Hegde ji Bassia under Sapotaceae is based on Bassia L., published in Mantissa plantarum, 1771 an illegitimate name because Bassia All., 1766 under Chenopodiaceae was published earlier. Hence all Sapotaceae Bassia taxa got names under some other genera.
-- 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Gurumurthi Hegde <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear all.., > > I was surprised to see that the genus Bassia in family Amaranthaceae, as > I knew this genus as one of the genera in Sapotaceae. Most of the species > of genus Madhuca in Sapotaceae have the synonym with genus Bassia. For ex. > *Madhuca neriifolia* (Moon) H.J.Lam (= *Bassia malabarica* Bedd.). > Now my question is WHEN and HOW this genus Bassia got tranfered to a > very different Family Amaranthaceae ? What was the taxonomic affinity to > assign this under Amaranthaceae ? > > Thanks in advance for all valuable inputs. > > Regards, > Gurumurthi Hegde. > > -- > > --- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
