Dear Madam, I am also a non-botanist member. In fact I dare say we the non-botanist members are doing much better than the most botanists in this group (Dear botanist members, please do not get angry)! Without providing every detail, without using any ruler, most of our botanist (including taxonomist) members just submit a couple of images in order to get the species identified. This kind of identification is possible only for known/common species.
Also, I think even an authentic site can have wrongly identified species. Our own group is an example (of course our moderators would tell you that all species id gets correctly identified eventually ... it may even take a couple of years though!). Interestingly the site, "Catalogue of Life" draws its reference from KEW database! Now, something on *C. tomentosa* (L.) L. - - is it *C. tomentosa* (L.) L. or *C. tomentosa* (L.) Murr. <http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/8552> ? - check distribution of the taxon - http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/calltome/calltome_en.html - please also check the above with GRIN - http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?420065#dist - GRIN <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?420065#dist> says the species is native to China, yet China eflora <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105098#KEY-1-2> doesn't feature it! - FoI <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Velvety%20Beauty%20Berry.html> doesn't care to provide author citation. instead it only copies from TPL <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-31012?ref=tpl1> or other sources! However, biotik description <http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/calltome/calltome_en.html> will tell you that the species I have submitted is not *C. tomentosa* (whatever it may be!). Thank you Regards (simply) surajit koley ! no "Sir", no "Dr.", no "Ji" ! On 7 October 2015 at 08:10, greene <[email protected]> wrote: > Surajit ji, > Thank you for the question. I do not use or trust "The Plant List" but I > checked the link you provided at it shows only one C. tomentosa L. as the > accepted name. The others listed are synonyms, three of which are > illegitimate. > > I prefer to trust "The Catalogue of Life" which is updated more > frequently. Please check here and you will see only one C. tomentosa as the > accepted name. > http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/search/all/key/callicarpa+tomentosa/fossil/1/match/1 > > The plant may be, as you say C. macrophylla, but since C. tomentosa L. is > similar and is found in the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaya > and the seeds are dispersed by birds the plant can spread quite easily. I > had only wondered why it was not on your list of possibilities. > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Velvety%20Beauty%20Berry.html > Will you be able to photograph the fruit as the fruit color can also be > useful to know. > I am not a botanist and I apologize if I have said too much. > Regards, > greene/Carmelita > > On Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 1:32:19 PM UTC-4, surajitkoley wrote: >> >> Thank you Madam, but of several *C. tomentosa* >> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Callicarpa+tomentosa> which >> one I'm supposed to search? >> >> Regards >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Tuesday, 6 October 2015 07:49:10 UTC+5:30, greene wrote: >>> >>> Please, >>> Since I live in the USA I only have the Callicarpa americana in my >>> garden. I use the leaves to repel insects and the fruit to make jelly. >>> I am not a botanist but please is there some reason why you did not >>> include the C. tomentosa in your list of possibles? I hope it is permitted >>> for me to post this link so you may see a C. tomentosa photo. >>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Callicarpa_Tomentosa_17.JPG >>> Thank you, >>> greene/Carmelita >>> >>> On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 12:46:48 PM UTC-4, surajitkoley wrote: >>>> >>>> I am not familiar with this genus, *Callicarpa*. I photographed these >>>> pics on 24-Sept-2015. I waited for flowers and today i noticed tiny pink >>>> flowers, possibly 4-merous (well, i am still doing without glasses, but >>>> time has come to get one!). >>>> >>>> Unfortunately I didn't have camera with me. Hope i will get flower >>>> pictures tomorrow. But, not guaranteed, for there were only two specimen, >>>> on the 24th last month, in a bamboo thicket whereas today there was only >>>> one. Because, this is the time when villagers collect fuelwood by removing >>>> all sorts of weeds. >>>> >>>> It's only 1.5 ft herb, may grow to a shrub if kept alive! There is >>>> scarcely any trunk, base is woody. Stem cannot be called 4-angled. Entire >>>> plant is woolly. Leaf blades are 15cm or more long, petiole around 2 cm. >>>> >>>> Bengal Plants lists - >>>> >>>> 1. *C. arborea* Roxb. = a tree in Bihar, N,. Bengal, Tirhut, >>>> Chittagong >>>> 2. *C. cana* L. = a large shrub, often cultivated, occasionally >>>> naturalised in Central Bengal >>>> 3. *C. macrophylla* Vahl. = 3-8 ft shrub, in all provinces >>>> 4. *C. longifolia* Lam. var. *lanceolaria* = a shrub, Central >>>> Bengal, Tippera, Chittagong >>>> >>>> Botany of Bihar & Orissa licts - >>>> >>>> 1. *C. arborea* Roxb. >>>> 2. *C. macrophylla* Vahl. >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> Regards >>>> surajit >>>> >>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/U7TjFnn3-ZI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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