Dear Pankaj, Thanks a lot for pointing it out. Indeed, the accepted name is Ichnocarpus frutescens. Synonyms are: Apocynum frutescens (basionym), Echites frutescens, Quirivelia frutescens. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=102359 Best wishes - Tabish
On Nov 2, 11:57 pm, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > I think people are getting confused. This is noting but a new name > given to Ichnocarpus frutescens by Almeida sir and mam. Its a very > common climber. I have seen very often in Delhi and Gangetic plains. > > Quirivelia frutescens (L.) M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida J. Bombay Nat. > Hist. Soc. 90(3): 427 (1993 publ. 1994). > Basionym:Apocynaceae Apocynum frutescens L. Sp. Pl. 1: 213. 1753. > Syn: Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) R.Br. Hortus Kewensis 2. 1811 > > Regards > Pankaj > > > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Prashant > > Another new for me > > -- > > 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, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Dear Friends, > > >> This one is a climber. > > >> Bot. name: Quirivelia frutescens > > >> Family: Apocynaceae > > >> Location: Pench Reserve Forest > > >> Habitat: Wild > > >> regards > >> Prashant > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India
