Sir, I have checked the flowers are pink in colour
regards On 5/26/11, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Amit ji > I would request you to recheck your population. Typical Thymus serpyllum > var. serpyllum also has pink flowers. Your clearly has white flowers and > should be *Thymus* *serpyllum* var. *albus* B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach. This > according to Kew Plant List is now correctly known as *Thymus **linearis* > var. *album* (B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach.) > H.B.Naithani<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-205010> > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-205010 > > Perhaps any publication which describes or keys out the two species should > help. > > This link should help in understanding Thymus serpyllum > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus_serpyllum > > > -- > 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 Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:07 PM, amit chauhan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No sir this population was introduced from some Mediterranean country >> way back in 1990's at our farm by one of the researcher it is typical >> Thymus serpyllum L. There is lot of confusion about T. serpyllum in >> India most of the earlier authors reported T. linearis of Indian >> Himalaya with the name of preceding species. In Indian Himalaya only >> one species of Thyme grows i.e. T. linearis as collected by you from >> kashmir and manali. >> >> On 5/26/11, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Yes Amit ji >> > This population seems to be different from ones I have seen in Kashmir >> and >> > Manali, where the flowers have pnkish tinge. >> > >> > By the way the correct name for our species is now Thymus linearis >> > >> > *Thymus linearis* Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 31 1830. >> > syn: Thymus serpyllum auct. Himal (non L.) >> > >> > Your plant with white flowers seems to be >> > *Thymus* *linearis* var. *album* (B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach.) H.B.Naithani >> > Fl. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan 346 1990 >> > * >> > * >> > * >> > -- >> > 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 Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:25 AM, amit chauhan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Dear all, >> >> >> >> Sending photos of Thymus serpyllum cultivated at our institutes farm. >> >> Highly prized as spice and condiments, antiseptic, and having >> >> essential oil rich in thymol which is used as powerful antifungal >> >> agent. >> >> >> >> regards >> >> -- >> >> Dr. Amit Chauhan >> >> Junior Technical Assistant >> >> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, >> >> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, >> >> Uttarakhand 263149 >> >> ph.05944 234445 >> >> mob.+919412161087 >> >> mail: [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Amit Chauhan >> Junior Technical Assistant >> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, >> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, >> Uttarakhand 263149 >> ph.05944 234445 >> mob.+919412161087 >> mail: [email protected] >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> > -- Dr. Amit Chauhan Junior Technical Assistant Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 263149 ph.05944 234445 mob.+919412161087 mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
