---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: surajit koley <[email protected]> Date: 22 November 2015 at 22:59 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:236138] Osbeckia species from Shimla To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> Cc: Anil Thakur <[email protected]>
i mean the illustration at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47442827#page/176/mode/1up is of *O. crinita* of Fl. Br. Ind. Sir W. J. Hooker treated the above as synonymous with *O. stellata*.(as had been described in FBI). Thank you Regards surajit On 22 November 2015 at 22:54, surajit koley <[email protected]> wrote: > Not familiar with any *Osbeckia*, yet it raises my interest. The problem > is - > > - there is one *O. crinita* Benth. ex Naudin, synonym of *O. stellata* > - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242334896 > - and there is one *O. crinita* Benth. ex C. B. Clarke - > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-50002045 > > Can't say if the above two are synonymous or not. I have read Anil Ji's > attached document. > > Descriptions of both in Flora of British India leave one confused. > However, Fl. Br. Ind. referred to > http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47442827#page/176/mode/1up where the > flower is purple (or pure white). > > I would rather go with *O. stellata* Buch.-Ham. ex Ker Gawl, as in FoC; > until we get the latest revision of the genus. > > Thank you > Regards > surajit > > > On 22 November 2015 at 20:57, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >> >> Some earlier relevant feedback: >> >> Link to FLOWERS OF INDIA page >> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Starry%20Osbeckia.html >> Kindly download the MS Word file for comparison between Osbeckia >> stellata, O. crinita and O. chinensis. - from Anil ji. >> >> All major Floras of Himachal Pradesh has listed presence of O. stellata >> in the state. Flora of Himachal Pradesh by Chaudhary and Wadhwa has >> mentioned presence of O. chinensis from Kangra. - from Anil ji. >> >> efi page on Osbeckia stellata >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/m/melastomataceae/osbeckia/osbeckia-stellata> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Anil Thakur <[email protected]> >> Date: 18 November 2015 at 00:14 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:236138] Osbeckia species from Shimla >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> >> >> Kindly help with identification >> >> Osbeckia stellata?? >> >> If it is Osbeckia stellata, then why it differs in many visible >> characteristics from the plant present in FLOWERS OF INDIA >> (photographed in Manipur)? Why the anthers are not curved / sigmoid >> and leaves quite different in the plant on FLOWERS OF INDIA? >> >> Attaching copied comparison from some important publications and a few >> photographs for your kind perusal. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur >> Associate Professor (Botany) >> Govt. P.G. 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