Thanks, Chris ji. Is *Parahemionitis* *arifolia* (Burm. f.) Panigrahi is the accepted name now for this plant?
On 17 October 2016 at 17:48, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > A reply from Dr. Chris: > "I just returned from working on my extensive collections in Helsinki > Botanical Museum. > The photos sent of this species are very clear even though they are rather > small plants - the wall habitat is quite typical. > This is the species previously known as Parahemionitis cordata. In common > with more than a few fern species, it has an involved nomenclature as it > was known before that as "Hemionitis arifolia", but concerning the genus, > Dr. Mickel and Prof. Tryon found that it is not the same genus as the > American genus, Hemionitis, and having read that and leaping in (with no > less than 3 rapid papers before he managed to actually validate it!), > Panigrahi took it upon himself to set up a new genus for it, > Parahemionitis, and called it Parahemionitis arifolia prior to any > finalisation of it by Mickel or Tryon. > However concerning the specific name, the late great Dr. C.V. > Morton found that Nicholas Burman's only actual specimen of his basionym, > "Asplenium arifolium", so labelled in G and complying sufficiently well > with his description, was a juvenile baby Acrostichum aureum, with an ovate > and slightly cordate leaf, as identified correctly before him by Alston. > Thus like most early and less precise authors, Burman's concept was mixed > and involved some misidentification - a very common situation affecting > anyone from Linnaeus himself onwards! Although Morton expressed the > possibility of a little doubt, which has no actual effect, he then clearly > and formally cited the Type, and lectotypified A. arifolium on that > specimen, which is thus the identity of that name and under the ICN should > not be superceded and changed again. Thus the epithet "arifolium" cannot > be used for this species. The next available basionym is Roxburgh's (ex > Hook. & Grev.) Hemionitis cordata, which is the basionym for the current > and correct name of the species, Mickelopteris cordata (Roxb. ex Hook. & > Grev.) Fraser-Jenk. > A recent paper attempting to relectotypify Asplenium arifolium in the > misapplied sense it was being used in in India, having read about the > situation and details from my previous book (but misleadingly not citing > that source!) was both unnecessary and misunderstood the situation and has > no effect on the final nomenclature. > The species itself is also complex as there are different cytotypes, > both apomictic and diploid sexual, with different ranges and it has been > investigated in detail in an interesting paper and programme by Taiwanese > botanists. There is a diploid sexual taxon in Sri Lanka. > If plants manage to become more mature and larger in a good season, > they are interesting in producing small vegetative bulbils and leaves of > new plants in the cleft where the stipe joins the lamina. This is > frequently seen in South India, or anywhere where the local climate is > suitable for good growth. Old leaves can then grow small colonies of > vegetative new plantlets in this way as they touch the substrate. The > species is already known from West Bengal, the type being from Bengal. > Like the enquirer I have myself also not seen it in Kolkata, but I > think I may have seen old specimens from there - I don't quite remember now. > Best wishes, > Chris Fraser-Jenkins, Kathmandu." > > Thanks a lot, Chris ji. > > > On 16 October 2016 at 15:08, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Akram ji, >> May I request you to pl. give details of place, time etc. for Id. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Akramul Hoque <[email protected]> >> Date: 16 October 2016 at 14:45 >> Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:253806] Plant for ID :: Zurich, CH :: >> EU-ARKOCT19 >> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> >> >> >> Hello...Garg ji..... congrats for Wipro Award........ I'm Akramul Hoque >> ....here sending two pics....to identify ... >> >> -- >> 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'. >> > > > > -- > 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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