A reply: "Since it is difficult to say with any amount of assurance to which species they belong to, unless the altitude and size of the fronds are mentioned, to guess (?) the name of the species even by experts of the stature of Mr C R FRaser-Jenkins, why have them as two species? Why not treat these as A. venustum subsp. tibeticum and the other as sub sp venustum. What's wrong with this treatment? S P Khullar"
On 17 September 2012 13:36, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > A reply: > "Incidentally, it is usually easy to distinguish Adiantum venustum from A. > tibeticum, which is why the latter as described as a species, not > subspecies, which I personally prefer to maintain (as with other species in > that group, like A. davidii etc.). Some previous confusion led to > perceived difficulty in telling them apart. > In this case, difficulty lies in the inadequate photographs, rather than > any overlap of the two species. > So are they the same plant or not? - As someone says, they do look a bit > as if they might be off different plants, though difficult to see. > Chris F.-J. " > > On 15 September 2012 12:04, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A reply: >> "THIS IMAGE IS CERTAINLY NOT ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS. IT IS ADIANTUM >> VENUSTUM (4x). COULD ALSO BE A TIBETICUM(OR A. VENUSTUM SUBSP. TIBETICUM >> THIS IS A SEGGREGATE OF A? VENUSTUM(8x)." from S.P. Khullar ji. >> >> On 14 September 2012 16:24, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >>> >>> Some earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> I hope *Adiantum capillus-veneris* >>> -- >>> >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> >>> Yes Sir- Balkar ji. >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: mani nair <[email protected]> >>> Date: 5 September 2012 22:12 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:128877] VoF Week : MN050912 Fern for ID >>> To: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> front and back of Fern. Kindly identify >>> On the Ghangaria Govindghat trail >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mani >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. You can also use >>> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members >>> & 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>> of more than 7000 species). >>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>> India'. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members & >> 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 7000 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > > > -- > 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. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members & > 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- 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. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1950 members & 1,27,800 messages on 31/8/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
