... agreed with meaning of *acutifolia*, Pankaj. Please consider ... acute is sharp ... obtuse is blunt
Regards. On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Plumeria rubra L. Sp. Pl. 1: 209. 1753 > > Type: Lectotype = "Nerium arboreum, folio maximo obtusiore, flore > incarnato" in Sloane, Voy. Jamaica, 2: 61, t. 185, 1725 > > Couldnt find the image of type. > > ACUTIFOLIA is basically with reference to the leaf apex which is acute > in shape (making an angle less than 90 degree). > > Thanks for sharing. > > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Both are cultivars of P. rubra ... on basis of shape of leaf. > > Please correct me if wrong. > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Selvalakshmi Selvaraj < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> > >> Is first two photos are also P.rubra? > >> -- > >> Selvalakshmi S. > >> Doctoral Scholar, > >> Bharathiar University, > >> Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 >
