Thank you very much Tapas ji. That was very informative :) On 18 July 2016 at 22:37, Tapas Chakrabarty <tchak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Your observations were correct. > I worked on Indian Acacias long back and published an account of the same > in 1996. As regards Acacia caesia, it is indeed a variable species and I > merged A. torta with it, having found ample intergradations. I had examined > relevant specimens in all the major Indian herbaria. It is interesting to > note that while majority of the collectors mentioned it to be scandent > shrubs or climbers, many others found it to be trees, 3 - 10 m high. > In recent past the indigenous Indian species of Acacia were transferred > mainly to Senegalia and Vachellia. I noticed some discrepancies in these > publications but I have not published any rejoinder on them except for one > short note on Vachellia eburnea as this is not my priority area at present. > I am not at all fully satisfied with these publications. > I came to know that a Ph. D. student at Goa University is now working on > Indian Acacias and he has found some ways for differentiating A. caesia > from A. torta. There is, however, no publication seen by me from that end. > I can raise several questions which are to be answered by the future > workers on Indian Acacias. > Regards, > Tapas. > > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Ganeshram Esh <ganeshram6...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thank you Garg ji and Arun Kumar ji. >> >> Tapas ji thank you for pointing out characters before telling us the >> species. >> >> I am trying to understand if there is variability of characters within >> this species. Going by JCB Herbarium >> <http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ac.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=1843&cat=1>, >> the key mentions the presence of glands on the rachis, at the base of all >> pairs of pinnae. I checked a few of the leaves to confirm where the glands >> were present and they were all consistent with one at the base and either 2 >> - 3 at the top most pinnae. >> >> Also, the presence and absence of spines is the pedicel - is that also a >> variable character? >> >> On 17 July 2016 at 21:45, Tapas Chakrabarty <tchak...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The habit is tree; prickles scattered on branchlets, inflorescences >>> terminal panicles of heads and midvein of leaflets starting centrally at >>> base - when these characters are combined, they lead on to *Senegalia >>> caesia *(previously *Acacia caesia).* >>> Thanks. >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 9:23 PM, N Arun Kumar <arunameth...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Excellent photography . >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 8:59 PM, Ganeshram Esh <ganeshram6...@gmail.com >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> GRAM 20160717 >>>>> >>>>> Found this Tree at Kasara, Maharashtra in July 2016. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> In Rhythm >>>>> >>>>> Ganeshram >>>>> *Data Miner - Naturalist* >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Arun Kumar N >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> In Rhythm >> >> Ganeshram >> *Data Miner - Naturalist* >> > > -- In Rhythm Ganeshram *Data Miner - Naturalist* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
