Here are the keys: 7 (6) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104853#KEY-1-6> *Plants with almost black flowers*. Bractlets ovate, *5-7 veined*, *as long or longer than the flowering umbellet* Bupleurum longicaule <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200015435> + Plants with yellow or black flowers. Bractlets lanceolate to oval,* 3-5 veined, *as long or longer or shorter than the flowering umbellet (8) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104853#KEY-1-8>
8 (7) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104853#KEY-1-7> Bases of upper leaves completely amplexicaul, auriculata (9) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104853#KEY-1-9> + Bases of upper leaves not or slightly amplexicaul, not auriculata (11) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104853#KEY-1-11> 9 (8) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104853#KEY-1-8> Apices or upper leaves long acuminate. Flowers yellow (10) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104853#KEY-1-10> + Apices of upper leaves not acuminate. Flowers dark purple Bupleurum constancei <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250062987> 10 (9) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104853#KEY-1-9> Lower leaves linear; upper with inflated leaf bases Bupleurum clarkeanum <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250062988> + Lower leaves linear to lanceolate; upper without inflated leaf bases Bupleurum thomsonii <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250062992> 11 (8) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104853#KEY-1-8> Bracts present. Rays 5-12. Upper leaves cordate (12) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104853#KEY-1-12> + Bracts frequently lacking or 1. Rays 5-8. Upper leaves oblong, not cordate Bupleurum swatianum <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250062993> 12 (11) <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104853#KEY-1-11> Bracts 1-3, Rays 8-12. Upper leaves oblong to broadly ovate, cordate. Bractlets shorter than the flowers Bupleurum jucundum <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250062995> + Bracts 1-4, unequal. Rays 5-10. Upper leaves oval to ovate, amplexicaul. *Bractlets as long or longer than the flowers* Bupleurum candollei <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200015413> On Mon, 30 Mar 2020 at 17:39, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > There seems some confusion in efi site between these two species. > Let us see the differences: > *Bupleurum longicaule* Wall. in Flora of Pakistan > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200015435>: > Perennial, *15-40 cm tall, *1 or more stems from the base. Lower leaves > linear to lanceolate; *upper leaves lanceolate, amplexicaul, apices long > acuminate*. *Involucral bracts 1-3, ovate*, unequal. *Rays 2-8.* *Involucel > of 6-8 oval bractlets,* slightly connate at the base, longer than the > flowering umbellet, *veins 5-7.* Petals and stylopodium almost black. *Fruit > oblong; ridges slightly winged;* furrows 3-vittate. > > *Bupleurum candollei *Wall. in Flora of Pakistan > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200015413>: > Perennial*, up to 1 m tall. *Lower leaves linear to lanceolate, veins 5-7 > secondary veins prominent, apex mucronate, base narrowed; *upper leave, > lanceolate to oblong, oval or ovate;* *shorter subsessible leaves > intermixed with the larger leaves, veins 13-17, secondary veins distinct, > apex mucronate.* *Involucral bracts 1-4, lanceolate to oval*, foliaceous. > *Rays > 5-10. Involucel of lanceolate to oval bractlets*, as long or longer than > the flowering umbellet, *veins 3-5.* *Fruit elliptic, 4-5 mm long; ridges > prominent, obtuse;* furrows 3-vittate. > > -- > 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). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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). 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