Dear Pankaj ... was not aware that there are two avataars of *Bauhinia alba*!!! Referred to link of NPGS / GRIN ... it states *Bauhinia alba* Hort. as synonym of *B. variegata*. Many thanks for making me aware that the syntax is not necessarily followed.
Regards. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear Dinesh Sir, > > I again have one VERY SIMPLE question as usual: > > Which alba are you talking of: > Bauhinia alba Hort. (this is a cultivar not a species) > OR > Bauhinia alba Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. > > For your information, there is a species called Bauhinia alba and then > there is a cultivated variety called Bauhinia variegata 'Alba'. When > following any plant name from GRIN full name is to be checked. > As far as I can make out GRIN is talking about the cultivated variety > so please do not misinterpret the informations. > I assume more than 80% of people here are not taxonomists so its not a > big deal as they tend to miss the technical details of it. > Though I may be wrong!! > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dinesh ji got them all right except that it is more appropriately cv. > > Candida or B. variegata 'Candida' > > -- > > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> P2140693 ... Bauhinia alba as well as B. variegata var. candida are now > >> synonyms of B. variegata ... > >> http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?6602 > >> P2210797 ... certainly not B. purpurea, whose petals are more slender, > and > >> has only 3 stamens. > >> > >> Am justifying my thoughts, could be wrong. > >> > >> > >> Regards. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> P2140693 I thought is Bauhinia alba > >>> P2210797, I thought is Bauhinia purpurea > >>> I may be wrong... > >>> Pankaj > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com > > > >>> wrote: > >>> > P2190782.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata > >>> > P2200790.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata > >>> > > >>> > P2210797.JPG ... Bauhinia x blakeana > >>> > > >>> > P2280852.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata > >>> > > >>> > P2140693.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata var. candida > >>> > P2140692.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata var. candida > >>> > > >>> > P3110910.JPG ... Bauhinia variegata > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > Regards. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM, ushaprabha page > >>> > <ushaprabhap...@gmail.com> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> Different Bauhinias for further id. pl > >>> >> 1&2 flower and it`s tree > >>> >> 5&6 flower and.it`s tree. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> *********************************************** > >>> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > >>> > >>> > >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >>> Research Associate > >>> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > >>> Department of Habitat Ecology > >>> Wildlife Institute of India > >>> Post Box # 18 > >>> Dehradun - 248001, India > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
