Gargji, Again it is matter of opinion, I have studied all the specimens available at Calcutta and Pune herbarium, as well as in RBG, Kew and some European herbaria during my visit and concluded that the variations of gracilis and deccanensis are not much and intermediate forms are there.
Sampath KumarFrom: "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com>Sent: Thu, 14 May 2015 13:57:26 To: "V. Sampath Kumar" <vskuma...@rediffmail.com>Cc: "indiantreepix@googlegroups.com" <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, Alka <alka...@gmail.com>Subject: Re: Fwd: [efloraofindia:223946] Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Lamiaceae :: Pogostemon deccanensis :: Satara :: ARKMAY-18/18 Thanks, Sampath ji. But as per WCSP, Pogostemon erectus var. gracilis (Dalzell) Panigrahi is a syn. of Pogostemon erectus (Dalzell) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 530 (1891). & Pogostemon deccanensis (Panigrahi) Press is another accepted species. On 8 May 2015 at 15:02, V. Sampath Kumar <vskuma...@rediffmail.com> wrote: >From the photos I can see it is Pogostemon erectus group. But not able to say >which variety it falls. Any way I provide key for further help. Calyx 1.5 – 2.0 mm long, nerves thick and muc conspicusous, tomentose outside; nutlets ca 0.8 mm long, obovoid var. tomentosus Calyx less than 1.5 mm long, nerves inconspicuous or slightly visible, villous outside; nutlets ca 0.5 mm long, subglobose: Internodes 10 – 20(-25) mm long; leaves usually 9 to 12 in a whorl, 8 – 12(-15) mm long var. erectu Internodes 2 – 8 mm long; leaves usually 6 in a whorl, 3 – 8(-10) mm long var. gracilis (= P. deccanensis) Sampath Kumar DR. V. SAMPATH KUMARScientist, Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India,B. Garden (P.O), HOWRAH -711 103,W. Bengal, INDIA.Thanks for not printing this e-mail unless you really need toFrom: "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com>Sent: Fri, 08 May 2015 13:09:16 To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>Cc: Alka <alka...@gmail.com>Subject: Fwd: [efloraofindia:223136] Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Lamiaceae :: Pogostemon deccanensis :: Satara :: ARKMAY-18/18 Forwarding again for validation please. efi page on Pogostemon deccanensis ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Alka Khare <alka...@gmail.com>Date: 4 May 2015 at 10:17Subject: [efloraofindia:222643] Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight :: Lamiaceae :: Pogostemon deccanensis :: Satara :: ARKMAY-18/18To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Hello friends Attached are pictures of Pogostemon deccanensis captured at Satara in October 2014. Requested to validate the ID. Thanks and regards Alka Khare -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.to post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com.Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix.For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.-- With regards,J.M.Garg ';;Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna';;The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia website (with a species database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia. Also author of ';;A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India';;. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.to post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com.Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix.For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
