Interesting discussion Tabish Ji. Thank you.
Saroj Kasaju On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 7:26 AM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFA47ZKFhHUEeNXAuPyjr_48HS-OR9NoSBW70kvGbKiyRg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAEf%3DytTPbNgfG%3D5H82Ju5GOz9heU4K-DZP4x-uyshumz2%2Bv9Gg%40mail.gmail.com.
