Please note the correction in the generic name, it should read as* Flueggea .*
regards, Rashida On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]>wrote: > Attaching type specimens from Kew herbarium of both the speices under > discussion. > > regards, > Rashida. > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Rashida Atthar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Sinha ji for posting this interesting species and earlier >> discussoins on the same. Would like to inform that as per Kew Plant Llist >> Fluggea species are now in the family Phyllanthaceae. The species under >> discussion are two distinct species : >> I) Fluggea leucopyrus Willd. (accepted name ) syn- Securinega leucopyrus >> (Willd) Muell-Arg >> 2) Fluggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Royle (accepted name ) syn - >> Securinega virosa (Roxb.ex Willd.) Pax. & Hoffm. >> >> Your picture appears to me as Fluggea virosa due to the description you >> have given of spines only in the lower main branches, and I can see small >> lenticular specks on the bark which is indicative of the species.In Fluggea >> leucopyrus the branches are somewhat straggling, branchlets angular, >> slender, and ending in sharp spines. >> >> A simple key from Dr. Almeida's flora Vol IV-B pg 350: >> >> 1.Unarmed; leaves 2.5-8cm long-------------------------------- Fluggea >> obovata >> 2.Spinous; leaves rarely exceeding 2.5 cm long-----------Fluggea >> leucopyrus >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:50 AM, A.Sinha <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Are Flueggea virosa and leucopyrus one and the same ? >>> >>> For some time i believed that the pics attached here are those of >>> Flueggea leucopyrus. This specimen had grey-whitish branches, unarmed, >>> except the ends of lower branches were spine tipped. >>> But chancing upon Vijayshankar-jis comment (1st link ) that the >>> spine tipped branches would be an indicator for which species, >>> I re-checked the descriptions from the links below. >>> >>> >>> To my inexpert view , the two species descriptions are really close, >>> and even overlapping ; except for leaf size and the F.virosa leaf being >>> mucronate, >>> but according to one ref. even F.virosa may infrequently have >>> spine-tipped branches. Pictues and illustrations avlbl online also seem >>> to overlap wrt leaf blade /apex shape >>> >>> Is presence of spine tipped brances a definitve identifier, , at least >>> for the Indian species ? And are there other differences ? >>> >>> regards >>> Akhila Sinha >>> >>> Securinega >>> leucopyros<https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/f9c7c9ea89d75d20/201f4c6400fd3f91?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=flueggea#201f4c6400fd3f91> >>> 0Efloras India) >>> *Flueggea virosa* in Flora of China @ >>> efloras.org<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242322736> >>> *Flueggea virosa* (Roxb. ex Willd.) - Nationaal Herbarium >>> Nederland<http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/specF/Flueggea.htm> >>> >>> >>> >> >
