As the Indian floras provides the exact description of the plant, and most databases support that *Cardamine subumbellata* has no synonyms then I hope it will be quite wise to go with the Flora of British India. Tanay
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > Description of Cardamine scutata Thunberg. in Flora of China doesn't > agree at all with the description of Cardamine subumbellata Hook. f. & > Anders. in Flora of British India. > So, surely they must be different plants. Am I missing something? > - Tabish > > On Jul 15, 1:46 pm, "Pardeshi S." <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hell all > > Cardamine scutata Thunb. in Tran. L. Soc. London 2: 339, 1794; > > Almeida, Fl. Mah. 1: 42, 1996. > > Synonyms: C. flexuosa With., Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 3, 578, 1796. > > C. subumbellata Hook. f. & Anders. in Fl. Brit. India 1: 138, 1872; > > Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 1: 32, 1958 (Repr.). > > C. hirsuta var. sylvatica, (L.) Hook.f., in Fl. Brit. India 1: 138, > > 1872. > > C. trichocarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 18, 1847; Singh > > et al. Fl. Mah. St. 1: 201, 2000; Pradhan et al, Fl. SGNP 94, 2005. > > > > C. subumbellata is the synonym of C. scutata. refer Almeida, Fl. Mah. > > 1: 42, 1996. > > quiet common on rocky patches in Mumbai at SGNP, Mahim fort and Sewri > > fort. > > > > Regards > > Satish Pardeshi > > > > On Jul 15, 1:26 pm, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dear Dinesh, > > > Kudos for the thorough post, including the excerpts from the > > > original reference of C. subumbellata - Flora of British India, > > > Hooker. > > > The leaves seem to agree very well with the description. I had also > > > zoomed in to one of your pictures to see that the flowers have 6 > > > stamens. > > > - Tabish > > > > > On Jul 15, 1:06 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Dear friends, > > > > ID provided by Satish Pardeshi ji over Google Buzz ... *Cardamine > scutata*. > > > > Seems to me, *C. subumbellata** > > > > > > * > > > > Date/Time : July 11, 2010 at 8.07am IST > > > > Location Place : near Prabal Machi, Panvel, Maharashtra > > > > Altitude : about 204 m (above mean sea level) > > > > GPS : around 18.982835°N, 73.211909°E > > > > > > Habitat : wild, along forest trails > > > > Type : moist deciduous forest > > > > > > Plant > > > > Habit : herb > > > > Height : about 25 - 30 cm > > > > > > ** > > > > > > Satish ji, while gathering information from internet: > > > > 1) the plant posted by me looks more agreeable with C. subumbellata > > > > references: > > > > a) Cooke's flora ... description attached ... online athttp:// > www.archive.org/stream/floraofpresidenc01cook#page/30/mode/2up... > > > > b) Hooker's flora ... description attached ... online athttp:// > www.archive.org/stream/floraofbritishin01hook#page/138/mode/2u... > > > > > > 2) Status of *C. scutata* not very clear ... an article related to > Cardamine > > > > species in American journal of Botany athttp:// > www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/93/8/1206 > > > > a) at flickr looks different (although, not dependable) ... > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=Cardamine+scutata&m=text > > > > > > 3) at IPNI (as Tabish pointed out), *C. subumbellata* is an accepted > name, > > > > with no synonyms ,,, > http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=B5D106882C74... > > > > > > Dear friends and Satish ji, please resolve this query. > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > P1200643.jpg > > > > 182KViewDownload > > > > > > P1200578.jpg > > > > 118KViewDownload > > > > > > P1200579.jpg > > > > 93KViewDownload > > > > > > P1200641.jpg > > > > 104KViewDownload > > > > > > P1200641_cropped.jpg > > > > 148KViewDownload > > > > > > cardamine_desc_Hooker.jpg > > > > 77KViewDownload > > > > > > cardamine_desc_Cooke.jpg > > > > 142KViewDownload > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
