Ok Surjit ji. Thank you.
Saroj Kasaju On Sun, Jul 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, Saroj ji, for the updated id. > > With Regards, > > Surajit Koley > > On Wed, 9 Jul, 2025, 2:39 pm Saroj Kumar Kasaju, <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Please check *Crinum ×amabile *Donn ex Ker Gawl. >> >> Thank you >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, October 26, 2012 at 9:53:36 PM UTC+5:45 >> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:136254] incredible Crinum from Hooghly >> To: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> Cc: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Sir, >> >> Thank you very much for elaborating on three species of *Crinum*. Since >> i do not have bulb size and segment size i understand that this species >> should better be left as *Crinum* sp. only. Moreover i am not sure if >> this plant is fragrant or not, even if it is fragrant surely would be >> mildly. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Surajit ji >> Incidentally I have Bailey, Manual of Cultivated plants (a standard >> reference for cultivated plants) which treats Crinum asiaticum, C. amabile >> and C. augustum as three distinct species. Former is differentiated by >> white perianth and latter two by perianth red at least on outside. The >> author admits C. augustum as "doubtfully specifically distinct from A. >> amabile" differing in larger bulbs (up to 15 cm in diam.), less fragrant, >> and broader perianth segments (12-20 mm broad) as against smaller bulb, >> highly fragrant flowers and 10-12 mm broad segments. C. asiaticum is >> considered as a very variable species with bulb 10-13 cm in diam, flowers >> highly fragrant, white, with 10-12 mm broad segments. >> Perhaps we should avoid consulting The Plant List for cases where >> better options like GRIN are available. The Plant List records all the >> three as distinct species, but interestingly considers A. amabile var. >> augustum (Roxb. ex Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl. as synonym of C. asiaticum var. >> asiaticum,, but if you look at their source (World Checklist) the citation >> is C. augustum Roxb. (which The Plant List treats as independent species) >> as synonym of C. amabile. >> It would be good to know whether our plants fits C. amabile or C. >> augustum on the basis of bulb size and perianth width, and wait for some >> recent publication which treats them better. GRIN considers C. amabile as >> synonym of C. asiaticum, whereas Kew Worl Check List treats C. amabile as >> independant species with C. augustum as its synonym. >> >> -- >> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:53 PM, surajit koley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Sir, >> >> If you click the following two google search - >> >> 1. *Crinum augustum* = >> >> https://www.google.co.in/search?q=Crinum+augustum&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=u-eJUNzlBqmWiQf-oYGgCA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1517&bih=710 >> 2. *Crinum asiaticum* var. *asiaticum* = >> >> https://www.google.co.in/search?q=Crinum+asiaticum+var.+asiaticum&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=6umJUJyPAbGTiQfR0ICgAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1517&bih=710 >> >> the first link gives you majority pinkish white flower while the 2nd >> gives majority white flowers! >> >> According to The Plant List - >> >> 1. *Crinum augustum* Roxb. ex Ker Gawl. is a synonym of *Crinum >> asiaticum* var. *asiaticum* >> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-303331> >> 2. *Crinum amabile* var. *augustum* (Roxb. ex Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl. is >> a synonym of *Crinum asiaticum* var. *asiaticum* >> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-309972> >> 3. *Crinum asiaticum* var. *asiaticum* is an accepted name >> <http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-310841> >> >> GRIN list of *Crinum* = >> http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3075 >> >> NTBG has some description = >> http://www.ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=11808 >> Dave's Garden = http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/90355/#b >> >> This is an ornamental herb, *Crinum* sp., in a private compound beside a >> pond, recorded on 5/10/2012 in Hooghly. >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEf%3DytRcx5Gie7AFcCBU10eLv0J4zJyrTqqhJ4FtDPvdacmd5A%40mail.gmail.com.
