Neil Sir, I understand that my species is Sida retusa, not S. rhombifolia. You know it much better than me. Please, tell me, of the followings, which one is correct -
1. *Sida retusa = Sida rhombifolia* L. 2. *Sida retusa* L. = *Sida alnifolia* var. *alnifolia* 3. *Sida retusa* is not connected to any of the above Thank you & Regards, surajit On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > You are most welcome Surajit. Sending you some of my more recent > photographs of Sida retusa. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Tue, 9/4/12, surajit koley <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:128413] Sida rhombifolia L. (?) from Hooghly > To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> > Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 6:29 PM > > Neil Sir, > > The images of *Sida retusa* (your uploads - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/wildflowerindia/Y7Lyh4_z5tg/discussion) > do perfectly match with herbarium found at - > http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/view_large.cfm?SpecimenPK=151598&idThumb=378002&SpecimenSequenz=1&loan=0 > > I thought my pics resemble with the herbarium at - > http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/view_large.cfm?SpecimenPK=151592&idThumb=377939&SpecimenSequenz=1&loan=0. > But > my inexperienced eyes and lack of knowledge are very likely to deceive me. > > Thank you very much for the correct id of this Sida. > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Neil Soares > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hi, > Affirmative. This is Sida retusa. [Don't go by the leaves at the top of > the plant. Check the leaves lower down]. As Dr.Almeida explained to me when > I posed the same questions to him - retusa means 'cut' - its as if someone > has abruptly cut the leaves. Whereas in Sida rhombifolia, the leaves are > rhomboid. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Tue, 9/4/12, surajit koley > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: surajit koley > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:128413] Sida rhombifolia L. (?) from Hooghly > To: "Neil Soares" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Cc: "efloraofindia" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 12:07 AM > > Neil Sir, > > Though my flowers differ with your picture of *S. rhombifolia* at - > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/cWZmjt6gng0/discussion, i > think my leaves differ with that of your images of *S. retusa* leaves at > - https://groups.google.com/d/topic/wildflowerindia/Y7Lyh4_z5tg/discussion > . > > Besides, the following websites informs *S. retusa = S, rhombifolia* L. > or *S. rhombifolia* L. subsp. *rhombifolia* - > > 1. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33900 > 2. > > http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Sida_rhombifolia.htm > 3. http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/ > > On the other hand The Plant List informs - > > 1. *Sida retusa* L. is a synonym of *Sida alnifolia* var. *alnifolia* > - http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-19601817 > 2. more synonyms of the above - > http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-19603576 > > I am confused. Attaching one more photographs, a larger one, for your > perusal. > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Neil Soares > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Hi, > Negative. This is Sida retusa. Please check these links for my > photographs and our previous discussion on this : > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Sida$20retusa$20Neil$20Soares/wildflowerindia/Y7Lyh4_z5tg/GuQwons9sIIJ > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Sida$20retusa$20Neil$20Soares/indiantreepix/cWZmjt6gng0/oAjbrJq0bCUJ > > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > > --- On *Mon, 9/3/12, surajit koley > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: surajit koley > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: [efloraofindia:128413] Sida rhombifolia L. (?) from Hooghly > To: "efloraofindia" > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1601.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Date: Monday, September 3, 2012, 10:54 PM > > Sir, > > I hope this is *Sida rhombifolia L.*, the Bengali name of which has been > stated as LAL-BERELA in the book, Plant Groups, by H. Mukherji. > > Species : *Sida rhombifolia* L. ? > Habit & Habitat : wild herb, about 2 feet, found on roadside, pictures > were taken from two individual plants at the same place > Date : 01/09/12 & 03/09/12 > Place : Kamarkundu (Hooghly) > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > > > > --
