Thank you very much Garg sir for bringing up this descrepancy. Thank you too, for clarifying, Tapas sir. I apologise for the late reply.
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 9:57 AM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot, Tapas ji. > > On 14 February 2016 at 23:23, Tapas Chakrabarty <tchak...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I am attaching herewith an image of the possible isolectotype of Desmos >> lawii downloaded from the website of Kew herbarium (K 000691354) for >> comparison. Image of the lectotype is available at the website of Gray >> Herbarium (GH 00039292). While Desmos chinensis is a widespread species, >> the other, i. e. D. lawii, recognized by Ian Turner (2015) as a distinct >> species, is restricted to peninsular India. The latter was once merged >> with D. chinensis with a varietal status. >> Coming back to the present images, having some acquaintance with the >> species of Desmos and the variations exhibited by D. chinensis, I would >> like to support the view of Turner (2015) that D. lawii may be treated as >> a distinct species, restricted to peninsular India, differing consistently >> from D. chinensis in the much shorter sepals and the linear rather than >> lanceolate petals. While D. lawii is very common in Karnataka, D. >> chinensis is rather scarce in peninsular India. >> The present images match well with the type specimens of D. lawii. >> Regards, >> Tapas. >> >> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 9:58 PM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Anurag ji, >>> Both are different as per >>> *A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae* >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fdoi%2F10.1111%2Fnjb.00689%2Fabstract%3Fcampaign%3Dwolearlyview&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFZyFdRb0nbqw8EXSlF5to3FZOXpg> >>> by I. M. Turner- Nordic Journal of Botany 33: 257–299, 2015- >>> >>> Species in India with distribution: >>> *Desmos chinensis* Lour.- India; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Burma >>> *Desmos dumosus* (Roxb.) Saff.- India [West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, >>> Mizoram]; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Burma >>> *Desmos lawii* (Hook. f. & Thomson) Saff.- India [Maharashtra, >>> Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu] >>> ....................................................................... >>> >>> Which one you are referring to here ? >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Anurag Sharma <anurag.op...@gmail.com> >>> Date: 11 April 2015 at 22:39 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:220918] ANAPR21 Desmos chinensis Lour. (syn. >>> Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff.) >>> To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com >>> >>> >>> Family: Annonaceae >>> Date: 5th April 2015 >>> Place: Agumbe, Karnataka >>> Habit: Shrub >>> >>> -- >>> 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 http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >>> >>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >>> >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >>> world- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or >>> Efloraofindia >>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >>> database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). >>> >>> The whole world uses my Image Resource >>> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >>> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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