Amit ji I request you to compare your plant with this one and decide which one is more white
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thymus_serpyllum_var_albus2.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thymus_serpyllum_var_albus1.jpg -- 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 Thu, May 26, 2011 at 2:03 PM, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sir, > > I have checked the flowers are pink in colour > > regards > > On 5/26/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Amit ji > > I would request you to recheck your population. Typical Thymus serpyllum > > var. serpyllum also has pink flowers. Your clearly has white flowers and > > should be *Thymus* *serpyllum* var. *albus* B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach. This > > according to Kew Plant List is now correctly known as *Thymus > **linearis* > > var. *album* (B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach.) > > H.B.Naithani<http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-205010> > > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-205010 > > > > Perhaps any publication which describes or keys out the two species > should > > help. > > > > This link should help in understanding Thymus serpyllum > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus_serpyllum > > > > > > -- > > 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 Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:07 PM, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> No sir this population was introduced from some Mediterranean country > >> way back in 1990's at our farm by one of the researcher it is typical > >> Thymus serpyllum L. There is lot of confusion about T. serpyllum in > >> India most of the earlier authors reported T. linearis of Indian > >> Himalaya with the name of preceding species. In Indian Himalaya only > >> one species of Thyme grows i.e. T. linearis as collected by you from > >> kashmir and manali. > >> > >> On 5/26/11, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Yes Amit ji > >> > This population seems to be different from ones I have seen in Kashmir > >> and > >> > Manali, where the flowers have pnkish tinge. > >> > > >> > By the way the correct name for our species is now Thymus linearis > >> > > >> > *Thymus linearis* Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 31 1830. > >> > syn: Thymus serpyllum auct. Himal (non L.) > >> > > >> > Your plant with white flowers seems to be > >> > *Thymus* *linearis* var. *album* (B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach.) > H.B.Naithani > >> > Fl. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan 346 1990 > >> > * > >> > * > >> > * > >> > -- > >> > 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 Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:25 AM, amit chauhan <amitci...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Dear all, > >> >> > >> >> Sending photos of Thymus serpyllum cultivated at our institutes farm. > >> >> Highly prized as spice and condiments, antiseptic, and having > >> >> essential oil rich in thymol which is used as powerful antifungal > >> >> agent. > >> >> > >> >> regards > >> >> -- > >> >> Dr. Amit Chauhan > >> >> Junior Technical Assistant > >> >> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > >> >> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, > >> >> Uttarakhand 263149 > >> >> ph.05944 234445 > >> >> mob.+919412161087 > >> >> mail: amitci...@gmail.com > >> >> amitci...@rediffmail.com > >> >> amit.chau...@cimap.res.in > >> >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Dr. Amit Chauhan > >> Junior Technical Assistant > >> Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > >> Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, > >> Uttarakhand 263149 > >> ph.05944 234445 > >> mob.+919412161087 > >> mail: amitci...@gmail.com > >> amitci...@rediffmail.com > >> amit.chau...@cimap.res.in > >> > > > > > -- > Dr. Amit Chauhan > Junior Technical Assistant > Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Research Centre, > Pantnagar, PO Dairy Farm Nagla, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, > Uttarakhand 263149 > ph.05944 234445 > mob.+919412161087 > mail: amitci...@gmail.com > amitci...@rediffmail.com > amit.chau...@cimap.res.in >
