Drupe shape looks completely different from *Symplocos theifolia* D. Don. Looks like something related to *Symplocos cochinchinensis *group. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210002156
Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 10:43 AM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Mr. Garg ! > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:44 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Saroj ji. >> Only one species have distribution in India, Bhutan and Nepal as per this >> publication Taxonomic revision of the Symplocos nakaharae complex >> (Symplocaceae) with special reference to fruit morphology >> <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1759-6831.2012.00223.x> >> by Bo LIU Hai-Ning QIN- Journal of Systematics and Evolution 51 (1): 94–114 >> (2013) (*Abstract*- Over 70 species and infra specific taxa have been >> described in the Symplocos nakaharae (Hayata) Masam. complex >> (Symplocaceae), and the taxonomy of this complex has been controversial.To >> provide a rational taxonomic revision of the complex, extensive field >> observations were carried out and approximately 800 herbarium specimens, >> covering the whole distribution range, were examined to evaluate the >> taxonomic importance of morphological characteristics. Our studies >> recognized 13 species and one subspecies, including S. boninensis, S. >> henryi, S. kawakamii, S. lucida, S. nakaharae, S. migoi, S. multipes, S. >> pergracilis, S. setchuensis, S. shilanensis, S. tanakae, S. tetragona, S. >> theifolia, and S. lucida subsp. howii comb. nov. One new combination is >> made and two new synonyms, S. ernestii Dunn var. pubicalyx C. Chen syn. >> nov. and S. kuroki Nagam. syn. nov., are recognized. Two identification keys >> are provided, based primarily on flower and fruit characters. Detailed >> morphological descriptions and geographical distribution information of the >> 14 taxa are given.) with details as below: >> >> 1. *Symplocos theifolia *D. Don in Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 145. 1825. non >> Hayata. 1916. ut ‘theaefolium’. — Eugeniodes theifolium O. K. in Revis. >> Gen. Pl. 2: 409. 1891. ut ‘theaefolium’. —Symplocos racemosa DC. in >> Prodr.8:255.1844.nonRoxb.1832.necWightexC.B. Clarke. 1882. Type: Nepal. >> Narainhetty, Hamilton s.n. (holotype, BM!, photo). >> Symplocos phyllocalyx C. B. Clarke in Fl. Brit. >> India3:575.1882.Type:India.Sikkim,8–12000ft.,J. D. Hooker & c. s.n. >> (lectoholotype, K!; isolectotypes, M!, photo, W!, photo). >> Symplocos warburgii Brand in Pflanzenr. (Engler) >> Symploc.6:66.1901.Type:India.Nilgiri,Warburg560 (holotype, B, destroyed). >> Symplocos discolor Brand in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 216. 1906. >> Type: China. Yunnan, 188806-07,Delavay4331(holotype,P!,photo;isotypes,K!, >> P!, photo). >> Symplocos wilsonii Brand in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 216. Dec. >> 1906. non Hemsl. (July 1906). —Symplocos ernestii Dunn in J. Linn. Soc., >> Bot. 34: 499. 1911. ut ‘ernesti’. —Dicalix ernestii (Dunn) Migo in Bull. >> Shanghai Sci. Inst. 13 (3): 201. 1943. Type: >> China.WHupei,1900-04-24,Wilson58(lectoholotype, >> E!;lectoisotypes,A!,E!,K!,NY!,photo,P!,photo,US!, photo); Sutchuen >> oriental, District de Tchen-K´eou-Tin, R. P. Farges 796 (lectoparatype, >> US!, photo). Symplocos loheri Brand in Philipp. J. Sci. 7: 32. 1912. >> Type: Philippines. 1906-03-06, A. Loher 6192 (holotype, SING!, photo; >> isotype, M!, photo). >> Symplocos xanthoxantha H. L´ev. in Bull. G´eogr. Bot. 24: 283. 1914. >> Type: China. Tibet: Mo-Tsou, 3000 m, 1913-04, E. E. Maire 648 (holotype, >> E!). >> Symplocos coronigera H.L´ev.inRepert.Spec.Nov. >> RegniVeg.10:431.1912.Type:China.Kweichou:Majo, 1907-07-24, Cavalerie 3106 >> (holotype, E!; isotype, P!, photo). >> Symplocos potaninii Gontsch. in Not. Syst. Herb. >> Hort.Petrop.5:100.1924.Type:China.Szechwan:Mt. Omei, Potanin, 2-4-1893 >> (holotype & isotype, LE). >> Symplocos elephantis Guillauminin Bull.Soc.Bot. France 71: 279. 1924; >> Fl. G´en. IndoChine 3: 998. 1933. Type: Cambodia. Kampot, Mts. de >> l’El´ephant, 1000 m, 1919-09-07, Poilane 239 (syntypes, P!, photo, US!, >> photo); 900 m, 1919-08-15, Poilane 341 (syntypes, A!, BM!, photo, CAS!, >> photo, NY!, photo, US!, photo). >> *Dicalix shinodanus *Migo in Bull. Shanghai Sci. Inst. 13 (3): 205. >> 1943. Type: China. Yunnan: C. W. Wang 68262 (isotypes, LBG!, NAS!). >> * Symplocos ernestii *Dunn var. pubicalyx C. Chen syn. nov. in Fl. >> Yunnan 16: 807 (304–305). 