There has been a lot of confusion as to whether our plants posted in efloraofindia at Dodonaea viscosa <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/sapindaceae/dodonaea/dodonaea-viscosa>are Dodonaea viscosa subsp. angustifolia or Dodonaea viscosa subsp. viscosa. Pl. see confusion in various sources at Dodonaea <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/sapindaceae/dodonaea>. However, most of the sources generally point towards Dodonaea viscosa subsp. viscosa In Celastraceae & Sapindaceae Fortnight : Sapindaceae : Dodonaea viscosa : Oman : 090114 : AK-3 <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/1G-jOER02vs>, one of our member has stated that The plant of *Dodonaea* is available in India are mostly *D. angustifolia*.... in most of flora it is identified as *D. viscosa*.... It will be better to consult Flora of Kerala and Leenhouts, P.W. 1983. Notes on Extra-Australian species of *Dodonaea*. Blumea 28 (2): 271-289. As per Pl@ntUse <https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Dodonaea_viscosa_(PROTA)>: The genus *Dodonaea* comprises about 60 species, which are almost all restricted to Australia, suggesting Australia is an evolutionary centre of dispersal. In Australia, *Dodonaea viscosa*is described as having seven subspecies, which are largely geographically distinct. In tropical Africa, 2 varieties of *Dodonaea viscosa* are distinguished: the coastal var. *viscosa*, which has usually bisexual, whitish flowers, a strongly 2-lobed scar of fallen sepals beneath the fruit and not or only slightly compressed seeds, and the mainly inland var. *angustifolia* (L.f.) Benth., which has usually shorter and narrower leaves, usually unisexual, greenish-yellow flowers, a more or less annular scar of fallen sepals beneath the fruit and more compressed seeds. These differences are sometimes considered sufficient to distinguish 2 separate species, the latter variety given specific rank (as *Dodonaea angustifolia* L.f.).
However, I got a difference from a very authentic source Austraian Native Plants Society <http://anpsa.org.au/d-vis.html>, where all 7 subsp. are given. *Dodonaea viscosa* is a very variable species with several subspecies recognized. In habit it ranges from a small shrub to a small tree up to 8 metres high. Features of the various subspecies found in Australia are: - subsp.*viscosa* - compact, spreading shrub 1 - 3 metres high. * The leaves are wedge-shaped (cuneate) to narrow-obovate (egg-shaped), 1.5 - 3 cm long with a short, blunt point or occasionally 2 - 3 toothed. *This subspecies is generally found in mallee scrub to open forests in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. Pl. see details at Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants <http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/RFK7/key/RFK7/Media/Html/entities/Dodonaea_viscosa_subsp._viscosa.htm> - subsp.*burmanniana* - small tree 2 - 6 metres high with *narrower and longer leaves than subsp.viscosa (6.5 - 15 cm long). *This subspecies is found from north eastern New South Wales to north-east Queensland. - subsp.*angustifolia* - compact shrub to 3 metres high with* much narrower leaves than subsp.burmanniana and of similar length. *This subspecies is found from south east Queensland to Victoria. Pl. see Plant Net <http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Dodonaea~viscosa+subsp.~angustifolia> and POWO <http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:923216-1>. - Going through our posts, Dodonaea viscosa <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/sapindaceae/dodonaea/dodonaea-viscosa>, our posts are correctly placed as Dodonaea viscosa subsp. viscosa. -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBfNgd1Fe18pm0FqrrwhQ6Ou--S%2BLPKGA5YNj_4aVSHDQ%40mail.gmail.com.
