Thank you all for the active participation! On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 8:11 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Saroj ji. > I think that settles the issue > On 29 Aug 2016 20:30, "Saroj Kasaju" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Enclosing exerpts from two major books of Nepal which would clarify that >> all three are same. Request your further opinion. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> On 29 Aug 2016 14:15, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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). 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