Thanks Gurcharan ji. I sincerely feel that we should start with Dr. V.Singh's monograph, which covers all taxa in the group as of now in India.
*Senna hirsuta* is common in the plains and lower hills of southern India. Gamble has recorded Cassia tomentosa Willd. from higher altitudes of Nilgiri and Pulney hills (introduced). We collected only the typical var. of *S. septemtrionalis*. *Chamaecrista nilgirica* sounds like endemic (to Nilgiri hills, TN). As its not included in FPM or FBI, i think it is a recently described one. Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just a clarification Vijayasankar ji > > FBI includes lists C. hirsuta L. under the discussion of C. tomentosa L., > with comment C. tomentosa Wall. Cat. 5304 is C. hirsuta L. Do we have both > C. tomentosa L. (now *..**Senna* *multiglandulosa* (Jacq.) H.S.Irwin & > Barneby <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1140>) and C. hirsuta > L. (now *Senna* *hirsuta* (L.) H.S.Irwin & > Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1037>), > or only latter in India. > I also find *Chamaecrista** **nilgirica** *(V.Singh) > V.Singh<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49763> > described from India. any information on this. > *Senna** **septemtrionalis** *var.* **pubescens** *(V.Singh) > V.Singh<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49786> is > also reported. Do we have both this as well as *Senna** **septemtrionalis* > * *(Viv.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1023> > . > > > -- > 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 Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Vijayasankar ji >> Thanks for your suggestions and additions. Yes there should >> be separate keys, but as a beginning I prepared a list of all species in FBI >> and their status now, adding newer species or splits. This way no species >> would be left out. In those cases where family has been revised by BSI, we >> can take that as base, but reference to FBI should be included. >> >> -- >> >> 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, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Vijayasankar >> <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Thanks Gurcharan ji, for the initiation. The list is exhaustive. >>> >>> I feel 3 separate (or sections) keys to be provided for Cassia, >>> Chamaecrista and Senna to avoid possible confusion and also to follow the >>> current treatment (of course with mention of synonyms). >>> >>> I would like to add *1. Senna italica* subsp. *micrantha, 2. **Senna >>> hirsuta* (collected from Tiruvannamalai, TN), *3. Chamaecrista nigricans >>> * (observed at Tirunelveli, TN), and *4. Senna septemtrionalis (from >>> Karnataka*) to your list. >>> I would also confirm your inclusion of *Chamaecrista mimosoides*(collected >>> from Tiruvannamalai, TN). >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Vijayasankar Raman >>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>> University of Mississippi >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> As a begining of this exercise, I am providing a list of Indian species >>>> that I know. Since Cassia complex is divided into three distinct genera, it >>>> is proposed to have a combined key for all these. Here is my list to >>>> improve >>>> upon. Please add missing taxa or corrections needed >>>> >>>> 1. Cassia absus* L. >>>> .................................................................................................... >>>> **Chamaecrista* *absus* (L.) H.S.Irwin & >>>> Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-979> >>>> 2. Cassia alata L. * >>>> ............................................................................. >>>> **Senna* *alata* (L.) Roxb.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-988> >>>> 3. Cassia angustifolia Vahl.* >>>> ................................................................**Senna >>>> * *alexandrina* Mill. <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1115> >>>> 4. Cassia auriculata L.* >>>> ....................................................................... >>>> **Senna* *auriculata* (L.) >>>> Roxb.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-30178> >>>> 5. Cassia bicapsularis L.* >>>> ....................................................................** >>>> Senna* *bicapsularis* (L.) >>>> Roxb.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-999> >>>> 6. Cassia corymbosa Lam.* >>>> .................................................................** >>>> Senna* *corymbosa* (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & >>>> Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1009> >>>> 7. Cassia didymobotrya Fresen* >>>> ...........................................................**Senna* * >>>> didymobotrya* (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & >>>> Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1013> >>>> 8. Cassia fistula L. >>>> 9. Cassia floribunda Cav.* >>>> .....................................................................