Celosia argentea-10/8/2011MN

[mani nair]

Dear friends,

Sending a photo of Cockscomb (Celosia argentea)  from my garden.

Date  :  7.2.2010

Time  :  3.30 p.m.

Place: Dombivli

Regards,

Mani

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Mani ji

Formerly recognised as var. cristata, but not now

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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/ 

[Neil Soares]

Hi Prof.Singh,   You are right. Dr.Almeida in his 'Flora of Maharashtra' Vol 4A has labelled this Celosia cristata [syn. C.argentea var.cristata / Cock's comb] whereas Yadav & Sardesai in their 'Flora of Kholapur District'  list it as C.argentea var. cristata [locally called Kombada].   Celosia argentea is a distinct species and my photographs of it are available at this link :   https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/ca9fc763c7bf8232/3d01a68050e57416?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Celosia+argentea+Neil+Soares#3d01a68050e57416                                        Regards,                                       Neil Soares. --- On Wed, 8/10/11, Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Gurcharan Singh]

Strangely GRIN does not seem to be agreeing with Kew Plant List. Although Kew Plant list treats this simply as synonym of C. argentea, GRIN (last updated in May, 2011) treats it as Celosia argentea var. cristata.

-- 
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/ 

[mani nair]

Thanks Gurcharanji and Mr. Soares for the info and ID.

Regards,

Mani.

[H S]

interested to know by what name our group treat this plant

regards,

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 - H.S.

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