Thanks for the Key Sir On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
> Many thanks Gurcharan ji for this upload. > > In light of the keys put, requesting a fresh look at Prashant's upload (*Rubia > cordifolia* - > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/q5IZ2nmhDRg/7z0TB5delPEJ) > having maroon coloured flower ... the same upload earlier queried for ID at > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/3lvnWc6PBFU/E5R70uekKOMJ > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> *Rubia manjith* Roxb. ex Fleming, Asiat. Res. 11: 177. 1810 >> syn: *Rubia* *cordifolia* var. *khasiana* G.Watt; *R. cordifolia* var. >> *munjista* (Roxburgh) Miquel >> >> These two plants have confused me since i collected two very distinct >> species of Rubia, not able to place precisely because most authors >> considered R. manjith as synonym of R. cordifolia, and as such I named one >> with broader leaves as R. cordifolia and narrow leaved in R. manjith. Today >> while looking at the nomenclature in The Plant list and descriptions in >> eFlora of china where both are described as distinct species, I realised >> that it was rather reverse, a decision reinforced by looking at our >> collections in flower from Chakrata which had red flowers, broader leaves >> and even young fruits looking red. There are rather three closely related >> species differentiated as under: >> >> 1a. Dried plants flushed with red, particularly on lower leaf side; >> corolla rotate, >> purplish red, red, or orange, with spreading lobes of 1.2-1.5 mm; >> mature fruit dark >> red...............................................................................................Rubia >> manjith >> 1b. Dried plants green, gray, or yellowish (if rarely flushed with red >> then corollas >> campanulate with reflexed lobes); corolla white, yellow, greenish, >> or red; >> mature fruit black, dark blue, or >> orange...............................................................2 >> >> 2a. Stems smooth or sparsely aculeolate; petiole usually up to 6 cm >> long; flowers >> purplish red, greenish yellowish, or whitish; fruit 3.5-4 mm in >> diam., >> black at >> maturity......................................................................................................Rubia >> wallichiana >> 2b. Stems rather markedly or sparsely aculeolate; flowers greenish, >> yellowish, or whitish; fruit 4-6(-7) mm in diam., orange at >> maturity.........................Rubia cordifolia >> >> >> Here are my photographs of what I think Rubia manjith from Chakrata >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
