'..both FoM & FBI mention it, though the former calls it puberulous and the latter hispid...'
Please read as: ..both FoM & FBI mention it, though the latter calls it puberulous and the former hispid. On Sunday, July 8, 2012 10:31:49 PM UTC+5:30, Samir Mehta wrote: > > That's one of the things I considered Rajesh ji,but according to the keys > Maytenus > senegalensis is an 'armed' plant plus what really was decisive was the hair > on the veins below, both FoM & FBI mention it, though the former calls it > puberulous and the latter hispid. > I will also like to point out that certain features [in this case - hair > on the leaf under-surface] are missed in the field & appreciated only on > post-processing. My field id was Maytenus sp. > > I am still open to correction provided a logical reason is given. > > Trust that answers your query. > > Regards, > > Samir Mehta > > > > > > On Sunday, July 8, 2012 9:19:04 PM UTC+5:30, Rajesh Sachdev wrote: >> >> Dr Mahta, >> Why not Maytenus senegalensis ? >> >> On 8 July 2012 20:20, Samir Mehta <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Fellow Group-Members, >>> >>> Got a chance to go to Prabalgad with a trekking group, had wanted to go >>> there for a long time, after seeing Prasant ji's posts from that area. As >>> was to be expected, it was more of a trek than a flower watching trip - and >>> a difficult one too. >>> >>> Spotted this large unarmed shrub just short of Prabal machi, about ? >>> 1000 ft asl, the lower surface of the leaf had hairs on the veins (cannot >>> remember whether they were hispid or puberulous); flower size was >>> approx.1cm. >>> >>> There seems to be some confusion in the taxonomic nomenclature >>> (unresolved in the plant list and not listed at ARS-GRIN and FoC or Fl >>> Pakistan). >>> The id is based on Fl. Maharashtra 1:241 & 243, but here flowering >>> season is given as Dec-Jan, needs to be checked and FBI 1:619. >>> The shrub is not listed in Shrikant ji's Flowers of Sahyadri or Further >>> Flowers >>> of Sahyadri and no image of it was available for comparison in the >>> group database or on the net. >>> >>> Will appreciate if this post can be validated. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> Rajesh Sachdev >> http://project-matheran.webs.com >> https://www.facebook.com/leopardguy >> >> >> >>
