Thanks, Anil ji, for the superb images as well as all the hard work. We are all doing this research work day in and day out (and publishing on our site), except for publication in research magazines.
On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 16:37, Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur < [email protected]> wrote: > On 5/19/20, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Anil ji, for the detailed and through analysis. > > In the first image, I also see ripe ovate fruits. > > I am convinced. > > > > On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 16:04, Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Garg ji, I have tried to compared my plant with the description given > >> in the Flora of China. Kindly find attached a copy of comparision for > >> further reference. Based on these evidences, it appears that my plant > >> is Paulownia tomentosa only. I had clicked some plants in the campus > >> of Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry at Solan a > >> few years back, which I was presuming as P. fortunei. I'll see them > >> again in new lighjt. Some more photographs are attached. The number of > >> flowers per cymes are clearly visible in one of the photographs. > >> Measurements of leaves and old fruits (they remain on plants for > >> longer periods) are taken today only. Leaf size can still increase as > >> they start appearing only in the month of April. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 5/19/20, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > On thoroughly checking on net and all our posts, I think *Paulownia > >> > tomentosa *and *Paulownia fortunei *quite confusing. I could not find > >> > the > >> > difference between the two on net anywhere except in Flora of China. > >> > > >> > Keys in Flora of China > >> > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124177> > are > >> as > >> > below: > >> > 4 (1) > >> > < > >> > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124177#KEY-1-1> > >> > *Capsule > >> > oblong to oblong-ellipsoid, 6-10 cm*; pericarp woody, 3-6 mm; > >> > inflorescences subcylindric; corolla ventral plaits inconspicuous; > >> > calyx > >> > 2-2.5 cm 4 Paulownia fortunei > >> > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020797 > > > >> > + *Capsule ovoid, ovoid-ellipsoid, or ellipsoid, 3-5.5 cm*; pericarp > >> > not > >> > woody, to 3 mm; inflorescences pyramidal or narrowly conical; corolla > >> > ventral plaits conspicuous; calyx to 2 cm. (5) > >> > < > >> > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124177#KEY-1-5> > >> > > >> > 5 (4) > >> > < > >> > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124177#KEY-1-4> > >> > Capsule > >> > viscid-glandular hairy; calyx lobes as long as or longer than tube, > not > >> > glabrescent 1 Paulownia tomentosa > >> > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020800 > > > >> > + Capsule pubescent when young; calyx lobes shorter than tube, partly > >> > glabrescent. (6) > >> > < > >> > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124177#KEY-1-6> > >> > > >> > Pl see the illustration of both as below: > >> > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3556&flora_id=2 > >> > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3554&flora_id=2 > >> > > >> > *From flowers it is very difficult to arriva eat the species. Also > >> > aspect > >> > of calyx is also confusing. I think most important character to > >> > separate > >> > the two is the fruit*. > >> > > >> > *From fruit shape, I think it should be **Paulownia fortunei *as in > >> > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3554&flora_id=2 > >> > https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/paulownia-fortunei/ > >> > > >> > Fruit shape of *Paulownia tomentosa *is different as per > >> > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3556&flora_id=2 > >> > > >> > http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a888 > >> > https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/paulownia-tomentosa > >> > https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=2426 > >> > > >> > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > >> > From: Anil Thakur <[email protected]> > >> > Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 at 21:01 > >> > Subject: [efloraofindia:306297] Re: Paulownia tomentosa > >> > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > >> > > >> > > >> > Posting some more photographs of this highly beautiful ornamental > tree. > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > > >> > On Monday, 15 December 2014 22:29:04 UTC+5:30, Anil Thakur wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Respected Members, > >> >> > >> >> It is a beautiful deciduous tree which flowers in March/April. > >> >> > >> >> Botanical name: Paulownia tomentosa > >> >> Common names: Empress tree, Princess tree, Foxglove tree > >> >> > >> >> Regards, > >> >> -- > >> >> Dr. Anil Kumar Thakur > >> >> Associate Professor (Botany) > >> >> Govt. 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