Thanks for the link Pankaj ji
-- 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/ On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > 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/ >> >> >
