Euphorbia laeta B Heyne ex Roth. (1821) can't be the correct name for two reasons 1. It is an illegitimate name being a later homonym of E. laeta Aiton (1789), a totally different species now considered as synonym of Euphorbia dendroides L.
http://herbarivirtual.uib.es/cat-med/especie/4468.html This is another example of confusions we land into when not citing the authors. I found numerous entries on the web of this plant, with two as synonyms and none citing the authority. E. rothiana Spreng should thus be taken as correct name and Euphorbia laeta B. Heyne ex Roth as synonym. -- 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 Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > BSI Flora of Maharashtra and FOS mentions this as *Euphorbia laeta. > *Family : Euphorbiaceae. > Syn. *Euphorbia rothiana* > Dr Satish Phadke > > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> [image: ... Kas >> skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> >> Kas >> plateau ... about 4000 ft asl >> ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India >> ------------------------------ >> 19 OCT 07 >> * Euphorbia rothiana * Spreng. ... (family: Euphorbiaceae) >> *yoo-FOR-bee-uh* -- named for *Euphorbus*, Greek physician to Juba II >> ... Dave's >> Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DEuphorbia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcB4PSD5iKKcxl13f1AoQkn8DcwUw> >> *roth-ee-AY-nuh* -- named for Dr A W >> Roth<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAlbrecht_Wilhelm_Roth&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcr5mL4hrQvDWMnT1nzAP6xh0d3pw>, >> a German botanist ... >> ‡<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2Fstream%2Fvernacularlistof00lush%2Fvernacularlistof00lush_djvu.txt&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfto3zwZ-WPoVWmxbCgs1gKlnCegA> >> >> *commonly known as*: common hill spurge • *Marathi*: दुधी dudhi >> >> *Native to*: peninsular India, Sri Lanka >> >> *References*: Flowers of >> India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FCommon%2520Hill%2520Spurge.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfVHm-XYLB3aZGX9bNwG9NesLx4ZQ>• >> *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar >> [image: Euphorbia rothiana >> Spreng.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1653198487%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdip2FONYlx1nT-hcRpfvtRipaxjA> >> >> [image: Dudhi (Marathi: >> दुधी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1653453777%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdcPLnJ0wE-GjrAS5ExLiIZbnuqYw> >> [image: >> Euphorbia rothiana >> Spreng.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1654680850%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc42_CIimOffkt2idnRyXHwRhjDxw> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > --
