Thanks, Chadwell ji ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> Date: 17 Nov 2016 8:39 pm Subject: Clematis orientalis - further comments To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> Cc:
In my recent posting of two images of C.orientalis from Ladakh, I neglected to mention that in addition to this species often having smaller flowers than the other species in Ladakh the main features to note are the reflexed sepals (though they can begin as spreading eventually becoming reflexed) and the glaucous lobed or unlobed leaflets. Dickore & Klimes recognise a Clematis orientalis var. tenuifolia from Ladakh (in addition to C.orientalis which presumably means var. orientalis) - "tenuifolia" meaning narrow. A var. robusta with rather larger flowers borne in several-tiered inflorescences is know but only from Eastern Afghanistan. Clematis orientalis is also found in Turkey and Iran. As to Clematis tibetana proper, this is found in Nepal. The authors of 'Flora of Mustang' (2008) recognised a subspecies *brevipes* as a new subspecies but I do not know if this has been accepted. C.tibetana var. vernayi (or subspecies vernayi) which Grey-Wilson called it being given as a synonym. This taxon is found on rocky slopes and shrubberies, margins of crop fields and waste places at path-sides in Mustang district. I have seen it in many places in the Upper Kali Gandaki. It is the commonest Clematis in Upper Mustang. Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK www.shpa.org.uk -- 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 post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
