*Ophiopogon wallichianus* (Kunth) Hook.f. <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/0f309da6ab4388cfe83e43ff54ffaa99/synonym/dc1581b91042ff4197bf394463accc25> is a syn. of *Ophiopogon intermedius *D.Don <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/0f309da6ab4388cfe83e43ff54ffaa99/synonym/dc1581b91042ff4197bf394463accc25> as per Catalogue of life.
On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 16:29, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you Mr. Garg. > > Enclosiung somemore keys from ! > > *Flora of Kathmandu Valley* > > OPHIOPOGON KER—GAWL. in Bot. Mag. t. 1063 (I807). > > Small, Sfiiapigerous herbs; stem short from a short rootstock or elongate > and subs- > > candent. Leaves radi'cal, li'near or lanceola.te. Scape leafy or naked,. > bracts > scari-ous. Flowei-5 > > race _- - > med, usually many flowered. Perianth segments spreading. Stamens 6, on the > bas“ > > of the perianth-segments; filaments erect; anthers basifixed. Ovary > inferior, 3-celled, crown flat 'or.depre.ssed; ovules 2 in each cell, > collateral, erect; style columnar; stigma -toot e > > ' 3 hd. Distrz'burion: Species about 20. Found in Himalaya to Japan and > Phillipines. > > Fruit indehiscent. > > KEY TO THE SPECIES > l. Rootstok not stout, fowers solitary or fascicled, 0.4-0.8 cm diam. . - > > e O. intermedius l. Rootstock stout, fiowers usually fascicled, 1-2 cm > diam. —- - — - 0. wallichianus > > Ophiopogon intermedius D. Don, ro . . . > P dr Fl Nep 48 (I825) - Fl. Brit. Ind. 6:269 (I892)- > > Parkerin For. Bull. 76:8 (I931) —Kitamura in Fn. Fl. Nep. Himal. 1:95 > (I955) - Hara in Fl. E. Himal. 409 (I966). > > Scapigerous herb. Rootstock short, not stout. Leaves 5-35 cm long and > 0.3-0.5 cm broad, linear, acute or acuminate, dark green above paler > beneath. Flowers white, 0.4- 0.8 cm in diam., in lax racemes 2-4 cm long on > very long slender scapes 7-30 cm long, > > bracts narrowly lanceolate, variable i'n length. as~ much as l.5_ c_m > long; pedicels 0.2-0.6 cm long. Perianth campanulate 0.3-0.5 cm long; > segments elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Anthers narrowly oblong. > > Distribution : Himalaya, Khasia, Manipur, N. Thai, and W. China; in Nepal > - central.Ecology: Commonly growing on moist and shady place. > > Uses: > Local name: Ban kasur (Ft $31) > Flowering: Mar. - July. > Fruiting: Aug. - Sept. > Place of collection: Phulchoki, I600-2438 m; Gokarna, l34l m; Nagarkot, > l98l m; > > Shivapuri, 2438 m. > > Ophiopogon wallichianus (Kunth) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6:268(l892)- > Bull. Dept. Med-Pl. Nep. l:49(l967). > > Scapigerous herb. Rootstock short, stout l—l.5 cm thick. Leaves 6-I0 cm > long and0.4-0.8 cm broad, linear,acute, midrib distinct, dark green above > paler beneath. Flowers white or pale lilac, 1 cm in diam., usually > fascicled in lax raceme l0-l2 cm ‘ong on long scape 20-30 cm long; bracts > narrowly lanceolate, 0.2-I .5 cm long; pedicel 0.2-0.3 cm long. Perianth > campanulate 0.5-0.7 cm long; segments elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 0.4 cmwide. > Anthers narrowly oblong. > > Distribution: Himalaya; in Nepal - central. Ecology: Occurs on shady > forest floor. > > Uses: > Local name: > Flowering: June - July. > Fruiting: Sept. - Oct. > Place of collection: Bagdwar, Sheopuri, 2700 m. > > However links says they are the same. > > *Flowers of the Himalaya* > > 1441 0. intermedius D. Don > Afghanistan to S.W. China. S.E. Asia. 1500-3000 m. Forests, shruh- beries. > May- Jul. > > A small tufted plant of shady forest banks, w~thmany grass-like leaves, > and with spike-like clusters of small white drooping flowers borne on > leafless stems. Spikes mostly 2-5 cm; flowers cup-shaped, with spreading > petals 4-6 mm, short-stalked, and subtended by papery bracts longer than > the flower-stalks. Leaves linear 2-5 mm broad, tufted; flowering stems > > 10- 15 cm. R o o b ~ skhort, covered with old fibres. Page 517. > [image: page550image98628400] > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 11:00 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Could not find the keys, But tried to find out the difference from two >> species listed in China: >> >> *Ophiopogon intermedius* D. Don >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027793> >> Roots sometimes with fleshy, tuberous part near tip. Rhizome short, thick.