Sir, Is there any other differentiating character of T. serpyllum var. albus from the typical. Please provide me as I am not having the literature.
regards On 5/26/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Amit ji > I request you to compare your plant with this one and decide which one is > more white > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thymus_serpyllum_var_albus2.jpg > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thymus_serpyllum_var_albus1.jpg > > > -- > 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 2:03 PM, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> I have checked the flowers are pink in colour >> >> regards >> >> On 5/26/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> 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 <amitci...@gmail.com> >> 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 <singh...@gmail.com> 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 <amitci...@gmail.com> >> >> 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: amitci...@gmail.com >> >> >> amitci...@rediffmail.com >> >> >> amit.chau...@cimap.res.in >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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: amitci...@gmail.com >> >> amitci...@rediffmail.com >> >> amit.chau...@cimap.res.in >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- >> 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: amitci...@gmail.com >> amitci...@rediffmail.com >> amit.chau...@cimap.res.in >> > -- 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: amitci...@gmail.com amitci...@rediffmail.com amit.chau...@cimap.res.in
