Dear Garg ji thank you for this regards mohina On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 12:21 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot, Sunoj ji, for the clarity. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Sunojkumar P > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 10:50 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:308935] Leucas vestita > To: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> > > > Dear Gargji > The above remarks appears to me very funny. What exactly he mean by this > remarks is not clear. I have merged L. vestita with L. ciliata after a > thorough study of more than 7 years with fresh collections of more than 30 > accession from Western Ghats and all the herbarium specimens in India as > well as the original specimens (not photos) in Kew and Cambridge etc. > (went and checked types). > > L. vestita is merged under ciliata. and kept as a variety because of some > differences on leaves. There are several varieties for this and if need we > can create many varieties as each accessions of this species is different > in Western Ghats. But it is a complex just like many species complexes in > Lamiaceae. > > L. sebaldiana is totally different and it can be identified just from its > bracts with is more or less foliaceoius. (the illustrations in my paper do > good). The inflorescence architecture is different. and anybody looks at > it may easily catch up. > > L. montana is different > > The specimen you had sent to me, ( I got the picture as and when it was > uploaded in e-flora and I am keeping one of such herbarium with me and its > photo is attached) It shown some differences and I may soon workout this > and inform you. In fact I asked for this specimen and details to the > author of this photograph, but did not receive any reply) . I waited for > this to visit the place to know more about this specimen which I couldn't > and also to do molelcular sequencing of this plant to compare with varient > forms of L. montana I got from Tirumala (AP) , different places in > Karnataka and so on. (I have samples with me) . Otherwise I could have > completed its identity. But I hope I can do it. A thorough study is > required to solve such complexes. It is dfifferent from L. sebaldiana, L. > vestita (not even in the infrageneric sections of this two species). I > have seen all Indian species of Leucas in fresh and herbarium to say so. > See the attachment. > Sunoj > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 6:44 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> this plant may actually be more interesting than what it appears to be >> >> the topic discussion was brought up by S. Kasim and Milind Wadmare >> Ilahi Mujawar wrote this note on Indian Flora >> First look towards L.vestita. but by observations of stem grooved with >> brown hairs, leaves with serrate margin with more teeth, inflor. must be >> terminal solitary, calyx tube bent on upper side, mouth not cillia, teeth >> erect, corolla upper lip yellowish brown...so P Sanojkumar from Calicut >> Univ. Kerala and it separated from L. vistita very nearer and it ID as >> Leucas sebaldiana new species from Chembra hills, Kerla. >> I think this species is >> Leucas sebaldiana. >> >> the link to the original research paper by P. Sunojkumar >> >> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279757774_Leucas_sebaldiana_Sunojk_Lamiaceae_a_new_species_from_India?fbclid=IwAR2SO7F1-rlhvezQfRqxsBeqw2xsr7GRcjPEePBGs8UR1wFnI2u-x5lJZe >> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279757774_Leucas_sebaldiana_Sunojk_Lamiaceae_a_new_species_from_India?fbclid=IwAR2SO7F1-rlhvezQfRqxsBeqw2xsr7GRcjPEePBGs8UR1wFnI2u-x5lJZe4> >> - from Mohina ji. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: mohina macker <mohinamac...@gmail.com> >> Date: Sat 27 Oct, 2018, 4:31 PM >> Subject: [efloraofindia:308935] Leucas vestita >> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> >> >> >> >> Leucas vestita >> >> just outside Eravikulam WLS, >> >> near Munnar, Kerala, in the Nilgiris >> >> First week of October 2018 >> >> >> >> regards >> >> mohina macker >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > -- > Dr. Sunojkumar. 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