Thank you very much, Gurcharan ji, for these keys. Regards. Dinesh On Fri 27 Dec, 2019, 9:34 PM Saroj Kasaju, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Thank you Gurucharan Sir! > > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 3:32 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Singh ji, for wonderful details and keys. >> >> On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 at 10:49, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Let us evaluate Physalis in India. Another genus in which species names >>> have undergone considerable changes. Only two species were described in >>> Flora of British India: Wild Physalis minima (and its one var. indica) and >>> cultivated P. peruviana. As understood now, there are atleast four wild >>> species and 2-3 found in cultivation. These can be separated as under: >>> 1. Plants perennial, mostly cultivated, plants villous to >>> pubescent......2 >>> 1. Plants annual, mostly >>> wild...............................................................3 >>> 2. Fruiting calyx orange to red, corolla white >>> with greenish to yellowish spots, leaf base cuneate, >>> oblique, berry orange red.............................P. alkekengi >>> (Chinese Lantern) >>> 2. Fruiting calyx green, corolla yellow with purple blotches >>> at base, leaf base cordate, berry yellow to orange..... P. peruviana >>> (Cape gooseberry) >>> 3. Fruiting pedicel 3-8 mm >>> long........................................................4 >>> 3. Fruiting pedicel longer than 10 >>> mm..............................................5 >>> 4. Corolla less than 6 mm in diam, yellow with purple blotches, anthers >>> yellow, less than 2 mm long, fruiting calyx green, subglobose, less >>> than 2 cm >>> long....................................................................................... >>> P. lagascae >>> 4. Corolla more than 1 cm in diam., yellow with purple blotches, >>> anthers bluish-purple, 2-3 mm long, fruiting calyx green, ovoid, 2-3 >>> cm long, berry usually >>> green........................................... P. philadelphica >>> (tomatillo) >>> 5. Plants sparsely hairy to glabrescent, without glandular hairs; >>> fruiting calyx >>> ovoid, longer than broad, gradually narrowed at tip, with purple >>> network of >>> veins.......................................................................................... >>> P. angulata >>> 5. Plants densely hairy mixed with glandular >>> hairs.............................6 >>> 6. Stems and leaves villous mixed with sessile glands, leaves >>> prominently dentate from base, corolla with brown spots, >>> anthers purple, fruiting calyx as long as broad, abruptly acuminate at >>> apex, berry orange when >>> >>> mature........................................................................................ >>> P. grisea >>> 6. Stems and leaves villous mixed with stalked glands, leaves light >>> green, prominently dentate from middle, corolla with pale >>> green spots, anthers yellow, fruiting calyx longer than >>> broad, gradually acuminate at apex, berry grey green when >>> mature.............................................................P. >>> pruinosa >>> >>> There are at least two species the members are requested to focus, >>> Physalis joe-diasii, described by Santapau from Maharashtra, which may turn >>> out to be P. angulata, TPL considers it unresolved name, whereas Kew >>> Database a synonym of Physalis halicacabum Crantz. Another species P. >>> lagascae is reported by Raju et al. in Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 45 (2): >>> 239–245(2007) from Andhra Pradesh, Khammam district, Achuthapuram: >>> 1999-02-14;C. S. Reddy 1331 (KUH); Warangal district, Hanamkonda: >>> 2006-08-02, V. S. Raju 5005 (KUH), the image of fruit also matches >>> description, but no mention corolla patches. There seems to be no other >>> credible image in online databases in India, even uploads on Indian Flora >>> (Facebook) and Flowers of India point to P. pruinosa. Let us all try to >>> locate true P. lagascae in India (images in my collage are taken from >>> "Useful Tropical Plants" images by Ken Fern. >>> http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Physalis+lagascae >>> 1. P. angulata: Wazirabad, Delhi, August 30, 2009 >>> 2. P. lagascae: "Useful Tropical Plants" images by Ken Fern >>> 3. P. grisea: Tikkar Tal Lake, Morni, Haryana, April 10, 2011 >>> 4. P. pruinosa: Morni, Haryana, April 10, 2011, Flower image from >>> Flowers of India >>> 5. P. peruviana: Tiger Fall Road, Chakrata, September 18, 2011 >>> 6. P. philadelphica (syn: P. ixocarpa): Sunnyvale, California, May 31, >>> 2014 >>> 7. P. alkakengi: Fremont, California, 10 October, 2017, flower picture >>> from NatureGate >>> http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/bladder-cherry, eFlora >>> of Pakistan reports it from Kashmir from 1200-1800 m altitude, also >>> cultivated let us find it. >>> Perhaps a good project for our Young Researchers. This Paper should >>> be good for further exploration >>> >>> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258912061_The_myth_of_minima_and_maxima_the_species_of_Physalis_in_the_Indian_subcontinent >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Mob: 9810359089 >>> https://sing96.wixsite.com/mysite-1 >>> >>> Overwhelmed by the positive response to the shareable 30% off discount, >>> we have extended the deadline. 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