A reply: "This is Ixora finlaysoniana Santhosh" On 21 August 2011 19:27, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > Date: 14 May 2011 16:45 > Subject: [efloraofindia:69450] two plants two names which is which: Ixora > polyantha and Ixora finlaysoniana?? > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> > > > These two types of plants of Ixora have been bothering me for a long time. > Both differ clearly from similar species I. pavetta in much longer corolla > tube, 20-30 mm long. Both have nearly elliptic-lanceolate to > elliptic-oblanceolate leaves, 6-20 cm long, with cuneate base and narrowed > to 5-10 mm long petiole. Both have white flowers, which in one (sp-a) are > lesser in number, forming a spreading inflorescence and petals are flat > nearly 2.5 mm wide. In second (sp-b) flowers are more in number, dense and > forming nearly globose inflorescence; with corolla lobes which are mostly > reflexed along the margin (and looking similar to I. pavetta) so that they > look very narrow (hardly 1-1.5 mm wide), but a few flowers would have flat > corolla lobes which may be up to 2.5 mm wide or so (latter has been > tentatively identified by Dinesh ji as I. finlaysoniana). > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2093739918/in/photostream/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2093737856/in/photostream/ > > Ixora polyantha is described from Malabar in India and is commonly > cultivated in Pakistan and India according to eFlora of India. Ixora > finlaysoniana is plant from Thialand, Phillippines, widely cultivated in > China and N E India, as per eFlora of China. > > I have tried to find out differences between the two species from available > sources, but could not succeed. Could any member lay hands to a publication > which describes and keys out both the species, so that our specimens can be > clearly fixed?. > > > > > -- > 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/ > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1680 members & > 75,000 messages on 31/7/11) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 5000 species) > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1680 members & 75,000 messages on 31/7/11) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 5000 species)
