My photographs of P. cubanensis, now considered as synonym of P. obtuse This form has much narrower petals.
-- 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 Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 7:02 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > I had this plant back in home > Tanay > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Many thanks, Pankaj for setting it right. >> Will make change in my notes. >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Plumeria obtusa L. Sp. Pl. 1: 210. 1753 >>> >>> ploo-MEER-ee-uh -- referring to a plume or feather. >>> >>> this is wrong. The name Plumeria stands for Charles Plumier as >>> mentioned by your later. >>> >>> Type: Lectotype (Icon) = "Plumeria flore niveo, foliis brevioribus >>> obtusis" in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, 2: 93, t. 93, 1743. >>> >>> PS: There are many such taxa for which no type specimen exsists >>> instead there are paintings. This is one such taxa and such types are >>> often designated as Iconotype. >>> >>> Regards >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Thanks for the pics >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Regards >>> > >>> > Dr Balkar Singh >>> > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >>> > Arya P G College, Panipat >>> > Haryana-132103 >>> > 09416262964 >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *********************************************** >>> "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 >>> >> >> > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > [email protected] > >
