and yes, you were 100% correct about B. purpurea and my apologies for the wrong id. They can also be differentiated on the basis of the foliar structure. Regards Pankaj
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dinesh Sir, > > I again have one VERY SIMPLE question as usual: > > Which alba are you talking of: > Bauhinia alba Hort. (this is a cultivar not a species) > OR > Bauhinia alba Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. > > For your information, there is a species called Bauhinia alba and then > there is a cultivated variety called Bauhinia variegata 'Alba'. When > following any plant name from GRIN full name is to be checked. > As far as I can make out GRIN is talking about the cultivated variety > so please do not misinterpret the informations. > I assume more than 80% of people here are not taxonomists so its not a > big deal as they tend to miss the technical details of it. > Though I may be wrong!! > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dinesh ji got them all right except that it is more appropriately cv. >> Candida or B. variegata 'Candida' >> -- >> 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/ >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> P2140693 ... Bauhinia alba as well as B. variegata var. candida are now >>> synonyms of B. variegata ... >>> http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?6602 >>> P2210797 ... certainly not B. purpurea, whose petals are more slender, and >>> has only 3 stamens. >>> >>> Am justifying my thoughts, could be wrong. >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> P2140693 I thought is Bauhinia alba >>>> P2210797, I thought is Bauhinia purpurea >>>> I may be wrong... >>>> Pankaj >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > P2190782.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata >>>> > P2200790.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata >>>> > >>>> > P2210797.JPG ... Bauhinia x blakeana >>>> > >>>> > P2280852.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata >>>> > >>>> > P2140693.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata var. candida >>>> > P2140692.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata var. candida >>>> > >>>> > P3110910.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Regards. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM, ushaprabha page >>>> > <[email protected]> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Different Bauhinias for further id. pl >>>> >> 1&2 flower and it`s tree >>>> >> 5&6 flower and.it`s tree. >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *********************************************** >>>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" >>>> >>>> >>>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>>> Research Associate >>>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project >>>> Department of Habitat Ecology >>>> Wildlife Institute of India >>>> Post Box # 18 >>>> Dehradun - 248001, India >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
