detailed explanation thanks, Tapasda usha di On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 4:27 PM Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gangopadhyay & Chakrabarty (1993) reduced *Combretum flagrocarpus *C.B. > Clarke to a variety of *C. wallichii *DC. However, Chakrabarty & Chauhan > (J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 28: 126-127. 2004) wrote: "Gangopadhyay & Chakrabarty > (1993, 1997) applied a rather wide concept while treating *C. wallichii *by > reducing four well established species viz. *C. flagrocarpum *Clarke, *C. > griffithii *Heurck & Mull.Arg., *C. porterianum *(Wall. ex C.B. Clarke) > Craib and *C. yunnanense *Exell as its varieties. They also proposed a > new variety, var. *deciduum , *under *C. wallichii. *It appears that the > superficially similar foliage and the difficulty in identifying the > incomplete materials of the taxa under discussion possibly prompted > Gangopadhyay & Chakrabarty to make such drastic reductions. However, the > present studies reveal that *C. wallichii *in its present state (i.e. > sensu Gangopadhyay & Chakrabarty, 1993) represents a heterogeneous > assemblage and in fact six closely related species are involved in it > rather than varieties with clear-cut differences from each another without > any intergradations. Hence it seems appropriate and convenient to remove > all the varieties from *C. wallichii *and reinstate or raise them to > specific ranks, following the traditional treatments...." > Here, Chakrabarty & Chauhan (2004) then reinstated *Combretum > flagrocarpum *C.B. Clarke and clarified that it can be distinguished from *C. > wallichii *in being pubescent and in the absence of tufts of yellow hairs > or domatia on the lower nerve-axils on the undersurface of the leaves. > Now the present images show dense linear-subulate persistent processes on > the main body of the fruits which point to *C. wallichii *as well as *C. > flagrocarpum. *However, as the nature of pubescence is not clear in the > images (whether pubescent or glabrous) as well as whether the lower surface > of the leaves bearing domatia in the lower nerve axils. In any case, in > its present concept, *Combretum wallichii *is endemic to Nepal and *C. > flagrocarpum * is distributed in Bhutan, NE India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. > > *Conclusion: Combretum flagrocarpus* C.B. Clarke. > > Best regards. > > > On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 10:20 AM M Sawmliana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Location : Samthang, Mizoram >> Date : 02-10-2018 >> Habit : Large straggling shrub >> Habitat : Wild >> >> With regards, >> M.Sawmliana >> >> -- >> 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. >> > -- > 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. > -- Usha di =========== -- 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.
