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On May 30, 3:40 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Please read Mansoa alliacea Lamk as Mansoa alliacea (Lamk) A H Gentry > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Perhaps the above plant is Mansoa alliacea (or else Mansoa hymenaea) of it > > smells of garlic > > It is not Cydista aequinoctialis, which lacks garlic smell > > > Perhaps the whole internet considers them as synonyms but not the taxonomic > > world (incl GRIN and KEW Plant List) which knows their differences. After a > > lot of seach I found answer here: > > >http://zmypulse.info/2011/sctb-0081-wpow/ > > > The answer is found in Flora of Micronesia, 5: Bignoniaceae-Rubiaceae > > F . Raymond Fosberg, Marie-Helene Sachet and Royce L . O i e lvr > > > SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION PRESS, Washington,D.C. 1993 > > > The two genera can be differentiated as under > > > 1. Fruit valves costate, acuminate, plant with garlic odor when > > bruised or broken; inflorescence racemose on small lateral > > branchlets calyx-limb flaring, corolla lavender . . . . . . . . Mansoa > > > 1. Fruit valves not notably costate, odor when broken not alliaceous. > > Inflorescence a twice or more trichotomous cymose panicle, leaflet bases > > rounded or broadly cuneate, pseudostipules inconspicuous or early caducous, > > tendril often present and conspicuous; calyx-limb not notably > > flaring; corolla limb whitish to pink or lavender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > . . . . . . . Cydista > > > There are, however, at least two vines known as garlic vine: Mansoa > > hymenaea (DC.) A. H. Gentry and Mansoa alliacea Lamk. The two are also > > confused with each other. Perhaps some one can find above plant is > > ultimately Mansoa alliacea or Mansoa hymenaea. For that a key is needed. > > > -- > > 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 Mon, May 30, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> They are not synonymous according to both KEW Plant list and GRIN > > >> *Cydista* *aequinoctialis* (L.) Miers is synonym of *Bignonia* * > >> aequinoctialis* L. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-319795> > >> (according to GRIN Cydista aequinoctialis is the correct name) > > >> *Adenocalymma* *alliaceum* (Lam.) > >> Miers<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-319319> is > >> a synonym of > >> *Mansoa* *alliacea* (Lam.) A.H.Gentry > > >> The two look similar and it would be interesting to find differences > >> between them > > >> * > >> -- > >> 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 Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Anand Kumar Bhatt < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>> So am I. > >>> ak > > >>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Pinki <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> Dear All > > >>>> i am a bit confused. CYDISTA AEQUINOCTIALIS has an older synonym > >>>> Adenocalymma alliaceum also ????? > > >>>> i know garlic vine only by this name i try to keep myself updated for > >>>> the new names but i think i missed to follow this up.... > > >>>> Alok > > >>>> On May 29, 7:04 am, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > I salute back you Sir ji > >>>> > Tanay > > >>>> > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Pudji Widodo <[email protected] > >>>> >wrote: > > >>>> > > Dear Dr. Satish, Tanay, Dr. Gurcharan > > >>>> > > Thank you very much. > > >>>> > > Best Wishes > >>>> > > Pudji Widodo > >>>> > > Faculty of Biology Jenderal Soedirman University > >>>> > > PURWOKERTO 53122 INDONESIA > > >>>> > -- > >>>> > *Tanay Bose* > >>>> > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > >>>> > Department of Botany. > >>>> > University of British Columbia . > >>>> > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >>>> > Vancouver, B.C. 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