Thanks, Tabish ji -- With regards, J. M. Garg
On Thu, 3 Sep, 2020, 10:08 pm Tabish, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Garg ji for bringing this up. Ten years back, my identification > was based on Polunin & Stainton which mentions *Scrophularia elatior* as > distributed from Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand) to Bhutan, at altitudes of > 1600-3000 m. It makes no mention of *Scrophularia himalensis*. But now it > turns out that these two species have been quite mixed up in the > literature. Flora of China and Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants > of Nepal mention *Scrophularia elatior* but do not mention *Scrophularia > himalensis*. On the other hand Flora of Bhutan does mention *S. himalense*. > The result is that POWO shows distribution of *Scrophularia himalensis* > as West and East Himalaya, leaving out Nepal, which looks a bit strange. > *There > is no key available which involves both the species.* To make matters > worse, a detailed description of *Scrophularia himalensis* is difficult > to find. Pennell's description is not sufficient. As always, falling back > on Flora of British India, makes things clearer to me. It mentions S. > eliator from Nepal eastwards, and mentions S. himalensis with eastern limit > as Kumaun. > So, I will assume that the plants from Dhanaulti are *Scrophularia > himalensis*. I will not be surprised if in future I find that these two > species have been merged. :-) > Best wishes > Tabish > > ------------------------------------------- > <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net > The waterhole of flower lovers > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2020 at 5:30 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Tabish ji, >> I think images of Tabish ji of Scrophularia elatior in FOI >> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Tall%20Figwort.html>, >> should be of Scrophularia himalensis >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/s/scrophulariaceae/scrophularia/scrophularia-himalensis> >> as >> per images and details herein. >> Scrophularia elatior also does not have range in the area as per Catalogue >> of Life >> <https://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/a94edd8272993bfdded166f89a2a98c8> >> and POWO >> <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:809167-1> >> . >> Pl. correct. >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> > -- 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/CA%2BiuSFA47ZKFhHUEeNXAuPyjr_48HS-OR9NoSBW70kvGbKiyRg%40mail.gmail.com.
