Thank you once again for pointing me to this. Next spring I will carefully examine the leaf undersurface too.
Regards, Ashwini > On 22 Nov 2016, at 09:47, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Chadwell ji > > > On 22 Nov 2016 9:43 am, "[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Lovely images again. > > 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 by Ashwini is this rather > than what is now the separate B.ciliata (the bottom image just shows the > under surface of a leaf which is shiny, not hirsute) - though I think there > has been confusion between some forms of both. > > The plant used medicinally is mainly or perhaps exclusively Bergenia pacumbis > incl. the specimens I saw being cultivated in the Medicinal Plants Section of > the Nehru Botanical Garden, Srinagar, Kashmir. > > On Monday, March 28, 2016 at 3:43:29 AM UTC+1, ashwini wrote: > Yesterday I accompanied a friend and my daughter for a walk in the mountains. > We walked mainly along the south facing slopes at an average altitude of > about 1850m before walking down to 1800m for a tea near a small mountain > stream. Along the way I saw my first Bergenia. The first plant I saw was > growing out of a stone wall with small flowers and young round leaves. > Farther into our walk, I saw another cluster with larger flowers and much > larger leaves. Here are some photographs. Please advise if I have > misidentified the plant. > > Bergenia ciliata—Hairy Bergenia > Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP > 1800m > 27 March 2016 > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > > > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix > <https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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.
