Dear Sid, That was really news for me. I was really stupid of me because I never thought that way. I always used to think that Cochinchinensis if for Cochin!!! :( Thanks for information. Pankaj
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Sid <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- *********************************************** "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
