Flora of Maharashtra (BSI) mentions A. hookeri Meissn. as syn of A.angustifolia Nees. T. Cooke in Flora of Bombay Presidency mentions A. angustifolia Nees, A. lanceolata Dalz. & Gibs. and Tetranthera lanceofolia Grah. as syn of A. hookeri Meissn. BSI flora gives 'Leaves penninerved and in 2 whorls of 3 each'. Young leaves are bound to be of different green than the old leaves. I do not see any difference in leaves to lead to any other species. Validity of name is another issue. I would like to know the specific difference in leaves as seen by anyone. Regards, Shrikant
On Jan 13, 2:08 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interestingly further The Plant List treats Actinodaphne angustifolia > Hook.f. & T. as synonym of a distinct species A. hookeri Meissn. (Western > Ghats, Tamil Nadu species) where as GRIN treats A. hookeri as synonym of A. > angustifolia (Blume) Nees). > > There seems to be more confusion than can be understood. Whereas IPNI > considers Litsea angustifolia Blume to be basionym for Actinodaphne > angustifolia (Blume) Nees, The Plant List considers former as synonym of > Tetranthera angustifolia (Blume) Nees (not listed in IPNI and genus merged > with Litsea in both Flora of China and Flora of Pakistan). > > We seem to have three choices to decide from > > 1. Treat all NE Indian plants (Petarichawa in Assam; Nalingyo in Burma) and > Western Ghats and Tamil Nadu plants (Pisa, Pichli in Mar.; Tali in Tam; > Malavirinji in Mal.) as single species Actinodaphne angustifolia as per > GRIN and "Useful Plants of India. (*Actinodaphne gullavara can't sustain as > its basionym Laurus gullavara Buch-Ham ex Nees (1831) is later than Litsea > angustifolia Blume (1826), basionym for Actinodaphne angustifolia (Blume) > Nees.* > > 2. Treat NE Indian plants (Petarichawa in Assam; Nalingyo in Burma) as > Actinodaphne angustifolia (Blume) Nees, > and Western Ghats and Tamil Nadu plants (Pisa, Pichli in Mar.; Tali in Tam; > Malavirinji in Mal.) as Actinodaphne hookeri Meissn. (as per The Plant > List, FBI and Brandis).* In this case I wonder how NE Indian Laurus > gullavara Buch-Ham.) from Goalpara (Assam) could be a basionym for a > Western Ghats name Actinodaphne gullavara (Buch-Ham) Almeida* > * > * > *3. *It seems best to treat confused names as three different taxa as done > by FBI, Brandis Indian Trees and The Plant List > > a. Actinodaphne hookeri Meisn. (1864). a species of Western Ghats, Tamil > Nadu, locally known as Pissa, pichli (Mar.), Malavirimji > (Mal.), Thali (Tam.). Bracts imbricating, not whorled, branches > rusty-tomentose, leaves ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, 12-18 cm > long, tomentose beneath when mature; female clusters sessile; > fruit seated on campanulate entire perianth tube . > b. Actinodaphne angustifolia Nees (1832) (excl Litsea angustifolia Bl.) > a NE Indian plants (Petarichawa in Assam; Nalingyo in Burma). > Bracts imbricating not whorled, branches softly tomentose, leaves > lanceolate, 20-30 cm long, hairy beneath; female clusters > shortly stalked; fruit seated on cup-shaped entire perianth tube. > c. Tetranthera angustifolia (Blume) Nees (syn: Litsea angustifolia > Blume)..Again NE Indian species (Assam, Silhet, Chittogong) with > bracts in whorls; young branches finely pubescent; leaves > linear-lanceolate, 10-20 cm long; female flowers not described, male > on slender peduncles. > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> 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.<http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idAuthorSearch.do;jsessionid=2274751C59F5313...> > > ex > > Nees<http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idAuthorSearch.do;jsessionid=2274751C59F5313...> > > ) > > M.R.Almeida<http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idAuthorSearch.do;jsessionid=2274751C59F5313...> > > Fl. > > Maharashtra<http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPublicationSearch.do;jsessionid=2274751C59...> > > 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<http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=2274751C59F5...> > > -- 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]<http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=A27983E94E71...> > > . > > > 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.<http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=2274751C59F5...> > > -- 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 <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com>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 <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > >> From: Giby Kuriakose <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com> > >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:103861] Re: identification of Actinodaphne > >> angustifolia > >> To: "Neil Soares" <drneilsoa...@yahoo.com> > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
