Many thanks Gurcharn ji for this clarity. Was not aware of two identities of *E. laeta* !! Regards. Dinesh
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > > --
