Pankaj ji I have yet tolocate a glabrous green leaves description for lavandula. There seems to be lot of confusion. Many citations on internet consider L. buchii as var. buchii of L. bipinnata. GRIN considers two as distinct species. Hortus Third considers L. buchii as var. buchii of L. pinnata (is silent about L. bipinnata).
L. pinnata, L. bipinata, L. multifida and L. buchii seem to be very closely related sspecies, and often confused. There is a Botanical Manograph on Lavandula published in 2004, partially online. Perhaps this may solve puzzle. Description of L. bipinnata is visible characterised by 2-pinnatisect deeply dissected narrow linear segments, downy indumentum of simple or hooked hairs (I wonder whether it is so in Dinesh and Prashant ji's photographs). http://books.google.com/books?id=xvgq-6VAX8kC&pg=PA375&lpg=PA375&dq=Lavandula+bipinnata&source=bl&ots=xwLCzfVmk_&sig=aW7BvCrLcRA3rT7rcJ69M1BGw5U&hl=en&ei=AFamTKitD8__nAfkkpGQAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Lavandula%20bipinnata&f=false -- 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/ <http://books.google.com/books?id=xvgq-6VAX8kC&pg=PA375&lpg=PA375&dq=Lavandula+bipinnata&source=bl&ots=xwLCzfVmk_&sig=aW7BvCrLcRA3rT7rcJ69M1BGw5U&hl=en&ei=AFamTKitD8__nAfkkpGQAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Lavandula%20bipinnata&f=false> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, is it the other way around, I thought L. pinnata var. buchii will > have green leaves without dense tomentum.... > Pankaj > > > On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 2:53 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Pankaj ji > > Thanks for buchii hint. That means var. bipinnata should have green leaf > > legments without dense tomentum? > > > > -- > > 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 Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Lavandula buchii ? > >> Pankaj > >> > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "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 >
