Dear Dinesh ji One may prefer to treat U. purpurascens Graham as distinct species both for local (endemic taxon) or other reasons, but there are very few genera which have been revised on world-wide basis, and Utricularia is one such example:
Taylor, P. 1989. The genus Utricularia---A taxonomic monograph. Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. <http://www.tropicos.org/Publication/2447> 14: 1–724. I am no fan of The Plant List, because I have already sent them seven lists of corrections, but one should decide each entry on its merit. One of the big omissions of The Plant List has been that family Onagraceae has been revised in 2007 by World-renowned authors, but The Plant List people (2010 publication) do not know about this very important publication and The List has entries of names published in 1964, but not those published in 2007, although both have P. Raven as common author. The GRIN on the other hand has this incorporated even in February 2009 update. I find no reason to cling to U. purpurascens Graham, in light of above monograph and the fact 2011 publication of Flora of China also follows it, to treat U. purpurascens Graham as synonm of U. graminifolia. -- 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 Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 2:59 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks Garg ji for resurfacing this post; and apologies too, for not > updating it with Navendu's response to me on Oct 2: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Not all the things on plant list are accurate which is why they have a > confidence level for every synonym. These two are very different plants. > > navendu > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Please consider the query resolved; am happy and convinced with Navendu's > clarification. > > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 3:15 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> Date: 30 September 2012 17:29 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:132916] QUERY :: Utricularia graminifolia AND >> purpurascens >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> Cc: Shrikant Ingalhalikar <[email protected]>, Navendu >> Page <[email protected]> >> >> >> Dear friends, >> >> Would like to know whether *Utricularia purpurascens* is treated as a >> synonym of *U. graminifolia*, as put at The Plants List. >> Shrikant ji's Flowers of Sahyadri lists both these species separately. >> Have been considering *Utricularia purpurascens *as an endemic of the >> Western Ghats. >> *U. graminifolia *is found to be distributed widely. >> >> Regards. >> >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 1980 members & >> 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 7500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> > -- > > > > --