2006. Type: China. Yunnan: Jingdong, M. K. Li >> 1209 (holotype, KUN!); 1963-06-08, Z. H. Yang et al. s.n. (paratype, >> KUN!). >> >> Small evergreen trees or shrubs, to 15 m high. Twigs green, glabrous, >> ridged. Petioles 6–12(–16) mm long; leaf blades leathery, 8–12×2–3cmlong, >> glabrous on both sides, base cuneate, margin subentire or serrated, apex >> long acuminate; midvein adaxially prominent, lateral veins 8–12 per side. >> Inflorescences simple or basally branched, axillary spikes, 0.8–2.5 cm long, >> axis puberulent; bracts and bracteoles persistent, broadly obovate, 1–3 mm >> long, often glabrous. Calyx glabrous or puberulent, margin ciliolate,lobes >> orbicular. Corolla white, 3–5 mm long, deeply 5-lobed. Stamens 15–50, >> pentadelphous or inconspicuous pentadelphous. Disc soft pilose. Drupes >> ellipsoidal, 6–15 × 4–7 mm, apex with erect or spread persistent calyx >> lobes, 3loculed, 1 or 2 locules often fertile, mesocarp woody, endocarp >> surface smooth, chartaceous. >> Distribution and habitat: Bhutan, Cambodia, China (south of the Yangtze >> River), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, and Philippines >> occurring in mixed forests on slopes below 2600 m. >> Phenology: Fl. Mar.–May, fr. Jun.–Aug. >> Note: Symplocos theifolia own has echinate pollen, adding to its >> chartaceous endocarp and fertile locules (Fig. 2: L, M). It should be >> easily separated from other species in the complex. >> Wu (1987) considered it different from S. phyllocalyx mainly because “the >> stones are not divided into 3 pyrenes and the stamens are not obviously >> pentadelphous”. We checked many specimens and found that the two characters >> are not consistent among individuals. Apart from that, the two species are >> indistinguishable, so they should be conspecific. Symplocos ernestii var. >> pubicalyx was published based on its pubescence on calyx in Flora Yunnanica >> (Gao, 2006). However, the pubescence should be carefully considered as an >> identification character in Symplocaceae (Hardin, 1966). After examination >> of specimens referred in the original description and other specimens in >> KUN, we found the pubescence on calyx of S. theifolia is not an effective >> taxonomic character. In fact, both glabrous and pubescence on calyx were >> found in the same inflorescence, therefore, no obvious correlation exists >> between the pubescent calyx and the environment. As a result, it is treated >> as a new synonym here. >> >> So we can use this name for our plants. >> >> On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 at 21:45, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Taxonomic revision of the <i>Symplocos nakaharae</i >>> ...onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › pdf >>> <https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=13&ved=2ahUKEwjDytq2yurnAhXlxzgGHbTTCScQFjAMegQIAhAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fdoi%2F10.1111%2Fj.1759-6831.2012.00223.x%2Fpdf&usg=AOvVaw1V2UhG8cu5G-MakKkxgCpI> >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Saroj Kasaju >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 6:13 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I think Symplocos kuroki >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/symplocaceae/symplocos/symplocos-lucida> >>>> only. >>>> >>>> Some bigger appearing fruits seems to have been infected. >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 at 17:36 >>>> Subject: Re: SK 2420 30 January 2020 >>>> To: efloraindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:51 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> >>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:50 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> >>>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:49 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear members, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Location: Godawari >>>>>>> Date: 8 January 2020 >>>>>>> Elevation: 2056m. >>>>>>> Habitat: Wild >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Synplocos? Drupe look like S.cochinchinensis but plant does not. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>>> >>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>>> >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in >>>> the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >>>> Efloraofindia >>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>>> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >>>> 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >>>> >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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