I am not referring to Bassia of Chenopodiaceae, which you have mentioned. I am not aware of this genus. I am referring to genus Bassia L of Sapotaceae, under which 4 species exist in South India. If the name Bassia is illegitimate then what is the correct name of the existing Bassia species of Sapotaceae? Under what name they exist know? Even in Delhi there are two species of Bassia , as described in Trees of Delhi Check again and offer your comments. I also solicit comments from learned taxonomists. Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy
--- On Fri, 29/10/10, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:52347] plant from North Goa To: "Mahadeswara Swamy" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "renee vyas vyas" <[email protected]>, "Yazdy Palia" <[email protected]>, "ajinkya gadave" <[email protected]>, "Vijayasankar Raman" <[email protected]>, "Gurcharan Singh" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, 29 October, 2010, 6:12 PM Dear Sir, "Bassia J.Koenig ex L. Mant. Pl. Altera 555. 1771" of Sapotaceae is an altogether illegitimate name. The accepted name is "Bassia All. Misc. Taur. iii. 177. t. 4, 1766" on the basis of priority pf publication of ICBN. This Bassia belongs to family Chenopodiaceae. Regards Pankaj On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Mahadeswara Swamy <[email protected]> wrote: > > The last picture looks like Bassia species. Therefore, check the characters > of all the three using a standard flora of the region. > Dr. Mahadeswara swamy > > --- On Thu, 28/10/10, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:52130] plant from North Goa > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "renee vyas vyas" > <[email protected]>, "Yazdy Palia" <[email protected]>, "ajinkya > gadave" <[email protected]>, "Vijayasankar Raman" > <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 28 October, 2010, 12:24 AM > > Please give your opinion in light of the following last post by me > lthough not seen these trees personally, I think two things are > worth focusing. Renee ji's plant has leaves with long petioles and > undersurface of leaves is white. Chrysophyllum cainito has leaves with much > smaller petioles and undersurface covered with brownish tomentum. Now > comparing the two species of Manilkara, the sapota tree M. sapota has again > leaves with much shorter petioles and undersurface is green, whereas M. kauki > has distinctly long-petioled leaves white on the undersurface. This fits with > the above plant. > 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/ > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: renee vyas vyas <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:22 AM > Subject: [efloraofindia:44584] plant from North Goa > To: [email protected] > > > Dear Friends, > > This too is for identification....this was a huge tree in Candolium, North > Goa. > > Regards, > > Renee > > > -- > 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/ > > -- *********************************************** "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
