Thanks Gurcharan ji, I was generally looking at the comparison here: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=105851 You are right that images on the web are not very consistent.I would be happy to know what you finally settle at after a deeper analysis. Tabish
------------------------------------------- <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net The waterhole of flower lovers On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 6:46 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Tabish ji, I will have to go deeper to decide finely, because > although flowers in most books are usually described as pale yellow, there > are majority white flowers if we search C. ovata on net., nor is 3-lobed > leaves a consistent feature, although some leaves have two slight > projections in upper part. I did not pay much attention earlier because we > had read about C. ovata (Asian species) and C. bignonioides (An American > species) as classical example Biogeographical Vicariance. The two are very > closely related and grow in different continents, although now they have > been planted world around. At this stage I am more inclined towards C. > speciosa, because of long acuminate leaves, they are abruptly acuminate in > C. bignonioides. > > 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/ > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 4:46 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think this should be Catalpa bignonioides, and not C. ovata. >> C. ovata has yellowish flowers which are streaked inside, but not very >> showy, plus the calyx is greenish. Leaves are 3-lobed. >> Catalpa bignonioides has white flowers which are streaked inside and are >> showy, plus the calyx is purplish. Leaves are not lobed. >> Gurcharan ji's flowers are white, calyx is purplish and the leaves are >> not lobed. >> Tabish >> >> On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 6:12:16 AM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >>> >>> *Catalpa ovata* G. Don, Gen. hist. 4:230. 1837 >>> >>> Common: Chinese catalpa >>> >>> Asian counterpart of the pair of vicariant species (American counterpart >>> being C. bignonioides). Deciduous tree up to 10 m tall; leaves opposite, >>> ovate-cordate, 12-25 cm long, abruptly acuminate, sometimes 3-5-lobed, >>> finely pubescent; flowers pale yellow, 20-25 mm long, in many-flowered up >>> to 25 cm long panicles; corolla with orange stripes and dark violet spots >>> inside; pod up to 30 cm long, 8 mm broad. >>> Commonly planted in Kashmir. Photographed on June 16, 2010 from >>> Srinagar, Kashmir. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 <011%202551%208297> Mob: 9810359089 >>> <098103%2059089> >>> 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 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.
