Hi Prof. Singh & Dr. Giby, Not sure what you mean by "justification". Dr.Almeida has clubbed all the aforementioned names under A.gullavara and as usual has included a description of the tree and its distribution. With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Fri, 1/13/12, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> wrote: From: Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:103924] Re: identification of Actinodaphne angustifolia To: "Gurcharan Singh" <[email protected]> Cc: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]>, "shrikant ingalhalikar" <[email protected]>, "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "Prashant awale" <[email protected]>, "Satish Nikam" <[email protected]>, "navendu page" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, January 13, 2012, 10:14 AM Thank you sir for the clarification. As I do not have access to Flora of Maharashtra, I am waiting for Neiljis mail with conclusion. Regards, Giby On 13 January 2012 09:26, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: Giby ji & Neil This is yet another case where The Plant List seemed to have bungled, recently I sent them a list of more than 80 species described in FBI, reported in IPNI and missing from the Plant List. The name mentioned by Neil was published as Actinodaphne gullavara ( Buch.-Ham. ex Nees ) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 4A: 251. 2003 and duly recorded in IPNI Now the important question, is whether above is the correct name or Actinodaphne angustifolia Actinodaphne angustifolia (Blume) Nees -- Pl. Asiat. Rar. (Wallich). 3: 31. 1832 [15 Jan 1832] based on Litsea angustifolia Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 11: 566. 1826 [24 Jan 1826]. Flora of British India clearly excludes Blume's synonym from the name and Indian plant is as given in IPNI Actinodaphne angustifolia Hook.f. & Thomson ex Meisn. -- Prodr. (DC.) 15(1): 218. 1864 [May 1864]. with Laurus gullavara Buch.-Ham. as synonym. Since A. angustifolia Hook.f. & T. is a later homonym of A. angustifolia (Blume) Nees, it can't be maintained and Actinodaphne gullavara (Buch.-Ham) M R Almeida should be the accepted name. I have not gone through Flora Maharastra, and I request Neil ji to check for the justification given in Fl. Maharashtra when this combination was published. This is my analysis of what I could explore. -- 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, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Dr.Giby, Thanks for your feedback. Have quoted from Dr.Almeida's 'Flora of Maharashtra' Vol 4-A. Actinodaphne gullavara [syn. A. augustifolia, syn. A.hookeri] is the only species of Actinodaphne found in Maharashtra. With regards, Neil Soares. --- On Thu, 1/12/12, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> wrote: From: Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:103861] Re: identification of Actinodaphne angustifolia To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: "shrikant ingalhalikar" <[email protected]>, "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "Prashant awale" <[email protected]>, "Satish Nikam" <[email protected]>, "navendu page" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 11:33 PM Dear Neil ji, Interesting! I couldn't find Actinodaphne gullavara in both "the plant list" or "GRIN" There are 3 different Actinodaphne angustifolia listed in the plant list @ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=actinodaphne First one is Actinodaphne angustifolia Nees is an accepted name with Laurus gullavara Buch.-Ham. ex Nees as a synonym ( but not A. gullavara). Second one is Actinodaphne angustifolia Benth. listed here as illegitimate and unresolved The third one is Actinodaphne angustifolia Hook.f. & Thomson ex Meisn. as a synonym of Actinodaphne hookeri Meisn. Further, in GRIN A. hookeri is listed as a synonym of A. angustifolia. Now it is getting confused. I feel that the leaves of the plant in this thread and the pictures in the link provided by Neilji looks little different. Unless we handle the specimen it would be hard to conclude, I think. Regards, Giby On 12 January 2012 18:40, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Affirmative. This is Actinodaphne gullavara. Have had a previous discussion on this and it is available at this link : https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/df392de7a2165bed/52a541fbd2f49b71?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Actinodaphne+gullavara+Neil+Soares#52a541fbd2f49b71 With regards, Neil Soares. --- On Thu, 1/12/12, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> wrote: From: Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:103861] Re: identification of Actinodaphne angustifolia To: "shrikant ingalhalikar" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>, "Prashant awale" <[email protected]>, "Satish Nikam" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 6:30 PM Yes, Actinodaphne angustifolia is a synonym of A. hookeri. Pubescent leaf petiole is an important field character of A. hookeri Please refer @ https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/432f5657686dcb84/5e74fdc5b8468ce1?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=actinodaphne+giby#5e74fdc5b8468ce1 Regards Giby On 12 January 2012 18:23, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> wrote: I suppose A. angustifolia and A. hookeri are syn. What is the difference observed? Regards, Shrikant On Jan 12, 12:28 pm, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Could this be Actinodaphne hookeri .Satish ji, will u pl tell me the > location. > I had spotted similar plant at the base of Korigad fort (Lonavala region) > as well as in Matheran Hills. > Regards > Prashant > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Satish Nikam <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Dear Friends, > > I am posting the photo of the same tree as last year > > which was ID'd as Actinodaphne angustifolia.Here is the old link. > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwwssncomphotos/5284817799/ > > Also some young saplings around.My observation is that their are both > > light green leaves as well dark green on the same plant>Experts now your > > call. > > > thanks > > regards > > satish nikam- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
