Dear members, There was lot of discussions in the matter in a recent thread <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/fpc1yVWpFts>. After seeing & adding all images of all the members at efi pages at Rubus indicus <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rosaceae/rubus/rubus-indicus> & Rubus moluccanus <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rosaceae/rubus/rubus-moluccanus> as well as after perusal of images at FOI links as below: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Raspberry.html <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FIndian%2520Raspberry.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEUQ3l-Ei14uI1EGkX_uhOPfpeWvQ> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Raspberry.html <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FWild%2520Raspberry.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGrxp8IKHFmDEk1UMdMoibBy7Wxww> I feel that all these images are of the same plant. I could not find any differences between the two species on net.
As per the following links, there is no distribution in India of Rubus moluccanus <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rosaceae/rubus/rubus-moluccanus> except in Andmans & Nicobar. GRIN <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?414878> Catalogue of Life <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/db8bdf61a76664887b416925e5ccd646> Fact sheet <http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Rubus_moluccanus_var._moluccanus.htm> Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_moluccanus> HEAR <http://www.hear.org/pier/species/rubus_moluccanus.htm> GBIF <http://www.gbif.org/species/2993394> However, the following links give its distribution in Himalayas & India. India Biodiversity Portal <http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/264834> PFAF <http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Rubus+moluccanus> Plants of Southeast Asia <http://www.asianplant.net/Rosaceae/Rubus_moluccanus.htm> <http://www.hear.org/pier/species/rubus_moluccanus.htm> However, very little details are available on net about Rubus indicus <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rosaceae/rubus/rubus-indicus>. The distribution of Rubus indicus <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rosaceae/rubus/rubus-indicus> is given in India, Sri Lanka & Thailand as per Catalogue of Life <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/cc0884702a02392513261849390730e9> & GBIF <http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1056014515>. India Biodiversity Portal <http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/263941> gives its distribution in Indo-Malesia with Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests. After doing all this research, I feel there is only one species & it should be Rubus moluccanus <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/r/rosaceae/rubus/rubus-moluccanus> Your feedback in the matter will make me take a suitable decision. -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. 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- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). 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. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
