*Croton persimilis* Müll.-Arg. in Linnaea 34: 116. 1865; Philcox in Dassan. & Clayton, Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 11: 92. 1997; Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 30(2): 298, f. 1. 2006 & in N.P. Balakr. et al., Fl. India 23: 240. 2012 & in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot.40(1–2): 39. 2016.
Type (lectotype, designated by Chakrabarty &Balakrishnan, 2016): SRI LANKA, Thwaites s.n., CP [Ceylon Plants] 2114 (G00312052: image!. Isolectotypes:CAL – 2 sheets!, G00434428: image!, K000260046: image!). Residual syntype: INDIA, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills, J.D. Hooker & T. Thomson s. n. (G00312054: image!). = Croton oblongifolius Roxb. [Hort. Bengal. 104. 1814,nom. nud.] Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 3: 685. 1832, non Delile, 1813. C. roxburghii N.P. Balakr. in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3: 39. 1962, non Wall., 1840. C. virbalae M.R. Almeida in Fl. Maharashtra 4B: 300. 2003,“virbalaie”. Type (lectotype designated by Chakrabarty & Balakrishnan, 2016): INDIA, Roxburgh s.n. (BM000754910!; Residual syntypes: INDIA, Roxburgh s.n.(A00106968: image!, BR0000006993900: image!, K000246823: image!). Note: Esser (2017) designated the above herbarium specimen as the lectotype of this name.But, in this case, the designation by Chakrabarty & Balakrishnan (2016) takes precedence. = Croton mangelong Y.T. Chang in Guihaia 3(3): 172.1983, syn. nov.; Esser in Thai Forest Bull., (Bot.)45(1): 26. 2017. Type: CHINA, Yunnan, Gengma, Mangelong, 560 m,Y.F. Li 2179 (Holotype KUN0394768: image!). = Croton laevigatus Wall. [Numer. List No. 7735 A. 1847, nom. nud.]. Croton laevigatus auct. non Vahl (1791): Govaerts et al., World Checkl. Bibliogr. Euphorb. 467. 2000. On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 3:26 PM Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Garg ji, > No need to change the name *Croton persimilis.* > Please look at the attachment at he highlighted portion. We have published > a paper a few days ago. Here we have shown that *Croton persimilis *is > the earliest legitimate name for Roxburgh's illegitimate *Croton > oblongifolius.* > However, the publishers, *Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany has > become *a *predatory journal and they have demanded hefty amount from me > for sending the reprints.* > I have decided to pay but this is the last payment they will get from me. > Enough is enough. > Regards, > Tapas. > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 12:13 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Tapas ji, >> Should I put all our posts at Croton persimilis >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/e/euphorbiaceae/croton/croton-persimilis> >> under >> *Croton mangelong *Y.T. Chang with synonymy as per WCSP >> <https://wcsp.science.kew.org/synonomy.do?name_id=50484> ? >> >> >> On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 at 14:49, Tapas Chakrabarty <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Croton mangelong Y.T. Chang. >>> Reference: Esser in Thai Forest Bull. (Bot.) 45(1): 26. 2017. >>> =Croton oblongifolius Roxb. (1832), nom. illeg., non Delile, 1813. >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 10:22 Iram mujahid <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Respected Sir Tapas! >>>> Hope you are fine. I posted in 2016 regarding a tree planted in >>>> botanical garden lahore for identification. Sir Pradip identified it as >>>> Croton roxburghii and you identified it as Croton persimilis. I am sharing >>>> the link for your ease to remember. >>>> Croton persimilis - efloraofindia >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/e/euphorbiaceae/croton/croton-persimilis> >>>> >>>> Croton persimilis - efloraofindia >>>> >>>> For documenting flora of India that is being discussed on efloraofindia >>>> google e-group along with supplementing ... >>>> >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/e/euphorbiaceae/croton/croton-persimilis> >>>> Google Groups >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/tvulmUuRVg0> >>>> >>>> Google Groups >>>> >>>> Google Groups allows you to create and participate in online forums and >>>> email-based groups with a rich experienc... >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/tvulmUuRVg0> >>>> >>>> >>>> Can you please confirm about its accurate name please? I read the >>>> previous threads on this flora google group and got more confused. To me, >>>> It matches best with C. oblongifolius or C.roxburghii in google images >>>> which you also said that these all are synonyms but C. persimilis looks >>>> different to me. I am sharing again these photos with you and need your >>>> guidance about the correct accepted name of this tree. >>>> Thankyou for your help. >>>> >>>> Iram Mujahid >>>> PhD Scholar >>>> Ecology and Evolution lab >>>> Department of Botany >>>> University of the Punjab >>>> Lahore >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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- more than 2975 members & 3,00,000 messages on 25.7.18) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which 1,00,000 >> are directly displayed). >> >> 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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