Thanks, Tapas ji On Thu 17 May, 2018, 4:22 PM Tapas Chakrabarty, <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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