Great discussion. On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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 >> > >
