Thanks, Singh ji. I have made changes accordingly. If we follow Global Compositae Checklist, then in India we have only Pluchea tomentosa <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/ar/asteraceae/pluchea/pluchea-tomentosa> & no *Pluchea ovalis* as per the following links: http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=2af40355-415c-4fab-95ff-43186bbc20dc (*Pluchea tomentosa*) http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=58d3e6a0-b0fd-4118-b13a-9436feb09435 (*Pluchea ovalis*)
On 5 June 2013 at 19:19, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Pluchea lanceolata* (DC.) C. B. Clarke > Syn: *Berthelotia* *lanceolata* DC. > > Photographed from Delhi. > > While trying to identify species of Pluchea in India we must be looking at > least at seven names. The two species earlier > considered distinct with winged stem due to decurrent leaf bases (P. > ovalis) or without winged stems but distinctly auricled > leaf bases (P. tomentosa) have now been merged into one P. ovalis. > > 1. Heads solitary or few, 8-12 mm across, not in corymbs; involucre > bracts > subulate-lanceolate, > rigid.................................................................................P. > arguta Boiss. > 1. Heads many in compound corymbs, less than 8 mm across; outer involucre > bracts not > rigid.................................................................................................(2) > > > 2. Leaves sessile, decurrent on stem (to make it winged) or auricled at > base; outer > involucre bracts > acute.........................................................................................P. > ovalis DC. > 2. Leaves sessile or subsessile, neither auricled at base, nor decurrent > on stem........(3) > > 3. Plants of salt marshes; leaves subsessile, obovate or oblanceolate, > subserrate, > often gland-dotted; outer involucre bracts rounded at tip; disc > florets less than 7; > pappus > white......................................................................................................P. > indica Less. > 3. Plants terrestrial; leaves not gland-dotted; disc florets more than > 10.......................(4) > > 4. Leaves 12-20 cm long, linear with recurved margin, nerves > obscure..........................P. linearifolia Cl. > 4. Leaves shorter than 10 cm long, not linear, flat, nerves > distinct................................(5) > > 5. Tall shrub up to 2 m tall; leaves elliptic to obovate-oblong, faintly > toothed, tips > not pungent; outer involucre bracts ovate, > acute....................................................P. wallichiana DC. > 5. Low shrub mostly less than 1 m tall; leaves oblong to oblanceolate, > mostly > entire, tip mucronate and pungent; outer involucre bracts oblong, > obtuse, > purple at > tip.......................................................................................................P. > lanceolata (DC.) Cl. > > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > 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?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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.