** >>>> Senna* *floribunda* (Cav.) H.S.Irwin & >>>> Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-34542> >>>> 10. Cassia hochstetteri Ghesq.* >>>> ..............................................................** >>>> Chamaecrista* *nomame* (Sieber) >>>> H.Ohashi<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-33335> >>>> 11. Cassia italica (Mill.) Lam. ex Andrs. (Cassia obovata Collad.)* >>>> ............**Senna* *italica* subsp. *italica* >>>> Mill.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-30184> >>>> 12. Cassia javanica L. >>>> 13. Cassia kleinii Wight & Arn.* >>>> .............................................................** >>>> Chamaecrista* *kleinii* (Wight & Arn.) >>>> V.Singh<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49753> >>>> 14. *Cassia* *roxburghii* >>>> DC.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1108> >>>> (Cassia marginata Roxb.) >>>> 15. *Cassia* *aldabrensis* >>>> Hemsl.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-40090> >>>> (Cassia mimosoides sensu Baker) >>>> 16. Cassia mimosoides L.* >>>> ...................................................................** >>>> Chamaecrista* *mimosoides* (L.) >>>> Greene<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-33513> >>>> ................needs confirmation >>>> 17. Cassia mimosoides var. wallichiana DC.* >>>> ................................................**Chamaecrista* * >>>> wallichiana* (DC.) >>>> V.Singh<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49766> >>>> 18. Cassia mimosides var. auricoma Baker* >>>> .................................................**Chamaecrista* * >>>> auricoma* (Benth.) >>>> V.Singh<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49748> >>>> 19. Cassia montana Buch.-Ham.; Roth* >>>> .......................................................**Senna* * >>>> montana* (Roth) V.Singh<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49779> >>>> >>>> 20. *Cassia* *javanica* subsp. *nodosa* (Roxb.) K.Larsen & >>>> S.S.Larsen<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1056> >>>> (Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham.) >>>> 21. Cassia obtusifolia L.* >>>> ....................................................................... >>>> **Senna* *obtusifolia* (L.) H.S.Irwin & >>>> Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1083> >>>> 22. Cassia occidentalis L.* >>>> .....................................................................** >>>> Senna* *occidentalis* (L.) >>>> Link<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1086> >>>> 23. Cassia pumila Lam.* >>>> ........................................................................ >>>> **Chamaecrista* *pumila* (Lam.) >>>> K.Larsen<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-33395> >>>> 24. Cassia purpurea Roxb. ex Lindl. (Cassia sophera var. purpurea (Roxb. >>>> ex Lindl.) Baker*....**Senna* *sophera* var. *purpurea* (Lindl.) >>>> V.Singh <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-49794> >>>> 25. Cassia renigera Benth. >>>> 26. Cassia roxburghii DC. >>>> 27. Cassia siamea Buch.-Ham.* >>>> .............................................................**Senna* * >>>> siamea* (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & >>>> Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1117> >>>> 28. Cassia sophera L.* >>>> ........................................................................... >>>> **Senna* *sophera* (L.) >>>> Roxb.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1128> >>>> 29. Cassia surattensis Burm.f. (Cassia glauca Buch.-Ham)* >>>> ......................**Senna* *surattensis* (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & >>>> Barneby <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-24593> (Cassia >>>> surattensis var. suffruticosa; C. glauca >>>> >>>> var. suffruticosa; C. suffruticosa >>>> Koen.) >>>> 30. Cassia tomoriensis DC.* >>>> ......................................................................... >>>> **Senna* *timoriensis* (DC.) H.S.Irwin & >>>> Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1139> >>>> 31. Cassia tora L.* >>>> .................................................................................. >>>> **Senna* *tora* (L.) Roxb.<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1143> >>>> 32. Cassia tomentosa L.f.* >>>> ............................................................................ >>>> **Senna* *multiglandulosa* (Jacq.) H.S.Irwin & >>>> Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-1140> >>>> 33. Cassia uniflora Mill.* >>>> ................................................................................ >>>> **Senna* *uniflora* (Mill.) H.S.Irwin & >>>> Barneby<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-21536> >>>> 34. Cassia wallichiana (C. dimidiata; C. mimosoides var. dimidiata >>>> Roxb.)*...**Chamaecrista* *leschenaultiana* (DC.) >>>> Degener<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/ild-41437> >>>> >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> 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/ >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > >
