Thanks, Tanisha ji and Singh ji for digging out the old thread. On 29-Jun-2017 7:30 PM, "Tabish" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
