Physalis angulata

DV – 22DEC07 – 0108 :: Physalis sp. – efloraofindia | Google Groups :

Physalis species … angled stem, blue-anthered flower, and black-nerved fruit.
This plant is most probably different from …, posted at efi thread
ID please.

… me thinks, this is Physalis angulata … friends, please validate.

… upload has put me in dilemma. If we go by the paper kindly suggested by … (and it can’t be ignored being a very recent paper in a reputed Journal), then my plant fits P. lagascae in leaves, flowers, anthers and overall appearance, but when we look at fruiting calyx the size, shape and colour does not allow you to ignore P. angulata as per this paper. I would request colleagues to kindly give your opinion.
    It is another matter that some authorities (GRIN) consider P. lagascae as synonym of P. minima. Then we have to decide between P. minima (P. lagascae) or P. angulata.

And yes colleagues
Two more things to be noted in my specimens. The anthers seem to be bluish in colour (P. angulata) whereas they are yellow in … specimen (P. minima/lagascae). Another feature to note is that Flora of China keys out the two species on the basis of fruiting pedicel being 10-25 mm long in P. angulata, 3-8 mm in P. minima. Mt seems to be at least less than 10 mm.

As per the link Missouri Plants it doesn’t seem to be P. longifolia whose anthers are yellow and even the fruiting calyx doesn’t match.

I am adding complete description of the plant and also other details and using bold text for similar character with these photos
Purdue

Please note that pedicel of P. angulata could range from 7 -10mm while on anthesis. according to this source: Hear

It is interesting to have another species in contention from the minima complex. Differentiating key for P. minima, P. angulata and P. lagascae are available at Eflora of China website. Could you kindly provide key to separate P. longifolia from these?

… your plant should be Physalis angulata L. based on the flower and fruit characters. Fruiting calyx is glabrous, green with purple nerves on it is one of the distinguishing characters. Prof. V.S.Raju et al. have solved the problem in identifying Physalis. Pl check this link for the paper: Plant systematics
also pl read: Banglagol

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This was my first observation when I uploaded the plant. Flowers, anthers and fruiting calyx match P. angulata, only the leaves put me to doubt. They are supposed to be dentate in P. angulata.

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…, i think it is a variation (the species is said to be highly variable). The description in the following reference reads as: “… Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, acute, margins irregularly toothed,…”
Banglagol

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A point mentioned in article of Prof Raju et al….
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… Thus, several of the Physalis species and their natural hybrids are now well-established invasive weeds of disturbed landscapes and crops throughout the tropics, including Asia. …
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makes me wonder whether we are seeing natural hybrids.

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Fruits & Vegetables Week: Physalis minima, the sunberry:
Physalis minima, the sunberry, a wild herb yields fruits which are edible and eaten raw or preserved, the leaves are also used as vegetable.

Local names
Hindi: Tulati pati
Beng: Ban ripariya
Mar: Chirboti, dhan mori
Guj: Parpoti, popti
Tel: Kupanti, budda budama
Tam: Tholtakali
Kan: Gudde hannu
Mal: Njodi njotta

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To be taken as P. angulata.

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Solanaceae Fortnight: Physalis angulata from Delhi-GSFEB45/48 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
Physalis angulata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 183. 1753.

Annual herb, profusely branched, glabrescent; leaves ovate to elliptic, up to 6 cm long, base cuneate, margin entire or dentate, petiole up to 5 cm long; flowers singly in leaf axils or branch forks; pedicel up to 12 mm long; calyx split up to middle, lobes lanceolate, 4-5 mm long; corolla pale yellow, spotted in throat, 6-8 mm in diam; anthers bluish; fruiting calyx ovoid, gradually narrowed towards tip, purple veined, weekly 10-angled; berry 12 mm in diam.
Photographed from Delhi

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Solnacaea week:Physalis minima:
Physalis minima found at Sawantwadi, Maharashtra

–  Plant systematics– this link it gives details of species Physalis
   It says (vi) Nicolson et al. (1988) reduced P. minima L. as a synonym of P. angulata L.
There is a need to typify Physalis minima L. However, Edmonds (personal communication) opines that the typification of the Linnaean P. minima is complex, with the lectotype (Hort. Cliff. no. 62, Physalis 5) being conspecific to P. angulata. Therefore, she considers it as a synonym of the latter in her forthcoming account of Solanaceae in Flora of Tropical East Africa. Most of the descriptions and plates on which Linnaeus based his species also refer to P. angulata rather than to the small-flowered prostrate plant, usually known as “P. minima” (that we treat here as Physalis lagascae).
Conversely, in the Indian taxonomic literature, we are dealing with two distinct elements (Table 1) under the name P. minima: First  one is an erect, robust, smooth, tetraploid taxon with bigger flowers (>7 mm across), bluish anthers, and fruiting calyces tinged purple   No. 2 RAJU et al.：The myth of “minima” and “maxima”, the species of Physalis 241(P. angulata). The second one is a diffuse to erect, relatively smaller, pubescent, diploid taxon with smaller (<6 mm across) flowers (parviflora or micrantha), yellow anthers, and greenish
fruiting calyces (P. lagascae).

– Yeah Key is useful but then i must be wrong in id of my plant,i think picture i hv posted should be Physalis angulata according to this key..is it…

– Thanks … for useful information. This should really help in understanding our photographs.

