Thank you very much Gurcharan ji, Balkar ji, Amit ji, Prashant and Tabish for discussing this ID. Regards. Dinesh
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes Tabish ji > Nomenclature of this genus seems to be confusing. Let us see if we have > some clear view in future. > > > -- > 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 Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> PS: This plant is wrongly labelled as Nepeta erecta in K.R. Keshava >> Murthy's book, probably the source of Dinesh's preliminary thinking. >> You can see Nepeta erecta in this link: >> http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Erect%20Catmint.html >> and in the attached picture from FOH. >> - Tabish >> >> >> On Wednesday, August 29, 2012 9:13:51 AM UTC+5:30, Tabish wrote: >>> >>> To me this also looks like Stachys melissifolia. >>> The other plant is *Stachys emodi* Hedge, which has stems covered with >>> long silky hairs - see Gurcharan ji's plant here: >>> http://www.flowersofindia.net/**catalog/slides/Silky%** >>> 20Woundwort.html<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Silky%20Woundwort.html> >>> The naming seems to be terribly messed up: * >>> Stachys** sericea* Wall. ex Benth is treated as as synonym of* Stachys** >>> emodi* Hedge (accepted name) at GRIN >>> At TPL, *Stachys emodi* >>> Hedge<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-195039>is treated as an >>> illegitimate synonym of >>> *Stachys melissifolia* Benth. (accepted name) >>> At TPL, *Stachys** sericea* Wall. ex Benth is treated as an >>> illegitimate synonym of *Stachys melissifolia* Benth. (accepted) >>> At TPL, *Stachys sericea* Cav. is accepted name >>> - Tabish >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > > > > --
