Gurcharan ji ... me too had the same doubt ... two distinct genera made synonymous must be a blunder somewhere, sometime ago ... later on, simply must have got copy-pasted in various instances.
Though this matter itself is irrelevant to many who visit those sites ... it gives a good idea of errors floating on the internet. Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Adenanthera vasika does not figure in Kew Plant List, IPNI or GRIN, and > evidently not a published name. Adenathera is a genus of > Fabaceae:Mimosoideae, and looks strange how the two are linked, except for > if an illegitimate name if ever published. But then this should be mentioned > in at least IPNI and Kew Plant List, which list all published names. But > strangely there are so many sources on the net mentioning this name (as > synonym of Adhatoda vasica), as mentioned by Dinesh ji. > > > -- > 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 Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear friends, >> >> Does *Adenanthera vasika* exist ? >> This name is found in quite a few ayurveda-related / trading web sites and >> is put as synonym of *Adhatoda vasica* (presently *Justicia adhatoda*). >> >> Would it be some kind of error ? >> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> > > > >
