And yes, thanks Tabish ji for making Lavatera kashmiriana as flower of the month.
-- 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/ On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot Tabish ji. It is really a great effort on your part. I know > this website is becoming very popular for plant lovers, and many people rely > on this for their identifications. Sorry for my frequent interruptions, my > only concern is that no doubts should remain in the minds of people visiting > the website. > > -- > 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/ > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Gurcharan ji, >> The names at flowersofindia.in are in the process of being >> cleaned up. However, doing it for 3,500 species will take some time. >> Meanwhile you will notice that in the newer additions, the flower- >> slide has an "info" icon next to the botanical name - hovering the >> mouse over the icon will reveal the full botanical name with the >> author citation, for the more botanical minded users. Lay users need >> not be bothered with it - so, by default the botanical name without >> the author citation is displayed. Eventually, this will be done for >> all the species on the site. >> I have done it now for the Boehmeria species and for >> Phyllanthus amarus. >> Best wishes >> - Tabish >> ---------------------------------------------------- >> http://www.flowersofindia.in >> The Waterhole of Flower Lovers >> >> On Oct 12, 3:17 pm, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I have often been (and more so Pankaj ji) emphasizing the need for >> citing >> > the author names, otherwise it can lead to lot of confusion >> > I have often pointed out the case of Phyllanthus niruri, which is a >> Linnean >> > species and cited as synonym of both P. fraternus and P. amarus on >> Flowers >> > of India, although it a totally distinct plant. Agreed that we should >> keep >> > our websites as simple as possible, but at least they should have >> > information which should not confuse readers/visitors to the website. >> > >> > Today I discovered another. Two species of Boehmeria are described >> (besides >> > others) in Flora of British India: >> > >> > B. macrophylla D. Don, with shrubby habit, stout branches, opposite >> > leaves, lanceolate, 15-30 cm long, with bullate (puckered or blistered) >> > upper surface, under surface with deep hollows between nerves, shorter >> > petiole (1-2.5 cm); flowers in globose 4-6 mm clusters, in interrupted >> > leafless spikes shorter than or equalling leaves. >> > >> > B. platyphylla D. Don: shrubby with soft branches, leaves 7-20 cm long, >> > thinner, appearing like Urtica leaf, sparsely hispid; petiole 3-12 cm >> long; >> > male spike 7-15 cm long, female 15-30 cm long, slender, longer than >> leaves >> > with smaller distant clusters. >> > >> > B. macrophylla D. Don is now considered as illegitimate name and is >> > correctly known as *Boehmeria penduliflora* Weddell ex D. G. Long, Notes >> > Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 40: 130. 1982. >> > >> > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2678390 >> > >> > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242308736 >> > >> > http://www.visoflora.com/photos-nature/boehmeria-penduliflora.html?xt. >> .. >> > >> > http://www.farelli.info/pages_books/butterflies/nymphalidae/acraea-is. >> .. >> > >> > B. platyphylla D. Don, is now considered as synonym of . *Boehmeria >> > macrophylla* Hornemann, Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 890. 1815., which was >> uploaded >> > few days back by me on September 26 >> > Boehmeria macrophylla from Dakpathjar validatehttps:// >> groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Boehmeria$20... >> > >> > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2678316 >> > >> > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006391 >> > >> > A look at Flowers of India Website suggests that the two species (and >> all >> > the three names) are same (synonyms, as no Authors are cited) but in >> reality >> > they are two distinct: >> > >> > -- >> > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > > > > >
