I guess there are some warts on fruit. Thank you. Saroj Kasaju
On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 2:19 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > Yes this is *Euphorbia sikkimensis* Boiss., characterised by the solitary > terminal cyathium within the 3 pseudoumbel leaves. > N. P. Balakrishnan > > *Yes, this appears close to E.sikkimensis but have you > considered Euphorbia schillingii?* There is a photo in the 'Supplement' > to 'Flowers of the Himalaya' (which was privately published & paid for by > the late Adam Stainton, co-author of the main 'Flowers of the Himalaya') > which was named provisionally as *Euphorbia *aff. *sikkimensis* - meaning > "has affinities to", which comes very close to the specimen at Kalinchowk. > I did once ask a member of staff at Kew their precise interpretation/usage > of the term but never got a reply. Like so much, there is an element of > interpretation involved. > *Anyhow, in the description Stainton states, "the plant illustrated was > photographed by Mr. A.Schilling in the Dudh Kosi valley of E.Nepal... it > differs in **some respects from E.sikkimensis". At the end of the > introduction to this book, the author noted (1997) that the specimen was > about to be published as a new species, Euphorbia schillingii (please note > Schilling was from the UK Royal Horticultural Society and helped establish > The Royal Botanic Garden, Godawari, Nepal) A.Radcliffe-Smith. A principal > distinction is that the fruits are warty, whereas the fruits > of E.sikkimensis are smooth. Saroj's images are of immature fruits but I > think I can detect developing warts? What do others think.* > *E.schillingii has been recorded from Central & East > Nepal. E.sikkimensis has been recorded from East Nepal to Bhutan and > Tibet. But perhaps the distribution of both are not perfectly know due to > similarities. There are herbarium specimens labelled > as E.sikkimensis collected by Hooker in India at Kew which can be viewed > on-line.* - from Chris Chadwell ji. > > *Euphorbia* is a big and difficult genus to me. > What I am able to see in the plate of 'Flowers of the Himalaya: A > supplement' (by A.Stainton) and referred by Chadwell Ji, that the cyathia > are terminal but not solitary as the cyathia are surrounded by few bud like > structures (*E. schillingii*). Such structures are not visible in the > images by Saroj Ji. The specimens at Kew have little help as detailed > structure can not be seen in them and the type of species are from the > plant cultivated in Europe. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 at 20:51 > Subject: Euphorbia sikkimensis Boiss. (accepted name) > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg < > [email protected]> > > > Dear Members, > > Sharingnsome pictures I guess is > *Euphorbia sikkimensis *Boiss. (accepted name) > shot on the way to Kalinchowk Dlakha Nepal on > 26 July 2014 at around 9000 ft. > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > -- > 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/CAEf%3DytSdcvjR_gKm%2BCa0edDAYtpNjEAc8q%2BHBNnnsEJSqskg8g%40mail.gmail.com.
