Dear friends It is fine to assume (and that we have been doing) that they are synonymous, but what about USDA and ITIS databases, the former gives two different local names and photographs of two different plants for them? Do we totally ignore them?, or there is some thing to it.
-- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:58 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > OHH SOORY THANKS TO SATISH jI TOOO > TANAY > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:58 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> THANK YOU THIS REALY MAKE ME FEEL THAT MY SPECULATION WAS CORRECT ..... >> THANKS VIJAYASANKAR JI . >> TANAY >> >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Hemanth <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Thank you sir. >>> >>> That gives me some clear picture… >>> >>> I was waiting for your reply. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Hemant G. Tripathi >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Gurcharan Singh [mailto:[email protected]] >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 20, 2010 7:58 PM >>> *To:* tanay bose >>> *Cc:* rashida atthar; [email protected]; [email protected]; >>> [email protected]; [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:32760] Re: Malvaceae for id 170410MK1 >>> >>> >>> >>> If you look plants depicted at USDA Database the plant of Hibiscus >>> vitifolius has much deeper and narrower lobes of leaf, whereas those of >>> Fioria vitifolia much shallower and broader. If the two are distinct, then >>> our plant fits more with Fioria vitifolia. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 7:50 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Dear Gurcharan ji, >>> >>> this is really confusing to the extreme level I am getting clueless .... >>> If you get any more information please help me. >>> >>> regards >>> >>> tanay >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Tanay >>> >>> Although it appears that the three are synonyms, things are not very >>> clear. Unfortunately Almeida & Patil, while giving this combination in JBNHS >>> 93(1): 111, 1996, failed to give basionym, and as such the combination can't >>> be considered as legitimate according to ICBN rules. The choice is between >>> the other two Hibiscus vitifolius and Fioria vitifolia, although when >>> recognising Fioria as a distinct genus Mattei again failed to give type of >>> the genus, essential under the rules. It is not a simple priority issue, but >>> a taxonomic decision whether you want to accept a broadly circumscribed >>> Hibiscus, or leave it as paraphyletic and create smaller genera like Fiori. >>> APG now advocates monophyletic taxa and as has been done by the abolition of >>> monocots as distinct group in all recent phylogenetic classifications. In >>> such cases it is safer to follow what has been done in the recent years. >>> >>> >>> >>> If look at Fioria vitifolia, it has been recognised by eFlora of Pakistan >>> (1979), USA (based on Loigier, H.A. 1994. *Descriptive Flora of Puerto >>> Rico and Adjacent Islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5*. Editorial de la >>> Universidad de Puerto Rico.), FloraBase: Western Australia (1996), Sivarajan >>> & Pradeep (Malvaceae of Southern Penninsular India, 1996), >>> >>> >>> >>> Those who include Fioria under Hibiscus include Eflora of China (1994), >>> GRIN (1985-verified, 2000 updated, ssp. lukei, 2003), African Plant Database >>> (updated 10-4-2010), ARS Database (1985, 2000) and several others. >>> >>> >>> >>> BUT THEN THERE IS A BIG CATCH. BOTH USDA DATABASE AND ITIS TREAT THEM AS >>> DISTINCT RECOGNISED TAXA, HIBISCUS VITIFOLIUS COMMONLY KNOWN AS TRPICAL ROSE >>> MALLOW AND PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPH FROM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND FIORIA >>> VITIFOLIA AS TROPICAL FANLEAF WITH ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH FROM SAME. PICK YOUR >>> CHOOSE AND GET MORE CONFUSED> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FIVI2 >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HIVI >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The matter remains still unresolved for me!!!!!!!! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 5:45 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Rashida Ji, >>> >>> Dr. Almeida clearly states that *Hibiscus vitifolius* is a synonym of >>> *Kosteletzkya >>> vitifolia* (Writeup1.jpg). In eflora of Pakistan it has been stated that >>> * **Hibiscus vitifolius* is synonym of *Fioria vitifolia*. Then we can >>> conclude that all this named are synonyms of each other resceptively. I >>> searched a lot but could not find all this three names together in any >>> website or literature ,always a permutation combination of two names can be >>> found which is delimiting me from getting the recent valid name of the >>> plant. Does anyone have any information regarding this, if yes kindly help >>> to resolve the identification for this particular plant. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Tanay >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:29 PM, rashida atthar < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Came across this very valuable and interesting information in Dr. >>> Almeida'a flora of Mah. vol I. Attaching scanned copies of description with >>> Dr. Almeida's explanations and a line drawing of K.vitifolia. Hope this >>> helps in resolving the ID and enhances the understanding of the nomenclature >>> of this species. >>> >>> regards, >>> Rashida. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:26:42 +0530 >>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:32691] Re: Malvaceae for id 170410MK1 >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; >>> [email protected] >>> >>> I will wait for other senior collegues to respond Dinesh ji .... I really >>> need to know the valid name of this plant quit interesting investigation is >>> going on thanks to Hemant Ji for pointing it out. >>> >>> Tanay >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Did notice that eflora webpage ... but did not feel satisfied with no >>> mention of Kosteletzkya vitifolia.... besides it classifies other names >>> among Lower Taxon and Related Synonym(s). >>> Regards. >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:18 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Dinesh ji, >>> >>> For your kind information I will like to bring it to your notice that >>> according to "E-Flora of Pakistan" the recent valid name is *Fioria >>> vitifolia* (Linn.) Mattei and *Hibiscus vitifolius* Linn. is regarded as >>> its synonym. 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