All three similar species are listed in FBI (under names D. riparia, D.
roxburghiana and D. roxburghiana var. bupleuroides): Here is comparison of
accepted names
D. riparia Nees is distributed in Pegu and Tenassarim (Myanmar),FBI
according to Flora China Nepal, Myanmar to Yunan: Lesves ovate, obtuse
often emarginate bracts, bracteoles 6 mm, linear.
D. chinensis (L.) Juss. (Syn: D. roxburghiana Nees): Leaves ovate-elliptic,
base cuneate to attenuate, decurrent on petiole, outer bracteoles 5-13 mm x
3-8 mm , less than twice as long as broad, corolla 10-12 mm long;
Throughout India
D. bupleuroides Nees (Syn: D. roxburghiana var. bupleuroides (Nees)
Clarke): leaves ovate, base cuneate; outer bracteoles 5-7 mm long, more
than twice as long as broad; corolla 5 mm long.; Throughout India
When looking for specimens from Western Himalayas we have to be vigilant
about size of corolla and relative length breadth ratio of outer bracteoles.
On Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 3:26:35 PM UTC+5:30 Saroj Kumar Kasaju wrote:
> Elevation does not match and only one sp. recorded in Kathmandu valley so
> far.
> Dicliptera riparia Nees
> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242421982>
> Thank you.
>
> Saroj Kasaju
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 10:26 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Mr. Garg !
>>
>> Saroj Kasaju
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 12:12 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Saroj ji.
>>> I checked further. I think it appears close to *Dicliptera riparia*
>>> Nees (syn. *Dicliptera* *roxburghiana* var. *riparia* (Nees) Benoist
>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242421985>)
>>> as
>>> mentioned in the Checklist of Nepal
>>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=109954> as
>>> per GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=5575125>-
>>> specimen <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/912662490>.
>>> POWO <http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47665-1>
>>> mentions its distribution in China South-Central, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand.
>>> However, I could not find in efloras except in the Checklist of Nepal.
>>> Catalogue of Life
>>> <https://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/4426ae5b538086188facdd0af762f956/synonym/55f897f91bd228c8d2303567796704d5>
>>>
>>> gives its distribution as India (Himalayas, Plains of E-, N- & NE-India,
>>> Upper Gangetic Plains), Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Taninthayi), Thailand, Nepal.
>>>
>>> For *Dicliptera chinensis *(L.) Juss. (syn. *Dicliptera roxburghiana*
>>> Nees), Catalogue of life
>>> <https://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/6ec15bc8480a736896ba45f6689e13bf/synonym/bde6176c0320d44083b0ccd62bd65bb9>
>>>
>>> (*China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Hongkong, Macao, Yunnan,
>>> Guizhou, Sichuan), Taiwan, Indochina, Pakistan (Baluchistan, Quetta,
>>> Waziristan, Kurram, N.W.Frontier Prov., Dir, Swat, Pakistani Punjab, Salt
>>> Range, Rawalpindi, Hazara), Ryukyu Isl., Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I),
>>> Molokai (I)*)) does not mention its distribution in India. POWO
>>> <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47485-1#synonyms>
>>>
>>> (*Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China
>>> Southeast, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Pakistan, Taiwan,
>>> Thailand, Vietnam*) also does not give its distribution in the
>>> Himalayas.
>>>
>>> *So it is quite possible that our Himalyan plants may also be this
>>> species.*
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>> From: Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 at 15:53
>>> Subject: Dicliptera bupleuroides Nees (accepted name) ???
>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, J.M. Garg <
>>> [email protected]>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Members,
>>>
>>> Location : Pharpingl, Nepal
>>> Date : 20 March 2017
>>> Altitude : 4800 ft.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Saroj Kasaju
>>>
>>>
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