Thank you, Garg ji I have this plant with me. I have kept it with its old name Persea angustifolia. Thank you for familiarizing me with new name.
Regards On 14-Oct-2017 6:13 PM, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: > Pl. also check with images at *Ocotea lancifolia* (Schott) Mez > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/l/lauraceae/ocotea/ocotea-lancifolia> > although > I am doubtful. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Date: 6 April 2017 at 12:55 > Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:265306] Lauraceae for ID Persea ?? AT MAR > 2017/16 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Cc: Anil Thakur <[email protected]>, Nidhan Singh < > [email protected]>, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> > > > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > I have also seen this tree, in Mussoorie and in Chakrata area, the input > received is a conflict between the two, Neolitsea pallens and Persia > duthei...all due to the fact that I could not record flower pics on any of > the occasions..!!! > -- > Regards, > Dr. Nidhan Singh > > Dr. Nidhan Singh ji, I have photographs of fruits of Neolitsea pallens > with me. I had photographed them in 2015 & 2016. I was was successful > in clicking the plants in flowering stage this year. Here this plant > flowers in February when no other tree is in flowering stage in Shimla. > Even herbaceous plants are not in flowering except Viola canescens, > Valerians jatamansi and Ainslea aptera. > Regards > Anil Thakur > > PL. see fruits of Persea duthiei at http://www.europeana.eu/portal > /en/record/11614/_HERBARIUMSPECIMEN_RBGK_UK_K000228447.html > Let us start with the generic identity. Well, *Persea *is a poorly > defined genus, and especially it is difficult to distinguish it from the > segregate genus *Machilus*. However, we may observes the > paniculate-cymose type of infructescences, 6 tepals persistent at the base > of the fruits which are spreading to reflexed (a cupule is absent). The > leaves are alternate or slightly clustered, pinnately veined and glaucous > on the undersurface. These characters conform to the genus *Persea *Mill. > as defined by Werff (in Blumea 46: 125-140. 2001). In absence of a > taxononic revision, we have to depend on the available floristic > treatments. I find that the images posted by you closely match with *Persea > duthiei *(King ex Hook.f.) Kosterm., described from your area.but your > photographs are not of *P. duthiei. *If we consult the protologue of this > species and the images of the type materials housed in the Kew herbarium ( > http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getHomePageResults.do?homePageS > earchText=Persea+duthiei&x=10&y=10&homePageSearchOption=scie > ntific_name&nameOfSearchPage=home_page) and particularly the image at ( > http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000228447) we find > that the fruits are subglobose and noted to be half inch in diam. (in the > protologue) and ca 10 mm in diam. (as on the type specimens). > Then what is the identity of your plant? The fruits in your plant are > clearly ovoid-ellipsoid and probably much larger in size than in *P. > duthiei *and I also find that the lateral nerves of leaves are fewer in > number. Hence I feel that the present images are very interesting and > need to be studied in detail. You may please collect plenty of herbarium > specimens both in flowering and fruiting and study in detail. The images > are not matching with any species of *Persea *described so far from India > and adjoining areas. > With kind regards, > Tapas. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Anil Thakur <[email protected]> > Date: 7 March 2017 at 21:41 > Subject: [efloraofindia:265306] Lauraceae for ID Persea ?? AT MAR 2017/16 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Cc: Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> > > > Kindly suggest > Is it some Persea species ?? > Lauraceae > Shimla > May 2016 > > > > > -- > With best Regards, > > Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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 2800 members & 2,65,000 messages on 31.3.17) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 12,000 species & 2,50,000 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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