Garg Ji, Chris Ji, Thanks a lot for validating my post. Regards, Aarti On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 11:59 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks a lot, Chris ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Chris Fraser-Jenkins > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 at 13:20 > Subject: Re: Fern for ID : 170111 : AK-1 > To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > > > Dear all, > That's a very fine photo of a very splendid and quite typical plant > of the very well known cultivar N. exaltata cv. 'Bostoniensis. It is not > similar to N. biserrata, as suggested (apart from that most Nephrolepis > species look generally similar). The sori and their position and the shape > of the pinna-bases and their texture is quite different - even though it is > always difficult to relate abnormal genetic mutants to the natural wild > species. > > I'd suggest studying the generally rather good Nephrolepis monograph > by Hovenkamp & Miyamoto (2005) and looking at authentically identified N. > biserrata in a good herbarium (remembering many herbaria also have many > mididentifications by less experienced workers as well), in Floras etc. \ > > I expect the name N. biserrata var. furcans (who described that?) > may well be an erroneous name and needs reidentification (from its type), > but I have not looked into that. There is a Moore name, N. davalliodes var > furcans, which is a synonym of N. biserrata, but it does not apply to the > present plant. > > Here is part of my note from Indian Checklist 3 (in prep.), An > annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes vol. 3, that may help re some > of the many known cultivars in several species - in this case under the > account of the American species, N. exaltata: > > The natural plant is rather more handsome in its flatter fronds and close > pinnae than its many abnormal cultivars, but is less often cultivated. The > species seldom escapes from cultivation in the Indian region, but sometimes > establishes in the wild, at least temporarily, in South India, not too far > from parks or gardens. > It is widely cultivated in gardens or as a house-plant throughout the > world in the form of various ornate cultivars of much commercial > importance, including in India. These cultivars differ markedly from the > norm in degree of lobing and dissection of their pinnae, sometimes being > regularly furcate or bifurcate (cv. 'Bostoniensis') and sometimes becoming > highly dissect. Many of them often bear occasional throw-back fronds or > part-fronds to the normal species, borne on the same plant as the modified > fronds. Several of the cultivars constantly produce no fertile fronds. > Morton > (1958), Pichi Sermolli (1969), Hoshizaki & Moran (2001) and Hovenkamp & > Miyamoto (2005) discussed the origin and specific identity of various > cultivars and Morton suggested *Nephrolepis exaltata *cv. 'Bostoniensis' > could be of hybrid origin, rather than a mutation of *N. exaltata *itself, > but this requires molecular investigation to help cast further light on its > origin. > When identifying species etc. one must have knowledge of the literature > and of the various species concerned and their types etc. - it should not > be just a matter of a wild guess because a name sounds as if it might > apply. Especially in this case, the plant concerned is so well known in > cultivation world-wide, including throughout India. I hope this comment > may help make it and its name better known in the region. > Best wishes, Chris Fraser-Jenkins, Cascais, Portugal. > > > > On Saturday, 27 July 2019, 07:18:00 WEST, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > To me also appears close to Nephrolepis exaltata, cv. 'Bostoniensis' as > identified by Chris ji in Alka ji's recent post from Goa. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *Aarti S. Khale* <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 at 10:49 > Subject: Re: Fern for ID : 170111 : AK-1 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg < > [email protected]> > > > Garg Ji, > Resurfacing my post of Nephrolepis Species from Sri Lanka. > This looks close to Alka Ji's recent post from Goa. > Nephrolepis biserrata var. furcans was suggested by Pankaj Ji and Tanay. > Regards, > Aarti > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:33 PM Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This was taken at Sri Lanka during November, 2010. > Aarti > > > > -- > 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 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) 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 more than > 1,70,000 images 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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