Dinesh ji As per KEW Plant list Chrozophora rottleri and C. plicata are two distinct species. The true C. rottleri to my mind is one displayed at FOI website with non-pleated leaves and white flowers whereas the above plant, and one I had uploaded a few days back clearly pleated (plicate ) leaves and smaller pink flowers, characteristic of C. plicata..
-- 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 Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: > Nidhan ji ... am glad our views match to the genus level !! > > ... as far as exact species, some digging of flora may be involved:* > *1) *Chrozophora * *rottleri* is put as synonym of *C. plicata* at Flora > of Pakistan [ > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250090883] > 2) *Chrozophora rottleri* has synonyms: *C. plicata* var. *rottleri*, *Croton > rottleri* at The Plant List [ > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-39832] > (have not taken care of author citations). > > > Regards, > Dinesh > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Nidhan Singh <nidhansingh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dinesh Ji, >> >> Both of us incidentally clicked on the same plant at the same time. >> Let us wait for other comments. >> Regards, >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Department of Botany >> I.B. (PG) College >> Panipat-132103 Haryana >> Ph.: 09416371227 >> > >
