Garg ji, I concur with your analysis. Tabish ------------------------------------------- <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net The waterhole of flower lovers
On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 10:20 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, everybody, for the interesting discussions. > Just to put on record the various sources involved, Flora of China gives > the following difference between the two: > 7 (6) > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=134249#KEY-1-6> > Plants > often with dense stinging and setose hairs; leaf blade ovate or lanceolate, > base cordate; petiole 1/6-1/2 as long as leaf blade. 9 *U*. *dioica* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=220014002> > + Plants with sparse stinging and setose hairs; leaf blade lanceolate to > linear, base rounded or notched; petiole 1/15-1/5 as long as leaf blade. 8 > *U*. *angustifolia* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006430> > Based on this, the plants looks more closer to *Urtica angustifolia *Fisch. > ex Hornem. However, neither Flora of China > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006430> > nor Catalogue of Life > <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/77bb85c565b05a352ad19096e912fb44> > gives its distribution in India. > Flora of China > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006430> says > the species is similar to *Urtica* *dioica* in having dioecious plants, > paniculate inflorescences, and similar stipule and achene features; > however, it differs in having sparser stinging hairs, narrower leaves with > a rounded base, and much shorter petioles. The taxa could either be sister > species, or *U*. *angustifolia* could be an eastern geographical > vicariant of *U*. *dioica*. It gives its distribution as China (Moist > places in forests, thickets, stream banks; 800-2200 m. Hebei, Heilongjiang, > Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shandong, Shanxi); Japan, Korea, Mongolia, > Russia (Far East, Siberia). > > > On Sun, 22 Dec 2019 at 21:46, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Ashutosh! >> That seems to be a good line of thought. There are many subspecies of* >> Urtica dioica *and there is varying opinion on Urtica angustifolia (*Urtica >> dioica* subsp. *angustifolia *being a synonym). With the given quality >> of pictures, I think one cannot go more precise than this. In this light, >> Saroj's guess also makes sense - the plant being a variant of Urtica >> dioica. An image showing female inflorescence of (supposedly) Urtica dioica >> on Wikipedia looks very similar to the plant here: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica#/media/File:Urtica_dioica_(1).jpg >> Best wishes >> Tabish >> ------------------------------------------- >> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net >> The waterhole of flower lovers >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 9:47 AM ashutoshsharma11sn < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Definitely Urticaceae >>> >>> This can be Urtica angustifolia which differs from Urtica dioica in >>> having sparser stinging hairs and comparitively shorter petioles. >>> Moreover it is much similar to U.dioica and also considered as eastern >>> geographical variant of U. dioica which also matches the location of plant >>> (Arunanchal Pradesh). >>> >>> >>> Best regards >>> Ashutosh Sharma >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/jH1T-cq4sM4/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/97f49787-8c35-4510-a56a-22ed151514b2%40googlegroups.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 view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CALTV20fKgnfeCKkUYgiNaXoxWpQDBCL%2B-JYd-e7OfJPbOLJX2Q%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CALTV20fKgnfeCKkUYgiNaXoxWpQDBCL%2B-JYd-e7OfJPbOLJX2Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > 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 > 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). > > 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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