Sought opinion of Dr. Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz who has just published A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) in TAXON 61 (5) • October 2012: 931–954. As per his communication this is now better placed in * Noccaea cochleariformis (DC.) A. Löve & D. Löve.* * * *Gurcharan Singh * On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks Prashant ji > > -- > 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, Nov 11, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for another Thlaspi sp. Good pics.. >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Thlaspi cochleariforme* DC., Syst. Nat. 2:381. 1821 >>> Syn: *Thlaspi alpestre* auct. (non L.) >>> >>> Easily distinguished from T. arvense in fruits distinctly longer than >>> broad and winged only in upper part and smaller mostly entire leaves. >>> Perennial her up to 25 cm tall, branched from base; basal leaves >>> spatulate to oblong-obovate, up to 5 cm long, short-petiolate, >>> cauline-ovate-crdate, amplexicaul, 8-20 mm long, entire; flowers white, 4-5 >>> mm n diam, in up to 12 cm long raceme; pedicel up to 8 mm in fruit; petals >>> with slightly emarginate apex, 5-7 mm long, twice as long as sepals; >>> silicula 5-10 mm long, 2.5-3.5 mm broad, oblong-obcordate, slightly winged >>> at apex. >>> >>> Photographed from Khillenmarg, Kashmir >>> >>> -- >>> 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/ >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > --
