Thanks Sir for the Clarification

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Last year we had detailed discussion on plants uploaded by Nidhan ji and
> Balkar ji, ultimately concluding on the basis of listing in The Plant List,
> that it is a synonym of Oxalis latifolia Kunth, 1822
>
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Oxalis$20dehradunensis/indiantreepix/Xm0FRnWatfE/xrb2ZsFdVVMJ
>
> Raizada's new name (Nom nova) O. dehradunensis for O. intermedia A. Rich
> was based on early entry in IPNI considering 1845 (1842) as its date of
> publication as against 1841 for O. intermedia Steud., 1841. As it appears
> the date of publication of A. Rich. 1841 and opposite to what Raizada
> considered, Biophytum intermedium , 1839 antedates the binomial given by
> Steudal and is correctly Biophytum intermedium Wight, 1839 and not (Steud.)
> Wight, and citation for Oxalis intermedia is accordingly (Wight) Steud. and
> not O. intermedia Steud.
>
> Recent studies have shown that Oxalis intermedia A. Rich. and O. latifolia
> are two distinct species, and not synonyms. This is supported by recent
> publications such as CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de
> México. 1. In Capital Nat. México<http://www.tropicos.org/Publication/25511>.
> CONABIO, Mexico City., Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F.
> Chiang Cabrera. (editores generales) 2013. Vitaceae a Geraniaceae. Fl.
> Mesoamer. <http://www.tropicos.org/Publication/100022344> 3(1): ined.,
> and Nesom, G. L. 2009. TAXONOMIC NOTES ON ACAULESCENT OXALIS
> (OXALIDACEAE) IN THE UNITED STATES.  Phytologia (December 2009) 91(3)
> 501-526.
> I am sharing the pdf of last (2009) publication and reproducing below the
> key from the publication:
>
> 1. Leaflets obtriangular to broadly obtriangular, (20–)30–50 mm long,
> 1.5–2.5(–3) times wider than long;
>           stems and leaves arising from a      cluster of small sessile
> bulblets; capsules and seeds rarely formed;
>           flowers
> semi-homostylous........................................................................
> …*.Oxalis intermedia*
> 1. Leaflets obcordate to obtriangular, 15–40 mm long, 1.1–2(–3) times
> wider than long; stems and leaves
>           usually arising from a single bulb, rarely producing additional
> sessile bulblets; capsules and seeds
>           often formed; flowers tristylous, rarely
> homostylous.......................…..…….*Oxalis latifolia*
>
> I seem to have both these species in my collection, and would upload both.
> Here is Oxalis intermedia A. Rich. from Chakrata and along Mussoorie
> Chakrata road.
>
> Oxalis intermedia A. Rich., Hist. Phys. Cuba, Pl. Vasc. 315. 1841
> syn: Oxalis dehradunensis Raizada, 1976; Ionoxalis intermedia (A. Rich.)
> Small, 1907
>
> This stemless species species is distinct from O. latifolia in leaves
> arising from a cluster of small sessile bulblets, leaflets broadly
> obtriangular leaves with usually acute angles and flat upper edge, larger
> green leaflets 30-40 cm long, smaller purple flowers more in number.
>
>
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Dr Balkar Singh
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Horticulture Incharge
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