Thank you Rajdeo Singh, Mr.ingalhalikar, Prof. Singh & Dinesh for the id. In all fairness, have to state that Dr.Almeida & his student Santosh Yadav made the diagnosis whilst visiting my farm from this photograph [and not from actually seeing the specimen - which was a little distance away]. Prof. Singh, didn't quite get your question, but both Geissaspis tenella and Smithia hirsuita are included in the 'Flora of Maharashtra'. Regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Fri, 10/29/10, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:52319] Smithia hirsuita To: "rajdeo singh" <[email protected]> Cc: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 10:34 AM Thanks Rajdeo ji Not familiar with the genus Smithia, the next best thing that I did was to shortlist species of the genus with four leaflets from FBI. Having shortlisted two, I could not fit any because long bristly ciliate bracts. I was about to write to Srikant ji when your mail came. Yes Neil ji's plant agrees well with Geissaspis tenella Thanks again for introducing a new genus to many of us. Thanks Neil ji for uploading it. It would be interesting to know whether the species is described in the Flora of Maharashtra. It is there in FBI from Western Peninsula. -- 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 Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:43 PM, rajdeo singh <[email protected]> wrote: Hello, This not at all Smithea sp. I think its Geissaspis tenella Bth. ***** Rajdeo Singh Project fellow St. Xavier's College Mumbai
