Dear Pankaj, Doesn't Cochinchinae refer to Vietnam ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochinchina) ? So I don't think the type must be from India (Cochin).
regards, Sid. On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Pankaj ji, > I had just now shared my photographs of this sp. from Mizoram in a > seperate link. Do have a look... > > https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/c197ec22ac08e01a?hl=en > > regards > Prashant > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Frankly speaking it was of that color only and at once I thought that >> its a different species all together. So I was even skeptic in sharing >> with wrong id. But while reading the protologue I realised that it is >> supposed to be very pale violet only (dilute violaceus) which to me is >> same as the colours of the petals in the pic. May be you have seen >> some more colour variants. Do share pics if possible. >> >> Secondly, thanks a lot for the elaborate description. >> >> Thirdly, you have mentioned "Type probably from India". You are >> absolutely right because according to the protologue the type should >> be from Cochin only. >> >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Nice caption Pankaj ji >> > But Inflorescence is too whitish........ >> > >> > Floscopa scandens Lour. Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 192. 1790; Thw., Enum. Pl. >> > Zeyl. 323. 1864; Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 265. 1881; Hook. f., Fl. >> Br. >> > Ind. 6: 390.1892; Lakshminarshiman in Sharma et al., Fl. Maharashtra >> > (Monocot.) 169, 1996. Tradescantia paniculata Roxb., Pl. Corom. 2: 6, t. >> > 109. 1799; Moon. Cat. 24. 1824; Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 119. 1824. Type from >> > India. Tradescantia paniculata Roth., Nov. Sp. Pl. 188. 1821, nom. >> illeg., >> > non Roxb., 1799. Dithyrocarpus paniculatus (Roxb.)Kunth, Enum. 4: 79. >> > 1843.Floscopa paniculata (Roxb.) Hassk. in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 151. 1852; >> Thw., >> > Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 323. 1864. Dithyrocarpus petiolatus Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. >> Or. >> > 6: 32, t. 2079. 1853. Type from India. Dithyrocarpus rothii Wight, Ic. >> Pl. >> > Ind. Or. 6: 32, t. 2080. 1853. [Replacement name for Tradescantia >> paniculata >> > Roth, non Roxb,] Type from India. Dithyrocarpus undulates Wight, Ic. Pl. >> > Ind. Or. 6: 32, t. 2080. 1853. Type probably from India. >> > >> > Perennial forming dense stands, with decumbent stems 30-60 >> cm >> > tall much branched at the base. Leaves strongly reduced below the >> > inflorescence, sheaths 0.3-1.2 cm long, glabrous to densely pubescent, >> long >> > ciliate at the apex, lamina petiolate or at least strongly narrowed >> basally, >> > lanceolate-elliptic, 3.5-12 cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide, apex acute to >> acuminate, >> > base cuneata, petiole or narrow, basal portion ciliate on the margin and >> > pillose above, expanded portion usually scabrous above (occasionally >> > glabrous), glabrous below, margin scabrous. Inflorescence compound, >> dense to >> > moderately dense, more or less sessile, composed of terminal thyrse and >> > smaller, closely associated thyrses from the axils of the reduced, >> distal >> > leaves, ovate or obovate, 2..5-6.5 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, densely >> glandular >> > pubescent. Flowers 4-6 mm wide, pubescent; sepals 2-3.5 mm long, >> > pink-purple, glandular-pubescent; petals pink to lilac, upper two >> elliptic, >> > apex acute, lower one oblong, apex rounded; filaments of all but lower, >> > medial stamen fused basally, upper 3 stamens with anthers with a broad >> > connective and small distal anther sacs, yellow, lower 3 stamens with >> > anthers with a narrow whitish connective and larger, blackish anther >> sacs; >> > ovary stiptate, style long, slender pink, stigma small. Capsules >> > dorsiventrally compressed, stiptate, broadly ellipsoid to obovoid, >> rostrate. >> > Seeds hemispherical, elliptic in outline, testa grey to brown, ribbed >> with >> > 12-16 ribs, sometimes farinose, hilum on the edge of a deep ventral >> furrow, >> > embryotega white or whitish. >> > >> > Flowering and Fruiting: December to February. >> > >> > Distribution: India and Sri Lanka to Australia. >> > >> > Ecology: Forest, especially along streams. >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Beautiful photographs and excellent info. >> >> >> >> On Feb 7, 2:44 pm, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Floscopa scandens Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1: 193. 1790. >> >> > >> >> > Synonyms (Govaerts et al. 2011 - Kew Checklist): >> >> > Tradescantia paniculata Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 6 (1799). >> >> > Aneilema hispidum D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 45 (1825). >> >> > Commelina cymosa Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 4 (1827). >> >> > Commelina densiflora Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 4 (1827). >> >> > Commelina hispida Ham. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 25 (1827). >> >> > Commelina hamiltonii Spreng., Syst. Veg. 5: 186 (1828). >> >> > Tradescantia rufa C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 138 (1828). >> >> > Aneilema asperum Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List: 5204 (1831), nom. >> >> > inval. >> >> > Tradescantia geniculata Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 232 (1837). >> >> > Aneilema cymosum (Blume) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 69 (1843). >> >> > Aneilema densiflorum (Blume) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 69 (1843). >> >> > Dithyrocarpus meyenianus Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 78 (1843). >> >> > Dithyrocarpus paniculatus (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 79 (1843). >> >> > Dithyrocarpus rufus (C.Presl) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 79 (1843). >> >> > Floscopa paniculata (Roxb.) Hassk. in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 151 >> >> > (1852). >> >> > Floscopa rufa (C.Presl) Hassk. in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 151 >> (1852). >> >> > Dithyrocarpus petiolatus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2079 >> >> > (1853). >> >> > Dithyrocarpus rothii Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2079 (1853). >> >> > Dithyrocarpus undulatus Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 6: t. 2079 >> (1853). >> >> > Lamprodithyros paniculatus (Roxb.) Hassk., Flora 46: 389 (1863). >> >> > Floscopa hamiltonii (Spreng.) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 166 (1870). >> >> > Floscopa meyeniana (Kunth) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 167 (1870). >> >> > Floscopa petiolata (Wight) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 167 (1870). >> >> > Floscopa undulata (Wight) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 166 (1870). >> >> > Floscopa scandens var. vaginivillosa R.H.Miau, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. >> >> > Sunyatseni 1981(3): 116 (1981). >> >> > >> >> > Location: Palode, Thiruvananthapuram >> >> > Date: 24.01.2011 >> >> > Distribution: India, China, Nepal, Sr Lanka, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, >> >> > Vientam, Bornea, JAawa, Malaysia, Phillipines, Queensland. >> >> > Camera: Nikon D300 + 60mm Nikor + Macro Ring Flash. >> >> > >> >> > Attachments: >> >> > Three Images of plant and one image of protologue. >> >> > >> >> > Regards >> >> > Pankaj >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > *********************************************** >> >> > "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 >> >> > >> >> > Slide1.JPG >> >> > 320KViewDownload >> >> > >> >> > Slide2.JPG >> >> > 207KViewDownload >> >> > >> >> > Slide3.JPG >> >> > 229KViewDownload >> >> > >> >> > PROTOLOGUE FLOSCOPA SCANDENS.jpg >> >> > 805KViewDownload >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, >> > Research Student, >> > Department of Botany, >> > Shivaji University, >> > Kolhapur. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> *********************************************** >> "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 >> > >