– Yes looks like P. angulata
Here is mine from Delhi

– These are mine. Taken on my property in August 2010. Presume they are Physalis minima.

– I think the same Physalis angulata, since P. minima L. is no longer an accepted name http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-29600210

– Dr. Almeida in his ‘Flora of Maharashtra’ Vol 3-B lists Physalis angulata & Physalis minima as distinct species.
Furthermore, he states that though P.angulata has been recorded from a few places in Maharashtra, it is a native of the West Indies.
Will therefore have to stick with my plants being Physalis minima.

– Perhaps you did not get my point. P. minima L. is no longer a valid name and as such can’t be used for any species, in the same way as we can’t call any species as Solanum indicum. The plants hitherto known as Physalis minima L. are as such correctly P. angulata L. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-29604078

– Sought a clarification from Dr. Almeida. His take on this:
–         Most of the Physalis species found in India are not indigenous but introduced from the Americas.
–         Linnaeus described Physalis minima and hence a type specimen must exist.
–         The nomenclature of Indian species is rather ambiguous – specimens initially described [possibly even in Cooke’s Flora] as P. minima had large flowers and would therefore now be labelled P.angulata.
–         P.minima [with tiny flowers] does exist and has been recorded by Dr. Almeida in a few places including the Borivali N.P., Bombay.
My plants have large flowers and would therefore be P.angulata.

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Link below:
/species/m—z/s/solanaceae/physalis

Thanks, … But your mentioned species is not found in India. Pl. See details in my given link.

Also check theplantlist link for  latest change in its name : http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2549450 as well as http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-29600210.

Thanks, …. Pl. check details in red and blue from latest publication at
/species/m—z/s/solanaceae/physalis/physalis-angulata

For me it looks like Physalis minima L. (accepted name as per theplantlist : 
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2549450).
According to other link of theplantlist;
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-29600210
Physalis minima L. is a synonym of Physalis angulata var. angulata. Which is the valid name and the latest version.

Format copied: well done, I am glad.

There should be no minima/ maxima in Physalis by now. The posted specimen fits the bill for Physalis angulata {and by same token Physalis joe-diasii as well …… because the difference between two is only leaf margin, as per description in EFI, and definitely this needs be studied more.
In my view, a difference of single character in two species is ok for field work, there should be more on closer examination.}

Thanks …  Which official website needs to be checked for the latest/ correct names ?  As of now I am referring to theplantlist as the authentic website.

Better check efi site as we have been correcting which ever source best suits us and also depending on our discussions.

Attachments (1)- Physalis_max-min.pdf

… this paper was quoted many times by … in discussions in Indian Flora fb group, it has been quoted in Physalis page in EFI as well.
I find it very helpful.

81 ID wild plant Physalis minima: 12 images.

Physalis minima

Physalis lagascae. Roem. & Schult.

I didn’t know that there are many variables, the fruit image that I already sent was another plant’s.  So I am sharing the correct fruit image of said plant,

I too agree with … but for confirmation need some more information, like clear habit and flower pics,
Sorry, …,  hope it’s not lagascae because haven’t echinate fruit,

Please go through this post of mine, we don’t have P. minima as such in India
Let us evaluate our Physalis species (google.com)

Physalis minima is the synonym of P.lagascea  ??????
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/265850

in Indian context, P. minima could be P. angulata or P. lgascae
Above plant is P. lagascae

It is Physalis angulata L. as per images and details herein and as per comparative images at Physalis

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Indian plants identified as P. minima can be P. angulata or P. lagascae

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Physalis angulata L.

Physalis minima

Physically check with the key available at the following link https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/20/physalis/
It is difficult to check with the limited photos by others.
There is no P.minima at present I think.

1 high res. image

Yes, agree with …, for Physalis angulata as per images and details herein.

Physalis angulata L.

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Botanical name: physalis angulata: 2 high res. images.
Location: Rajouri j and k
Habit: Herb
Date: 25 July 2021

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Physalis Species for ID : Mumbai : 28DEC21 : AK – 25: 3 images.
Physalis Species seen in Mumbai growing wild.

Physalis angulata L. ??

Yes, it looks close.

Yes Physalis angulata

Yes, appears close to images at Physalis angulata L.

Yes P. angulata

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SK 3256 24 December 2021: 8 very high res. images.

Yes, appears close to images at Physalis angulata L.

Both flower and fruit suggest P. peruviana

I guess it is closer to P. angulata based on glabrous leaf and stem and even flower !

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Swamy/New series/ID/51 – Physalis species for ID: 3 images.
I am forwarding herewith the photographs received for ID (from Chennai) with a tag Physalis minima. Please confirm the ID or otherwise. For me this one looks like Physalis angulata. There is lot of confusion on these two species. according to some there is no P.minima. Please clarify: a request to experts..

I guess you are right

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Dholpur, January 2022 :: Physalis for ID :: ARK2022-059: 3 high res. images.
This was clicked at Dholpur, Rajasthan on the banks of the Chambal river in January 2022
Requested to please ID.

I think it is close to the images at Physalis angulata L.

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Physalis lagascae in FOI:
Kasim ji’s images of Physalis lagascae in FOI, are not correctly identified as they look different from images at POWO.
I think it is some variation of Physalis angulata L. only, as per images and details herein.
Pl. correct.

You are right … It may be a form of Physalis angulata.

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