This looks OK to me according to the images I have sent ! Thank you Mr. Garg ! Saroj Kasaju
On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 10:09 PM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: > OK Mr. Garg > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 9:52 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In view of recurrent confusion, I think we have to look at them more >> closely. >> Keys furnished by Rawat ji at efi thread >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/abzm93bB9tc> >> : >> Leaves sparsely hairy above, membranous, spikes grey-brown, glistening >> .......*C.capitata* >> Leaves tomentose above, thick, spikes pale yellow, not >> glistening....................*C.tomentosa* >> >> Keys are also given in Flora of China >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=108808>: >> Subshrubs, 10-20 cm; leaves elliptic. 4 *C*. *tomentosa* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200007000> >> + Herbs perennial; leaves rhombic-obovate, rhombic-oblong, broadly >> ovate, obovate-oblong, or elliptic. (2) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=108808#KEY-1-2> >> >> 2 (1) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=108808#KEY-1-1> >> Stem >> ascending or erect; leaves rhombic-obovate or rhombic-oblong; flower >> clusters in racemes. 1 *C*. *prostrata* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006999> >> + Stem erect; leaves not rhombic-obovate or rhombic-oblong; flower >> clusters in spikes. (3) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=108808#KEY-1-3> >> >> 3 (2) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=108808#KEY-1-2> >> Leaves >> broadly ovate or obovate-oblong; flowers grayish black when dried; >> staminodes 0.6-1 mm. 2 *C*. *capitata* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006997> >> >> Let us take a critical look at their descriptions from Flora of China: >> >> *Cyathula tomentosa* (Roth) Moquin-Tandon in Candolle >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200007000> >> *Subshrubs 10-20 cm tall.* *Stem and branches densely gray tomentose*. >> *Leaves >> elliptic, 5-7 × 2-5 cm, both surfaces densely tomentose, base rounded. >> Flower clusters in dense spikes, 1-2 cm in diam. *Bracts shiny, apex >> pointed or hooked. Tepals of perfect flowers lanceolate, apex acute. >> Pseudostaminodes ca. 0.5 mm, hairy at margin, apex fimbriate. Utricles >> yellow, ellipsoid or obovoid. Seeds ellipsoid, smooth. Fl. Jun. >> *Waste places; 1800-2300 m.* Guizhou, Xizang [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, >> Nepal, Sikkim]. >> >> *Cyathula capitata* Moquin-Tandon in Candolle >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006997> >> *Herbs perennial, 50-100 cm.* Roots brownish gray or brownish red, >> stout. *Stem erect, dark purple or yellowish brown, nearly quadrangular, >> branched, pilose.* *Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm, pilose; leaf blade broadly ovate >> or obovate-oblong, 5-14 × 3-7 cm, papery, both surfaces pilose and ciliate, >> base cuneate, apex caudate. Flower clusters in dichasial inflorescences, >> globose or ellipsoid, 2-4 cm in diam., simple or clustered in spikes; *rachis >> 2-4.5 mm, tomentose. Bracts 3-4 mm, glabrous, apex acuminate. Flower >> clusters at axils of bracts, with some perfect flowers and 1 or 2 unisexual >> ones. Tepals of perfect flowers dark purple, lanceolate, 3-4 mm, abaxially >> hairy at base, apex acuminate; imperfect ones yellow, lanceolate-subulate, >> ca. 3 mm, rigid, apex hooked. Filaments ca. 3 mm, pilose at base; >> pseudostaminodes rectangular, 0.6-1 mm, parted and fimbriate at apex. Ovary >> hairy at base. Utricles grayish yellow, ovate-oblong, ca. 3 mm, glabrous. >> Seeds shiny, ellipsoid, ca. 2 mm, smooth. Fl. Aug, fr. Oct. >> *Hillsides; 1700-2300 m.* Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Nepal, >> Sikkim, Vietnam]. >> >> In view, your plant should be Cyathula capitata >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/amaranthaceae/cyathula/cyathula-capitata> >> being a *herb with simple globose inflorescence; with stem dark purple >> or yellowish brown, nearly quadrangular, branched and pilose; leaves being >> obovate and base cuneate with both surfaces pilose and ciliate*. >> >> >> On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 at 15:26, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Members, >>> >>> Location: Kathmandu Valley >>> Date: October 2020 >>> Elevation: 2400m. >>> Habitat : Wild >>> How to distinguish between C. tomemtosa and C. capitata ? >>> >>> 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%3DytRJr-ykg-UAD0_rBjZwkc_4BHSpi3NBaWJoEdcifa61OQ%40mail.gmail.com.