* >> Leaves basal, tufted, sessile, grasslike, 15--55(--70) cm × 3--15 mm, >> 5--9-veined, *base attenuate, margin usually serrulate; leaf tufts >> usually surrounded by brownish, membranous sheaths. *Scape (15--)20--50 >> cm, sometimes slightly flattened and narrowly 2-winged. Inflorescence a >> reduced panicle, (2.5--)5--16 cm, many flowered; *bracts subulate, >> linear, or lanceolate, basal one 1.5--4 cm. Flowers in clusters of 2 or 3 >> or sometimes solitary; pedicel 4--7 mm, articulate proximally or at middle. >> *Tepals >> white or purplish*, oblong, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 4--7 × 2--2.5 >> mm. Filaments very short; anthers 2--4 mm. Style 3--4 mm. Seeds ellipsoid. >> Fl. May--Aug, fr. Aug--Oct. 2* n* = 36*, 54, 68, 72*, 108*, 112. >> FOC illustration >> <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=60779&flora_id=2> >> GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/species/2774251> (high resolution specimen) >> >> *Ophiopogon clarkei* J. D. Hooker >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027786> >> Plants stoloniferous. Roots slender, usually with fusiform, tuberous part >> near middle or tip. *Leaves basal, tufted, sessile, grasslike, 7--30 cm >> × 2--3 mm, 5--7-veined, *margin slightly serrulate. *Scape 10--20 cm. >> Inflorescence a reduced panicle, 2--3 cm, 2--5-flowered; *bracts >> lanceolate to narrowly ovate, basal one 6--7 mm. Flowers solitary or >> paired; pedicel 4--5 mm, articulate at or below middle. *Tepals white*, >> ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 7--8 × 2.5--3.5 mm. Filaments ca. 1.5 mm; >> anthers ca. 4.5 mm. Style basally slightly widened. Fl. Jun--Jul. 2* n* >> = 36*, ?38. >> FOC illustration >> <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=60783&flora_id=2> >> GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/species/4930655> (high resolution specimen) >> >> *Ophiopogon parviflorus* (Hook.f.) H.Hara >> <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/0f309da6ab4388cfe83e43ff54ffaa99/synonym/663d933665bf207c8cf6aae3936f3f08> >> is treated as syn. of synonym for *Ophiopogon intermedius *D.Don >> <https://mail.google.com/col/details/species/id/0f309da6ab4388cfe83e43ff54ffaa99/synonym/663d933665bf207c8cf6aae3936f3f08> >> (considered >> to be a very variable species), by Catalogue of Life. >> >> In view, I may like to go for *Ophiopogon intermedius* D. Don >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027793> for >> this plant, based on coloured observations. For other differences, you may >> check with your observations of measurements. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 at 14:27 >> Subject: SK 2169 9 September 2019 >> To: efloraindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> Dear Members, >> >> Location: Nagarkot, Kathmandu >> Date: 03 August 2019 >> Elevation: 2041 m. >> Habit : Wild >> >> How to differentiate between 3 Ophiopogons ? >> Ophiopogon >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=122994> >> >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> >> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >> 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). >> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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