Dear All,
Please clarify me about the Maytenus emeginata (Gymnosporia montana) occurance in india. regads Rohit On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Robert H. Archer <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Mahta, Garg ji**** > > ** ** > > I confirmed this with Ms Jordaan, the authority on the genus Gymnosporia. > This is definitely a good species but it should be listed as Gymnosporia > puberula M.A.Lawson. It looks very different from Gymnosporia senegalensis. > According to a number of studies it is now very clear there is no species > of Maytenus in India or anywhere else but South America. **** > > ** ** > > With best wishes, Robert**** > > ** ** > > Dr. Robert H. Archer**** > > Biodiversity Scientist **** > > National Herbarium; South African National Biodiversity Institute**** > > P. Bag X101, Pretoria 0001, South Africa**** > > Tel: +27 12 843 5043**** > > Fax: +27 12 804 3211**** > > E-mail: [email protected]**** > > Website: www.sanbi.org **** > > [image: LOGO Colour - Hi Res_longcrop]**** > > ** ** > > *From:* jmgarg1 [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:52 AM > *To:* efloraofindia > *Cc:* Robert H. Archer; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Samir > Mehta > *Subject:* Fwd: [efloraofindia:121544] Maytenus puberula (M.A.Lawson) > Loes. @ Prabalgad 01-07-2012**** > > ** ** > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.**** > > Some earlier relevant feedback: **** > > “Dr Mahta, > Why not Maytenus senegalensis ?” from Rajesh ji.**** > > **** > > “That's one of the things I considered Rajesh ji,but* according to the > keys Maytenus senegalensis is an 'armed' plant plus what really was > decisive was the hair on the veins below, both FoM & FBI mention it, though > the latter calls it puberulous and the former hispid. ** > *I will also like to point out that certain features [in this case - hair > on the leaf under-surface] are missed in the field & appreciated only on > post-processing. My field id was Maytenus sp.**** > > I am still open to correction provided a logical reason is given.**** > > Trust that answers your query.**** > > Regards,**** > > Samir Mehta”**** > > > **** > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Samir Mehta* <[email protected]> > Date: 8 July 2012 20:20 > Subject: [efloraofindia:121544] Maytenus puberula (M.A.Lawson) Loes. @ > Prabalgad 01-07-2012 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Dear Fellow Group-Members, > > Got a chance to go to Prabalgad with a trekking group, had wanted to go > there for a long time, after seeing Prasant ji's posts from that area. As > was to be expected, it was more of a trek than a flower watching trip - and > a difficult one too. > > Spotted this large unarmed shrub just short of Prabal machi, about ? 1000 > ft asl, the lower surface of the leaf had hairs on the veins (cannot > remember whether they were hispid or puberulous); flower size was > approx.1cm. > > There seems to be some confusion in the taxonomic nomenclature (unresolved > in the plant list and not listed at ARS-GRIN and FoC or Fl Pakistan). > The id is based on Fl. Maharashtra 1:241 & 243, but here flowering season > is given as Dec-Jan, needs to be checked and FBI 1:619. > The shrub is not listed in Shrikant ji's Flowers of Sahyadri or Further > Flowers of Sahyadri and no image of it was available for comparison in > the group database or on the net. > > Will appreciate if this post can be validated. > > > > **** > > > > > -- **** > > With regards, > J.M.Garg**** > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1**** > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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