Thanks Smita ji for useful information. This should really help in understanding our photographs.
-- 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, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Smita Raskar <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.plantsystematics.com/qikan/manage/wenzhang/aps06141.pdf....refer > this link it gives details of species Physalis > It says (vi) Nicolson et al. (1988) reduced P. minima L. as a synonym of P. > angulata L. > There is a need to typify Physalis minima L. However, Edmonds (personal > communication) opines that the typification of the Linnaean P. minima is > complex, with the > lectotype (Hort. Cliff. no. 62, Physalis 5) being conspecific to P. > angulata. Therefore, she > considers it as a synonym of the latter in her forthcoming account of > Solanaceae in Flora of > Tropical East Africa. Most of the descriptions and plates on which Linnaeus > based his species > also refer to P. angulata rather than to the small-flowered prostrate > plant, usually known as > “P. minima” (that we treat here as Physalis lagascae). > Conversely, in the Indian taxonomic literature, we are dealing with two > distinct elements > (Table 1) under the name P. minima: First one is an erect, robust, smooth, > tetraploid taxon > with bigger flowers (>7 mm across), bluish anthers, and fruiting calyces > tinged purple No. 2 RAJU et al.：The myth of “minima” and “maxima”, the > species of Physalis 241 > (P. angulata). The second one is a diffuse to erect, relatively smaller, > pubescent, diploid taxon > with smaller (<6 mm across) flowers (parviflora or micrantha), yellow > anthers, and greenish > fruiting calyces (P. lagascae). > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Vijayasankar ji >> Please help with the key of Indian species of P. minima complex >> >> >> -- >> 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, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:24 PM, manudev madhavan < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Can anybody tell how to differentiate *P. minima* from *P. angulat*a?? >>> >>> regards >>> >>> r <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello >>>> *Physalis minima* found at Sawantwadi, Maharashtra >>>> -- >>>> Smita raskar >>>> 308 Disha Residency, >>>> Salaiwada,Sawantwadi >>>> Mob.09422379568 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Manudev K Madhavan* >>> Junior Research Fellow >>> Systematic & Floristic Lab, >>> Department of Botany, >>> Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research >>> St. Joseph's College, Devagiri >>> Kozhikode- 673 008 >>> Mob: 9496470738 >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Smita raskar > 308 Disha Residency, > Salaiwada,Sawantwadi > Mob.09422379568 > >
