Thanks a lot for the information..... hopefully we would be able to find a solution... Pankaj
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > > > 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 > > > > -- *********************************************** "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
