Dear David Merrick It will really help if you could forward description (and possibly key separating the three species) of Veronica polita and V. agrestis, both of which also occur in Europe. It may help in sorting our specimens. V. stewartii which Pennell described as new species in 1943, replacing hitherto known Himalayan specimens of V. hederifolia, is quite distinct, as can be seen from herbarium image I uploaded separately today.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 7:58 PM David Merrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > For reference I've attached a description of V. hederifolia as found in UK > flora here, from Sell & Murrell Flora of Great Britain and Ireland vol 3. > There are 2 subspecies here in the UK, I'm not sure what subspecies may lie > further afield across the continents or indeed similar veronica. > > David (Edinburgh) > > 0131 333 2170 (try first) > 07877 316 592 (try second) > > > On 2019-03-02 12:48, J.M. Garg wrote: > > Thanks, Singh ji > > -- > With regards, > J. M. Garg > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: Sat 2 Mar, 2019, 2:01 PM > Subject: [efloraofindia:317827] Veronica stewartii from Kashmir > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Pennell who published revision of Scrophulariaceae of Western Himalayas in > 1943, ignored V. agrestis but listed V. didyma, also did not record V. > hederaefolia from Himalayas:. > > V. didyma (syn V. polita Fries): leaves longer than broad, oval to > lanceolate, dentate, corolla pale violet with darker veins in posterior > lobe, capsule flattened, notched., > V. stewartii: leaves broader than long, shallowly 3-lobed, sepals ovate > acuminate,pedicels 2-4 mm long much shorter than petioles (10-15 mm long) > capsule turgid, rounded or slightly notched at apex.(V. hederaefolia > Europaen species with 5-lobed leaves, pedicels much longer than petioles, > equalling or longer than subtending leaf), > > > This is image of Herbarium sheet for comparison. > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > -- > 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.
