Very nice. New to me. Regards, Aarti On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 11:39:38 PM UTC+5:30, tchakrab wrote: > > I am attaching herewith three images of *Jatropha nana *Dalzell var. > *bengalensis > *C.H. Rahman & S.Mondal [in Indian J. Forest. 35(4): 477, f. 1, Plate 1. > 2012]; N.P. Balakr. et al. in Fl. India 23: 505. 2012] which is occurring > in dry forest beds in Birbhum District, West Bengal. The local name is *Chem > alu.* > > It may be mentioned that Nerlekar [in Phytotaxa 213(2): 155-158. 2015] > merged this variety with var. *nana *having found no difference. > > However, please look at the publication of Nerlekar (2015) as well as > images of *Jatropha nana *in the EFI webpage. Here, in the typical > variety, the capsules are broadly oblong while the fruits in var. > *bengalensis > *are suglobose. Hence I am maintaining this as a distinct variety on > this fruit character as well as due to the disjunct distribution (var. *nana > *in Maharashtra and var. *bengalensis *in West Bengal). My treatment will > come out shortly. > > Thanking you, > > Tapas Chakrabarty. >
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