Thanks Sir for indicating the difference and also I was unaware of the complex nomenclatural history of this plant. tanay
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (syn: Dicliptera roxburghina auct. (non Nees > which is synonym of D. chinensis)) from Mandi H. P., common in the Himalayas > at lower altitudes ascending to 2200 m, not to be confused with Peristrophe > roxburghiana (Roem. et Schult.) Bremek (syn: P. tinctoria (Roxb.) Nees) > which is a cultivated species with much larger flowers (nearly 3 cm as > against 1.5-2 cm in D. bupleuroides) and few flowers generally towards top > of branches. > > http://yunol.stes.tc.edu.tw/gallery2/d/209-2/20100711_005.jpg > > > > http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://yunol.stes.tc.edu.tw/gallery2/d/209-2/20100711_005.jpg&imgrefurl=http://yunol.stes.tc.edu.tw/gallery2/main.php%3Fg2_view%3Dslideshow.Slideshow%26g2_itemId%3D213&usg=__zqlECVWtB2wDjIaKrXmsz9ECyTk=&h=479&w=640&sz=48&hl=en&start=0&sig2=eBBDnDH1B02PZKcNMyz6Jg&zoom=1&tbnid=ssB-HCsrXu64GM:&tbnh=136&tbnw=202&ei=LxBxTP-sPMePcJi4_IoN&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddicliptera%2Broxburghiana%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D673%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=979&vpy=209&dur=2744&hovh=194&hovw=260&tx=158&ty=125&oei=LxBxTP-sPMePcJi4_IoN&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0 > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
