Thanks, Chadwell ji On 22 Nov 2016 9:16 am, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> I have confirmed correct identifications of B.stracheyi and B.purpuracsens > - now it gets more complicated! > > Stewart listed Bergenia himalaica (syn. B.ciliata var. ligulata, > B.ligulata) as common & gregarious on shady cliffs @ 1800-3000m in Kashmir. > > He mentioned B.ciliata var. ciliata as only recorded from Hazara and Kagan > Valley. There has clearly been confusion between these similar taxa. > > Ghazanfar in Saxifragaceae (Flora of Pakistan, 1977) recognised only 2 > species in Pakistan: B.stracheyi and B.ciliata, splitting the latter into > forma ciliata > and forma ligulata on the basis of the hirsute leaves of the former > (though sometimes glabrous upper surface).. She considered forma ciliata > as very common on rocks in and around the Murree area. > > Nowadays, B.ciliata forma ligulata (or B.himalaica as Stewart knew it) *is > Bergenia pacumbis. I think the plant photographed in Uttarakhand is > probably this rather than what is now the separate B.ciliata - though I > think there has been confusion between some forms of both.* > > *The plant used medicinally is mainly or perhaps exclusively Bergenia > pacumbis included specimens cultivated in the 'Medicinal Plants Section of > the Nehru Botanical Garden, Srinagar, Kashmir - images of which I may post.* > > > > On Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 9:03:52 AM UTC+1, dalia wrote: > >> Another beautiful and very showy pink flower on roadside small shrub - >> Uttarakhand Apr 2011. >> Please id for me. >> >> Thnaks >> Dalia >> > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
