Yeah Key is useful but then i must be wrong in id of my plant,i think picture i hv posted should be Physalis angulata according to this key..is it...plz help i am confused :(
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > > -- Smita raskar 308 Disha Residency, Salaiwada,Sawantwadi Mob.09422379568
