginosa with yellow ray florets, > or possibly others as I had given in the key uploaded earlier. > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:07 PM, Dinesh Valke > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> >> Is *Spilanthes acmella* synonym of *Blainvillea acmella* OR are they >> separate species ? >> >> This query because Google image results show them different. >> >> *Spilanthes acmella* is treated as synonym of *Blainvillea acmella*. at: >> eFlora (Nepal Checklist) ... >> http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200023542 >> NPGS / GRIN ... http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?311862 >> >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" 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.
