In fact there is lot of confusion regarding R. discolor. Our Plant is R. discolor Boise (synonym of R. creticus Tourne ex L., not R. discolor Weihe & Nees which is synonym of R. ulmifolius.
On Friday, October 27, 2023 at 6:11:01 PM UTC+5:30 Gurcharan Singh wrote: > Yes Tabish ji, the species described by FBI as R. fruticosus var discolor > (based on R. discolor Weihe & Nees; Boiss) was considered as R. ulmifolius > in Flora Afghanistan, which we followed for many years. Our plant is now > considered as synonym of R. creticus Tourne ex L. by POWO. Thanks for > digging it out. > > On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 2:58:59 PM UTC+5:30 Tabish wrote: > >> After prolonged confusion over *Rubus ulmifolius* and *Rubus sanctus*, >> the current understanding is that the two are different species. *Rubus >> ulmifolius* >> <http://science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3alsid%3aipni.org%3anames%3a740982-1> >> is a European species and has no distribution in Kashmir, not even in West >> Asia. The accepted name for *Rubus sanctus*, is *Rubus creticus >> <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77205547-1>, >> *and >> is believed to be native to West Himalaya, in addition to E. Medit. to >> Turkmenistan. >> *So, all sightings of Rubus ulmifolius from Kashmir should logically >> be taken as Rubus creticus*. It grows wild in Kashmir and kids there >> love eating the black-colored berries. >> Tabish >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Gurcharan Singh <Unknown> >> Date: Monday, September 14, 2015 at 7:43:30 PM UTC+5:30 >> Subject: Rosaceae Fortnight: Rubus ulmifolius from Kashmir-GSSEP101/101 >> To: efloraofindia <Unknown> >> >> >> Rubus ulmifoius, photographed from Srinagar Kashmir >> >> See also >> >> >> >> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > -- 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/76be12b8-2041-47fa-972d-2085932e05a6n%40googlegroups.com.
