Thanks, John ji. GBIF follows taxonomy as per Catalogue of Life. Most of our Experts find POWO is better than Catalogue of Life.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: John Parrotta <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 at 17:54 Subject: Re: Zygophyllaceae: Balanites aegyptiacus Delile To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Thanks for this additional information. These taxonomic disputes are not uncommon, as you well know. When in doubt, I have let GBIF have the “last word “. On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 6:56 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, John ji. > There has been a lot of confusion as different sources say different > things. > GBIF (based on Catalogue of Life > <https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/KFPN>) states them as the > same. > But POWO (treating the two as different) and BSI Flora of India > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=2823&type=4> > do not agree with this. > See more details and discussions at > https://efloraofindia.com/2014/09/11/balanites-roxburghii/ > https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/08/balanites/ > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: John Parrotta <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 at 17:02 > Subject: Re: Zygophyllaceae: Balanites aegyptiacus Delile > To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > > > The correct name should have been Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile - iit > does occur in India. See: Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile (gbif.org) > <https://www.gbif.org/species/5421115> > In my new book, the distribution of the species, derived from a number of > sources, reads like this: > > > *Distribution and Habitat* > > Native to the Old World tropics from northeastern Africa and Arabia to the > semi-arid and dry deciduous forest regions of the Indian subcontinent to > Myanmar. Found from western Rajasthan and southeastern Punjab to West > Bengal and Sikkim, and throughout the drier parts of Peninsular India to > Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. This species is characteristic of black cotton > soils in Peninsular India and is also common on open sandy plains. > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 12:52 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is Balanites roxburghii as per distribution given in POWO for both >> the species as below: >> https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:813589-1 >> https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:813594-1 >> >> >> On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 at 16:46, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks a lot, John ji. >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> From: John Parrotta <[email protected]> >>> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 at 16:07 >>> Subject: Zygophyllaceae: Balanites aegyptiacus Delile >>> To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> *location/date:* Tumkur Distr., Karnataka, July 1997 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- 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%2BiuSFBtRUPx3TA5sFzWHSY4JvDWJywMjSgSoYE5EJbjXapcjw%40mail.gmail.com.
