Plant posted by Shantanu ji concluded as NOT *Delonix regia* var. *flavida*Stehle (syn. of *Delonix regia* (Hook.) Raf.)
Would like to resolve the ID of all yellow flowered variety OR form of *Caesalpinia pulcherrima *posted by Shantanu ji. It could be any of the following two:** 1. *Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. flava* Bailey & Rehder ... synonym of *Caesalpinia pulcherrima* (L.) Sw. 2. *Caesalpinia pulcherrima f. flava* (Degener) H. St. John reference: The Plants List Resolving this query will help posting in the coming week. Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Anand Kumar Bhatt <anandkbh...@gmail.com>wrote: > My layman's understanding is that Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a bush and > can be yellow (Radha chuda) and red (Krishna chuda) whereas delonix regia > can be pink bright pink or yellow and it is a tree. Caesalpinia's > identifying characteristic is its ver;y long stamens. > In Bengal gulmohur is also known as Krishna chuda. > Any corrections welcome. > ak > > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:36 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I think it was Shantanu ji >> >> Any way >> >> >> -- >> 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 Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:23 PM, navendu page <navendu.p...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Thank you Gurcharan ji but I think it may be Narendra who raised the >>> doubt because it was surely not me >>> >>> navendu >>> >>> >>> On 14 October 2010 05:55, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Navendu ji >>>> Last month you had raised question about differences between >>>> Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. flava and Delonix regia var. flavida. Today I >>>> had a casual check and found these: >>>> Sepals in Delonix are narrower and valvate in bud, in Caesalpinia they >>>> are broader and imbricate >>>> Stamens slightly longer than petals in Delonix, they are 2-3 times >>>> longer in Caesalpinia >>>> Fruits 30-50 cm long in Delonix, less than 10 cm in Caesalpinia >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Narendra Joshi >>>> <narend...@yahoo.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> This appears to be Yellow Peacock Flower from Gulmohar family. * ( pl >>>>> check Caesalpinia pulcherrima*) >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Narendra Joshi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --- On *Wed, 9/8/10, Shantanu Bhattacharya <shnt...@gmail.com>* wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Shantanu Bhattacharya <shnt...@gmail.com> >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:46913] Delonix regia var. flavida >>>>> To: "efloraofindia" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>>>> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 9:00 PM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> sharing snap of the Yellow variety of Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia >>>>> var. flavida )...commonly called Gulmohar. >>>>> Although it is endemic to Madagascar....it is widely grown in India as >>>>> an avenue tree. >>>>> We call it Radha-choora in Bengali....as the red Gulmohar is called >>>>> Krishna-choora. >>>>> >>>>> regards >>>>> Shantanu :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Navendu Page >>> >>> PhD student >>> Kartik Shanker's Lab >>> Center for Ecological Sciences >>> Indian Institute of Science >>> Bangalore - 560012 >>> Ph: +91 9611053510 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Anand Kumar Bhatt > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road > Gwalior. 474 005. > Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. > My blogsite is at: > http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com > (A NEW BLOG HAS BEEN ADDED ON 3 SEPT 2010.) > And the photo site: > www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, > Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! >
