Yes, I agree with you for this. On Fri, 31 Dec 2021 at 14:11, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> In a help to clarify our understanding of genus Cirsium, I am uploading my > collection of Cirsium again. > Flora of British India had recorded following species under Cnicus, now > Cirsium: C. arvense, C. argyracanthum, C. involucratum, C.involucratum, C. > falconeri, C. eriophoroides, C. griffithii, C. wallichii (with several > varieties), C. sinensis. > > BSI Flora of India had shifted C. arvense to Breea arvensis, but POWO > considers C. arvense as accepted name; C. argyracanthum according to BSI > Flora also includes C. wallichii var. wightii, C. involucratum is now C. > verutum; C. griffithii of FBI is now C. interpositum; and C. sinensis now > C. shansiense, > BSI Flora gives Following Key: > > 1a. Inner involucral bracts with dilated tips 7. *Cirsium wallichii > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5138&type=4>* > b. Inner involucral bracts not dilated at tips *2* > 2a. Heads usually ca 2.5 cm across *3* > b. Heads usually 3.5-7.5 cm across *4* > 3a. Leaves always glabrous above; heads densely fascicled 1. *Cirsium > argyracanthum > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5127&type=4>* > b. Leaves ciliate smooth or scaberulous above; heads usually solitary 5. > *Cirsium > shansiense > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5135&type=4>* > 4a. Involucral bracts quite glabrous, none really spinescent, the points > of the outennost being merely needle-like; pappus ca 2.5 cm long 4. *Cirsium > interpositum > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5134&type=4>* > b. Involucral bracts not quite glabrous, ending usually in spines; pappus > ca 1.5 cm long *5* > 5a. Corolla usually ca 6 cm long 2. *Cirsium eriophoroides > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5129&type=4>* > b. Corolla usually ca 2.5 cm long *6* > 6a. Heads densely woolly, subsolitary, drooping 3. *Cirsium falconeri > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5131&type=4>* > b. Heads not densley woolly, usually glabrate, solitary or fascicled, > inclined 6. *Cirsium verutum > <https://efloraindia.bsi.gov.in/eFlora/taxonList.action?id=5136&type=4>* > > I am uploading C. falconeri to begin with, Characteristic features are > tall habit, large drooping mostly solitary heads 6-7.5 cm > across, and long spines on involucre bracts. Photographed from > Khillenmarg, > Kashmir, alt. 3100 m, 17-8-2011. > > > > > > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > > - > > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > https://www.gurcharanfamily.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/CAHiXKpU%3DRF%2BrPe0aiFAGLG5ZQyK7AG0TpTNnqPz4p9ae%3Dq4sdw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAHiXKpU%3DRF%2BrPe0aiFAGLG5ZQyK7AG0TpTNnqPz4p9ae%3Dq4sdw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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%2BiuSFDWDgD%2B7VzdEN9tBLaGYHRepzFg6rOn5gKcMDX8ZiKFvw%40mail.gmail.com.
