Dear Pankaj ji: could you please tell me the source ( reference, or URL of these two fiures/line drawings) PLEASE Thanks Usha di 6 27 2011 ======
On Jun 27, 10:38 pm, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Respected Neil Sir, > > I just wanted to inform that Corymborkis versicolor is a DRASTICALLY > INCORRECT name for this plant!! I have nothing against the author of > such names but, such literature should not be followed for the better > health of orchid taxonomy in Maharastra. Even Kew doesnt accept that > name. The correct name of the plant should be: > > Malaxis versicolor (Lindl.) Abeyw., Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. 2: 247 (1959). > > Synonyms: > Microstylis versicolor Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 21 (1830). > Seidenfia versicolor (Lindl.) Marg. & Szlach., Polish Bot. J. 46: 56 (2001). > Corymborkis versicolor (Lindl.) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 30 (2009). > Liparis priochilus Lodd., Bot. Cab. 18: t. 1751 (1831). > > Both genus are too far from each other in phylogeny, Malaxis belongs > to tribe Malaxideae whereas Corymborkis belongs to Tropideae. Even > these tribes are very far from each other on the phylogenetic tree. > > Coming to morphological differences of the genus: > > Corymborkis (Lower Epidendroid): Plants without pseudobulbs, Flowers > resupinate, Inflorescence not branched, Column long, Pollinia 2, > Pollinia with stipe, > > Malaxis (Higher Epidendroid): Plants without pseudobulbs, Flowers > non-resupinate, Inflorescence branched, Column short, Pollinia 4, > Pollinia without caudicle or viscidium, > > You may dissect the flower to check for these characters and make out > yourself. This is also a mail for others who are working on Orchids > especially in Maharastra, PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW ANY LITERATURE BLINDLY. > ITS NOT GOOD FOR YOU NEITHER ITS GOOD FOR ORCHID TAXONOMY IN INDIA. > > Please find some plates of Malaxis and Corymborkis from internet to > check the differences between two genera. > > As for the author, I always respect him for his hard work and patience > he had been working and he still goes to field in search for plants. I > am a big fan of him myself, but out views dont match on Orchid > taxonomy, may be because he is almost double of my age and > experience!! > > Regards > Pankaj > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:01 PM > Subject: Fwd: Corymborkis versicolor flowering > To: Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Balkar Arya <[email protected]> > Date: Jun 27, 9:39 pm > Subject: Corymborkis versicolor flowering > To: efloraofindia > > Neil Ji Thanks for pointing out this I'll keep this in mind while > replying > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Neil Soares > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Thank you Dr. Balkar Arya. > > If I could make a request to you [and a few others too]..... when > > replying to a mail / when posting an opinion, please do not delete the > > relevant parts of the mail as it helps in maintaining a continuity of > > thought & context. > > With regards, > > Neil Soares. > > > --- On *Mon, 6/27/11, Balkar Arya <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Balkar Arya <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:72701] Corymborkis versicolor flowering > > To: "H S" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]>, [email protected], > > [email protected] > > Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 6:19 PM > > > Great Catch Neil Ji !! > > > -- > > Regards > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > Haryana-132103 > > 09416262964 > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > Malaxis 01.jpg > 159KViewDownload > > Malaxis 02.jpg > 32KViewDownload > > Corymborkis veratrifolia.jpg > 85KViewDownload > > PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF ORCHIDACEAE.pdf > 319KViewDownload
