Vijayasankar ji I will confirm after rechecking, but as I know there are two main categories of Allium: those with single bulbs and those in which bulbs are clustered on a rootstock. I think A. tuberosum belongs to the second category. In these species bulbs are generally very small and rootstock prominent.
-- 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, May 11, 2010 at 11:34 AM, R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you Gurcharan ji, for the info. The detailed note on nomenclature (in > FoC) is interesting as well as confusing as the status is not concluded. > They treat A. tuberosam and A. ramosum distinct based on leaf nature. Wiki > says the former is the cultivated form of the latter, which is always > found in wild and said to be never cultivated. It need more research i think > too. > > There is an illustration of A. tuberosum in FoC and i don't see any 'tuber' > as such in that. As ICBN says 'the plant name need not necessarily describe > the plant's character(s)...' ..so Eclipta 'prostrata' can be 'erect' > also...and A. tuberosum need not possess a tuber...! > > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Vijayasankar ji >> No answer for this yet, but here is interesting information from eFlora of >> China: *Allium tuberosum* is generally regarded as a cultivated species >> with a tetraploid chromosome number (2* n* = 32), although a wild >> population was recently discovered in Shanxi Province with a diploid number >> (2* n* = 16; Yang et al., Acta Phytotax. Sin. 36: 36--46. 1998). >> >> >> -- >> 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, May 11, 2010 at 10:47 AM, R. Vijayasankar < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks a lot Gurcharan ji. I guess all species of Allium have bulbous >>> root. Why this is called 'tuberosum'?... >>> >>> With regards >>> >>> R. Vijayasankar >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Gurcharan Singh >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Vijaysankar ji >>>> I will get them for you on my next visit to the College, probably within >>>> this week only. In the mean time manage with these flat leaves. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> 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, May 11, 2010 at 10:34 AM, R. Vijayasankar < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Beautiful shots Gurcharan ji. Do you have pictures of its bulb/tuber >>>>> also? would like to see. >>>>> >>>>> With regards >>>>> >>>>> R. Vijayasankar >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:33 PM, tanay bose >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Lovely photos !!!!!! >>>>>> Tanay >>>>>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected] >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Allium tuberosum Rottl. (syn: A. clarkei Hook.f.) growing in College >>>>>>> Botanical Garden. It flowers in August-September and is iseal material >>>>>>> for >>>>>>> teaching Alliaceae to students. Common names: Garlic chives, Chinese >>>>>>> leeks, >>>>>>> Chinese chives, Flat chives. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The whole plant is antibacterial, cardiac, depurative, digestive, >>>>>>> stimulant, stomachic and tonic. It is an anti-emetic herb that improves >>>>>>> kidney function. It is used internally to treat urinary incontinence, >>>>>>> kidney >>>>>>> and bladder weaknesses etc. The seed is carminative and stomachic. They >>>>>>> are >>>>>>> used in India in the treatment of spermatorrhoea. The leaves and the >>>>>>> bulbs >>>>>>> are applied to bites, cuts and wounds. The juice of the plant is used >>>>>>> as a >>>>>>> moth repellent. The whole plant is said to repel insects and moles. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any local Indian names for the plant??? >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Tanay Bose >>>>>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>>>>> 9830439691(Mobile) >>>>>> 9674221362 (Mobile) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>>>>> . >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/ >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. 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