Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
Res: 932 Anand Kunj
Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018
NEW NAMES
Angelica archangelica Linn. subsp. himalaica (Clarke) G. Singh & Oza, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 16(1-4): 168, 1974.
Archangelica officinalis Hoffm. var. himalaica Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 707, 1879.
Calamagrostis griffithii (Bor) G. Singh Taxon, 33(1): 94, 1984.
Deyeuxia griffithii Bor in Rech.f, Fl. Iran. Lief. 70: 273, 1970.
Calamagrostis lahulensis G. Singh Taxon, 33(1): 94, 1984.
Deyeuxia pulchella (Griseb.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 268, 1896; Bor, Fl. Assam 5: 143, 1940; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 689, 1960; Hsu in Hara, Fl. E. Himal 1: 358, 1966; Hara et al., Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 1: 129, 1978.
The specific epithet pulchella is preoccupied by C. pulchlella Saut. ex Reichnb (1830) and C. pulchella Blytt (1861) representing two different taxa. The epithet proposed here is from Lahul in Himalayas where this species grows.
Calamagrostis nagarum (Bor) G. Singh Taxon, 33(1): 94, 1984.
Deyeuxia nagarum Bor, Indian For. Rec. n. s. 1, Bot. 69, 1938; Bor, Grasses Burma
Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 399, 1960.
Calamagrostis simlensis (Bor) G. Singh Taxon, 33(1): 94, 1984.
Deyeuxia nagarum Bor, Indian For. Rec. n. s. 3, Bot. 149, 1941; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 400, 1960.
Calamagrostis staintonii G. Singh Taxon, 33(1): 94, 1984.
Deyeuxia nepalensis Bor, Kew Bull. 1957: 411, 1958 (non Calamagrostis nepalensis Nees ex Steud.,1854); Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak.399, 1960; Hara et al., Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 1: 129, 1978.
Calamagrostis nepalensis Nees ex Steud. is a synonym for C. pseudophragmites (Hall.f) Koeler, a much different species with callus hairs 2-3 times the length of lemma, longer ligule and larger spikelets. The epithet proposed here is in honour of Stainton, the collector of the type specimen and one who has collected a lot in Nepal.
Calamagrostis tibetica (Bor) G. Singh Taxon, 33(1): 95, 1984.
Deyeuxia tibetica Bor, Kew Bull. 1949: 66, 1949; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak.400, 1960.
Dichanthium tuberculatum (Hack.) G. Singh, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 8(2): 497, 1986
Andropogon tuberculatus Hack. in DC., Monogr. Phan. 6: 404, 1889.
Eremopogon tuberculatus (Hack.) A. Camus; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak.149,
1960.
Elymus afghanicus (Melderis) G. Singh Taxon, 32(4): 639, 1983.
Agropyron afghanicum Melderis in Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 689, 1960.
Elymus dentatus (Hook.f.) Tszvelev var. elatus (Hook.f.) G. Singh, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 8(2): 497, 1986
Agropyron dentatum Hook.f. var. elatum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7:371, 1896; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 662, 1960.
Elymus dentatus (Hook.f.) Tszvelev var. kashmiricus (Melderis) G. Singh, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 8(2): 497, 1986
Agropyron dentatum Hook.f. var. kashmiricum Melderis in Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl.
Ind. Pak. 690, 1960.
Elymus dentatus (Hook.f.) Tszvelev var. scabrus (Nevski) G. Singh, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 8(2): 497,1986
Agropyron dentatum Hook.f. var. scabrum Nevski in Bull. Jard. Bot. Acad. Sc. URSS
30: 626, 1932; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 662,1960.
Elymus duthiei (Melderis) G. Singh Taxon, 32(4): 639, 1983.
Agropyron duthiei Melderis in Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 690, 1960.
Elymus X interjacens (Melderis) G. Singh Taxon, 32(4): 639, 1983.
Agropyron X interjacens Melderis in Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 691, 1960.
Elymus X nothus (Melderis) G. Singh Taxon, 32(4): 639, 1983.
Agropyron X nothum Melderis in Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 691, 1960.
Elymus X spurius (Melderis) G. Singh Taxon, 32(4): 639, 1983.
Agropyron X spurium Melderis in Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 695, 1960.
Elymus semicostatus (Nees ex Steud.) Melderis var. thomsonii (Hook.f.) G. Singh, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 8(2): 498, 1986
Agropyron semicostatum Nees ex Steud. var. thomsonii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 369, 1896; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 666,1960.
Elymus semicostatus (Nees ex Steud.) Melderis var. validus (Melderis) G. Singh, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 8(2): 498, 1986
Agropyron striatum var. validum Melderis in Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 696,1960.
Elymus thoroldianus (Oliver) G. Singh Taxon, 32(4): 640, 1983.
Agropyron thoroldianum Oliverin Hook., Ic. Pl. t. 2262,1893; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 667, 1960.
Elymus thoroldianus (Oliver) G. Singh var. laxiusculus (Melderis) G. Singh Taxon, 32(4): 640, 1983.
Agropyron thoroldianum Oliverin var laxiusculus Melderis in Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 696, 1960.
Elymus tibeticus (Melderis) G. Singh Taxon, 32(4): 640, 1983.
Agropyron tibeticum Melderis in Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 696, 1960.
Padus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle) Steud. var. villosa (Hara) G. Singh, Indian For. 100: 498, 1974.
Prunus cornuta Wall. ex Royle f. villosa (Hara) Hara, Fl. East. Himal. 2nd. report 54, 1971.