Gurcharan ji, this paper my be useful to you regarding Pseudocaryopteris foetida.
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2419511?uid=3738256&uid=2&uid=4&sid=56114872563 regards Pankaj Oudhia On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Firstly let us hope I am correct in identifying this plant correctly > as Pseudocaryopteris foetida (D.Don) P.D.Cantino, on the basis of similar > plant at Flowers of India, but it again highlights the problems of not > citing the author names of accepted names and synonyms. > > > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stinking%20Bluebeard.html > > I went on to confirm from publications on net and websites. All > references to its commonest synonym landed me to a much different plant, > now correctly known as Clerodendrum bungei Steud., since its synonym (the > commonest name on the net) Clerodendrum foetidum Bunge is an illegitimate > name. > > > http://www.henriettesherbal.com/pictures/p04/pages/clerodendrum-bungei-3.htm > > http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/imagelib/imgdetails.php?imgid=320525 > > http://quatremainsaujardin.over-blog.com/article-18030833.html > > http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1253/#b > > > But as it now appears our plant is (if my identification is correct) what > was described in FBI as *Caryopteris* *grata* (Wall. ex Walp.) Benth. & > Hook.f. ex C.B.Clarke, with Clerodendrum foetidum D. Don as its synonym, > and now named as *Pseudocaryopteris* *foetida* (D.Don) P.D.Cantino, a > plant much restricted in distribution, mainly in the NW Himalayas, and > hardly represented on the net. > > > > > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
