Could not find the keys in Flora of Bhutan, eflora <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=101157> and BSI Flora of India <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/speciesList_PCL.action?resultType=genusWise&parent_Id=40831&parent_Name=alnus> .
*Description of A. nepalensis in Flora of Bhutan*: Tree up to 20 m.* Leaves broadly elliptic, 9-15 x 4 - 9 cm, acute, *base rounded or cuneate, *minutely brown-glandular beneath, pubescent on veins;* petiole 1- 2 cm; *stipules oblong, c 1 cm, auriculate.* Male catkins 5-7 x 0.3-0.4 cm. *Female spikes c 1 x 0.2 cm when young, ·becoming c 1.5 x 0.8 when mature; *scales obpyramidal, 3 mm. Achenes triangular, embryo elliptic, bearing wings c 1 mm at each side of apex. Bhutan: S- Gaylegphug district (N of Gaylegphug), C- Thimphu to Tashigang districts, scattered, N- Upper Mo Chu district (Gasa); Sikkim. Warm broadleaved forests, 1600-2300 m, often in secondary forest , abandoned cultivation etc., more rarely in Cool broad-leaved forest up to 3300 m. July- October. Sometimes used as fuel (16). *Description of A. nitida in Flora of Pakistan*: A tree 20 m or more tall. Young shoots pubescent, becoming glabrescent when old. *Leaves ovate to elliptic-ovate, 5-15 cm x 3-9 cm, acute or acuminate,* remotely serrate to sub-serrate, pubescent to pilose, *often villous at the angles of the veins on the under surface, *base cuneate to rounded; petiole 1-4 cm long, glabrous to pubescent. Male flowers in catkins, up to 19 cm long; peduncle 5-6.5 mm long; bract c. 1.2 mm long, more or less ovate, bracteoles smaller, suborbiculate. Tepals oblong-obovate to spathulate, c. l mm long, apex and margin minutely toothed. Anthers c. 1 mm long, filament slightly shorter than the tepals, scarcely forked. *Female flowers in erect ‘woody cones’, 3-3.5 cm x c. 1.2 cm;* bract broadly ovate, bracteoles suborbiculate. Styles 2, linear. Fruiting scale 5-lobed, 5-6 mm long, apex obliquely truncate. Nut 2.5-4 mm long, fringed by the narrow and more or less leathery wings. *Fl.Per.:* the male catkins bloom in Sept.-Oct., the female flowers opening first. Pl. check. On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 at 12:57, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > What are the keys? (May be available in local books or in Flora of Bhutan?) > > On Thu, 11 Nov 2021 at 17:09, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *Alnus nitida* (Spach) Endl. which is prominent in west Nepal! >> Thank you. >> >> Saroj Kasaju >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 12:47 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, appears close to images at Alnus nepalensis >>> <https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/04/alnus-nepalensis/> >>> >>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 at 13:46, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> *Dear Members,Location: Rara, NepalAltitude: 2957m.Date: 20 August >>>> 2021 Habit : Wild * >>>> *Alnus nepalensi*s D. Don ?? >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >> > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- 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%2BiuSFA5nMDYxPYXDKzphDfO7w5qOZqWLi7J2fBA5JDjiTOQjQ%40mail.gmail.com.
