Desmos lawii (Hook. f. & Thomson) Saff., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 506 1912. (Syn: Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thomson);
DES-mos -- Greek: desmos (band or chain) ... Dave's Botanary LAW-ee-eye -- named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist commonly known as: Sahyadri ylang-ylang • Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram • Marathi: रान चाफा ran chapha Young shoots sericeus tomentose. Leaves 9-13 x 3-4 cm, ovate-oblong, apex acute, base rounded, glaucous below, nerves 8 pairs. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels 2-4 cm long, slender, bracteate; sepals to 9 x 6 mm, obovate, pubescent, yellowish green; petals biseriate, 5-7 x 0.5 cm, linear-oblong, pubescent; stamens 1 mm long; ovaries many, densely hairy, stigma globose, red. Fruitlets to 7 x 6 mm, globose-oblong, stipitate, beaked; seeds globose; stipe 1 cm long, slender. Flowering and fruiting: October-January Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests South India and Sri Lanka
Names of Plants in India :: Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff.: 5 images. 1 post by 1 author.     DES-mos -- Greek: desmos (band or chain) ... Dave's Botanary LAW-ee-eye -- named in honour of J. S. Law, ICS and botanist commonly known as: Sahyadri ylang-ylang • Malayalam: കാരപ്പൂമരം karappumaram • Marathi: रानचाफा ranchapha botanical names: Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff. ... synonym: Unona lawii Hook.f. & Thoms. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Photographed at Akala Gavi, Ulavi, Karnataka on 25 MAY 13 Many thanks to ... for the ID. More views of the sighting ... Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Annonaceae » Desmos lawii in Uttara Kannada :: DVMAR05 : 6 posts by 5 authors. 5 images. Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff. at Akala Gavi on 25 MAY 13 Nice pictures of Desmos lawii
Annonaceae of central WG (Goa, Karnataka) - 1. Desmos lawii : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5). The form of the corolla seems to be quite variable in this species. There is another species D. viridiflorus distributed in Kerala, but the differences seem very unclear to me. Anybody on the group seen D. viridiflorus?
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Annonaceae » Desmos lawii at Karnataka:: PKA-March-16:::: : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors. This climbing Shrub was spotted en-route " Aakalu Gavi Caves, Ulavi, Karnataka". Bot. name: Desmos lawii Family: Annonaceae. Local name: Ranchapha Another very good upload.
Akala Gavi :: Desmos lawii :: DVFEB12/45 : 1 post by 1 author. Akala Gavi ... Yellapur, Karnataka Date: 25 MAY 2013 ... Altitude: about 580 m asl Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Saff. ... (family: Annonaceae)
ANAPR21 Desmos chinensis Lour. (syn. Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff.) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) Family: Annonaceae Date: 5th April 2015 Place: Agumbe, Karnataka Habit: Shrub So far as I know, it is a variable species. Both are different as per A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae by I. M. Turner- Nordic Journal of Botany 33: 257–299, 2015- Species in India with distribution: Desmos chinensis Lour.- India; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Burma Desmos dumosus (Roxb.) Saff.- India [West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram]; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Burma Desmos lawii (Hook. f. & Thomson) Saff.- India [Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu] ....................................................................... Which one you are referring to here ? I am attaching herewith an image of the possible isolectotype of Desmos lawii downloaded from the website of Kew herbarium (K 000691354) for comparison. Image of the lectotype is available at the website of Gray Herbarium (GH 00039292). While Desmos chinensis is a widespread species, the other, i. e. D. lawii, recognized by Ian Turner (2015) as a distinct species, is restricted to peninsular India. The latter was once merged with D. chinensis with a varietal status. Coming back to the present images, having some acquaintance with the species of Desmos and the variations exhibited by D. chinensis, I would like to support the view of Turner (2015) that D. lawii may be treated as a distinct species, restricted to peninsular India, differing consistently from D. chinensis in the much shorter sepals and the linear rather than lanceolate petals. While D. lawii is very common in Karnataka, D. chinensis is rather scarce in peninsular India. The present images match well with the type specimens of D. lawii. Thank you very much ... for bringing up this descrepancy. Thank you too, for clarifying, ... References: A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae by I. M. Turner- Nordic Journal of Botany 33: 257–299, 2015 |
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