[Taxacom] Now Acacia and Vachellia confusion

[Gurcharan Singh]

I am forwarding it again as Acacia nilotica was repeated by me Vachellia
nilotica
The Plant list was designed out to help botanists pick out the accepted
names and synonym as the opening line on home page indicates '1,064,035
scientific plant names of species rank. Of these 350,699 are accepted'
    Every time I visit the database to know the accepted name, I find the
database more and more confused, and I have communicated most to the
authorities in 20 plus communications.
     This time trying to find accepted name for our common species here in
Delhi, I find*Acacia* *nilotica* subsp. *indica* (Benth.) Brenan is
an accepted name

*Acacia* *nilotica* (L.) Delile is an accepted name but unfortunately
although all other subspecies are listed, but not subsp. nilotica
And now look under Vachellia,
*Vachellia* *nilotica* (L.) P.J.H. Hurter & Mabb.is an accepted name

Not only basionym *Mimosa* *nilotica* L. is missing from the synonyms but
there is no mention of eight subspecies recognised under under Acacia
nilotica.

Where is The Plant List leading

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 Fri, May 22, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singhg45 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The Plant list was designed out to help botanists pick out the accepted
> names and synonym as the opening line on home page indicates '1,064,035
> scientific plant names of species rank. Of these 350,699 are accepted'
>     Every time I visit the database to know the accepted name, I find the
> database more and more confused, and I have communicated most to the
> authorities in 20 plus communication.
>      This time trying to find accepted name for our common species here in
> Delhi, I find *Acacia* *nilotica* subsp. *indica* (Benth.) Brenan is
> an accepted name
>
> *Acacia* *nilotica* (L.) Delile is an accepted name but unfortunately
> although all other subspecies are listed, but not subsp. nilotica
> And now look under Vachellia,
> *Acacia* *nilotica* (L.) Delile is an accepted name
>
> Not only basionym *Mimosa* *nilotica* L. is missing from the synonyms but
> there is no mention of eight subspecies recognised under under Acacia
> nilotica.
>
> Where is The Plant List leading
>
>
>
> 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/
>