Many thanks for the inputs. Missouri Botanical garden gives *Polygonum chinense *L. as accepted name. http://tropicos.org/NameAcceptedNames.aspx?nameid=50133756
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 1:26 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Persicaria means leaves similar to peech tree.... I didnt know that > earlier either !! > Pankaj > > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 1:24 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I checked H.Gross's reference and he has mentioned the name as > > chinensis. No reasons provided, but I failed to understand that the > > reasons were obvious. It was stupid of me. > > The main reason was change in GENDER from PolygonUM to PersicariA, > > hence chinensIS was changed to chinensE. > > > > Regards > > Pankaj > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> No Pankaj ji > >> I was wrong, probably because the above two posts had chinensis instead > of > >> correct chinense. My epithet had to be different from specific epithet > of > >> Polygonum, so I repeated the mistake. > >> It should be Persicaria chinensis (L.) H. Gross, as Tabish ji writes. > >> -- > >> 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 Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> According to GRIN > >>> Polygonum chinense L. is th basionym, and the currently accepted name > >>> is > >>> Persicaria chinensis (L.) H. Gross > >>> (note the different author) > >>> - Tabish > >>> > >>> On Nov 13, 11:08 pm, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > Type: Lectotype - Herb. Linn. No. 510.30 (LINN) attached. > >>> > > >>> > Regards > >>> > Pankaj > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Pankaj Kumar < > [email protected]> > >>> > wrote: > >>> > > I am a bit confused. IPNI writes chinensis whereas Jarvis writes > >>> > > chinense. > >>> > > I checked the protologue. Linnaeus wrote it as CHINENSE and so the > >>> > > correct spelling should be as Dr. Gurcharan said. Please accept my > >>> > > apologies. > >>> > > >>> > > Persicaria chinense (L.) H.Gross Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 269. 1913. > >>> > > Basionym: Polygonum chinense L. Sp. Pl. 1: 363. 1753. > >>> > > >>> > > Regards > >>> > > >>> > > Pankaj > >>> > > >>> > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Pankaj Kumar > >>> > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >> Persicaria chinensis ( L.) H.Gross Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 269. > 1913. > >>> > >> Basionym: Polygonum chinense L. Sp. Pl. 1: 363. 1753. > >>> > >> Just a typographic error!. > >>> > > >>> > >> Regards > >>> > >> Pankaj > >>> > > >>> > >> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Smita Raskar > >>> > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > >>> Polygonum chinensis > >>> > > >>> > >>> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Muthu Karthick < > [email protected]> > >>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > > >>> > >>>> Dear all, > >>> > >>>> Please help to id this polygonaceae member. Or this belongs to > any > >>> > >>>> other family? > >>> > > >>> > >>>> Date/Time- > >>> > > >>> > >>>> 06-11-2010 / 11:00 AM > >>> > > >>> > >>>> Location- Place, Altitude, GP > >>> > > >>> > >>>> ca.2200asl; Kodaikanal, TN > >>> > > >>> > >>>> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- > >>> > > >>> > >>>> closer to water-falls > >>> > > >>> > >>>> Plant Habit- > >>> > > >>> > >>>> shrub > >>> > > >>> > >>>> Height/Length- > >>> > > >>> > >>>> 1 -2 m > >>> > > >>> > >>>> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- > >>> > > >>> > >>>> 6 x 3 cm > >>> > > >>> > >>>> Inflorescence Type/ Size- > >>> > > >>> > >>>> axillary; ca.7cm longer > >>> > > >>> > >>>> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- > >>> > > >>> > >>>> white > >>> > > >>> > >>>> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- > >>> > > >>> > >>>> Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- > >>> > > >>> > >>>> -- > >>> > >>>> Muthu Karthick, N > >>> > >>>> Junior Research Fellow > >>> > >>>> Care Earth Trust > >>> > >>>> #15, second main road, > >>> > >>>> Thillai ganga nagar, > >>> > >>>> Chennai - 600 061 > >>> > >>>> Mob: 09626833911 > >>> > >>>>www.careearthtrust.org > >>> > > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> Smita raska > >>> > >>> 308 Disha Residency, > >>> > >>> Salaiwada,Sawantwadi > >>> > >>> Phone (02363) 274153 > >>> > >>> Mob.9422379568 > >>> > > >>> > >> -- > >>> > >> *********************************************** > >>> > >> "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 > >>> > > >>> > TYPE POLYGONUM CHINENSE.jpg > >>> > 102KViewDownload > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *********************************************** > > "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 > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
