Yes, simply a new combination will bring the correct name for the Neolitsea tree of Dodabetta on the Nilgiris.
On Thu, May 17, 2018, 15:31 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Tapas ji. > > On 17 May 2018 at 14:42, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think this is the link shared by Dinesh ji: >> >> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!msg/indiantreepix/X0EED6LVw2M/mCfzkKTwqP8J >> >> On Thu, May 17, 2018, 14:38 Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Garg ji, >>> Thank you. I have got full reference at this end and access to images of >>> all the type specimens from a number of European herbaria. >>> Usually references of varieties are not available it net and you have to >>> search literature for them. >>> Initially I thought that the oblong fruits from Doddabetta should be >>> described as a new species but now I have realized that there is no further >>> associated difference and fruit character alone does not merit recognition >>> of a distinct species. At this stage I came across the type specimens of >>> Litsea zeylanica var. rigescens from the Nilgiris bearing oblong fruits. >>> This variety has to be transferred under Neolitsea cassia. >>> I am at present finalizing the manuscript on Neolitsea. I hope that it >>> will be published soon and most of the confusions in Indian Neolitsea will >>> be clarified. >>> As regards the name Neolitsea cassia, Dinesh ji pointed out some >>> anomalies in this name in a thread of eFI. I have written to an expert for >>> clarification. I am trying to find out the thread and put here. >>> Thanks and regards, >>> Tapas. >>> >>> On Thu, May 17, 2018, 13:52 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks a lot, Tapas ji, >>>> But I did not find any reference on net of N. zeylanica Nees & T.Nees >>>> var. rigescens Meisn. >>>> As per Catalogue of LIfe, *Neolitsea zeylanica* (Nees & T. Nees) Merr. >>>> <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/6f15e658ab353964143417a953b425c6/synonym/c674cc32c31f3a518e1cbf9a425a95dc> >>>> is synonym for *Neolitsea cassia* (L.) Kosterm. >>>> <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/6f15e658ab353964143417a953b425c6/synonym/c674cc32c31f3a518e1cbf9a425a95dc> >>>> Should I keep it under Neolitsea cassia >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/l/lauraceae/neolitsea/neolitsea-cassia> >>>> ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7 May 2018 at 14:34, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/l/lauraceae/neolitsea/neolitsea-species/doddabetta >>>>> >>>>> The above link leads on to a page where the fruits are oblong unlike >>>>> the globose fruits of Neolitsea zeylanica ( N. cassia, based on Laurus >>>>> cassia is an unresolved name) and N. foliosa. This represents N. zeylanica >>>>> Nees & T.Nees var. rigescens Meisn. described from the Nilgiri hills. >>>>> Thanks and regards, >>>>> Tapas >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 2975 members & 2,90,000 messages on 31.3.18) or >>>> Efloraofindia >>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>>> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 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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