I checked all our observations. They all appear to be *Vincetoxicum kenouriense* (Wight) Wight only.
On Sat, 3 Sept 2022 at 18:12, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Further analysing detailed description: > > > > *Vincetoxicum glaucum* (Wall. ex Wight) Rech. f. > > *Vincetoxicum kenouriense* (Wight) Wight > > > > Undershrubs, *up to 40 cm tall.* *Stem striate, *pubescent all around, > *internodes **1–6.8 cm long.* Leaves petiolate; petioles 3–11 mm long, > pubescent all around; *lamina **different shaped: narrowly ovate, > oblong-ovate, elliptic ovate, lanceolate-ovate*, 4–9.2 × 1.3–3.8 cm; > margins smooth; *apex acute to obtuse or sometimes mucronulate; > base round or cuneate; veins visible on both surfaces, *secondary veins > 8–12 on each side of midvein; adaxial surface sub-glabrous, adaxial veins > densely pubescent; abaxial surface glabrous to sub-glabrous, abaxial veins > especially midrib pubescent; margins pubescent. > > > > > > > Inflorescences sessile; bracts linear, ciliate; sepals tapering to acute > apices, 1.5 mm long with ciliate margins;* pedicels 1–3 mm long,* > pubescent; calycine colleters 5, exceeding the corolla tube in length; > *corolla > green, *not twisted, corolla tube 1 mm long, *lobes tapering to pointed > apex, *2 × 1 mm, *bearded within;* *corona lobes longer than **broad, 1 × > 0.8 mm, *exceeding the length of the gynostegium, *base narrow, apex > broad, **toothed, divergent;* staminal appendages obtuse; pollinaria > deeply embedded in the gynostegium. *Follicles and seeds not seen.* > > Undershrubs*, up to 1 m tall.* Stem pubescent all around or along 2 > dense lines, *inter-**nodes 2–13 cm long.* Leaves opposite; petioles 1–10 > (–14) mm long, equally pubescent all around or sometimes denser along > adaxial channel, *lamina strongly discolorous,* *nar**row to broadly > ovate, *4–10 × 1.8–6.5 cm; *apex narrowly acute to very shortly > acuminate; base round to sub-cordate to sub-truncate;* *venation > including tertiary and quaternary veins prominent,* *more prominent and > raised on abaxial surface,* secondary veins up to 14 on each side of > midvein, trichomes absent on both surfaces, sometimes sparsely present on > tertiary and quaternary veins, midrib and secondary veins densely pubescent on > both surfaces, margins pubescent. > Inflorescences mostly sessile, rarely both sessile and short-pedunculate > inflorescences present on the same plant, peduncles up to 1.5 cm; bracts > linear, up to 2 mm long, pubescent; *pedicels 2–8 (–10) mm long, *pubescent > all around, sometimes pubescent along one or two longitudinal lines. *Flowers > yellowish-green to green, *4–5 × 2–2.5 mm; sepals tapering to acute or > narrowly acute apices, up to 2 mm long, margins sparsely ciliate, calycine > colleters 5 or 10 per flower; corolla tube ca. 1 mm long,* lobes oblong > with obtuse apices, *3–3.5 × 1–2 mm, *glabrous within or sparse caducous > trichomes present;* *corona lobes long-triangular with acute apex, > slightly **divergent,* ca. 1 × 0.8 mm, exceeding slightly the length of > the gynostegium. *Follicles **fusiform, up to 7 × 1 cm, apex > long-acuminate, surface glabrous, slightly striate.* Seeds brown, 6–7 × > 3–3.5 mm, wings less than 1 mm broad; coma 2–3 mm long. > > > > * Endemic to eastern Himalayas including India andNepal and occurring at > an elevation of over 2000 m.* Herbarium label on W. Dudgeon & L.A. > Kenoyer 56 (MO) indicates its habitat to be open grassy places. * > Endemic to a long geographic range in the Hindukush Himalayas from Bhutan > in the east to Pakistan in the west.* The western limit of this spe- > cies is district Swat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province), Pakistan. > * It occurs on higher eleva-tions between 1500 and 3000 m.* The habitats > of the species are commonly the Himalayan moist temperate forests > (evergreen forests of conifers between 1500 to 3000 m elevations), rarely > subalpine or open alpine lands (above 3000 m). We collected it from > open stony alpine slopes and stream side slopes in a V-shaped mountain > valley. The as-ociated vegetation was either alpine herbs or conifers, and > herbaceous to shrubby flora. > In view, I feel it is *Vincetoxicum kenouriense* (Wight) Wight only. > I have found *Vincetoxicum glaucum* (Wall. ex Wight) Rech. f. also in our > observations, the post of which I will send to you, along with to others. > > On Sat, 3 Sept 2022 at 17:28, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Singh ji, >> Pl. check the floral images at page 57 of the publication. >> >> On Sat, 3 Sept 2022 at 17:21, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes Garg ji, I saw your paper just now, which supports my conclusion of >>> the above plant being V. glaucum, as according to the above paper and POWO >>> V. canescens does not occur in our area. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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/ >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 5:07 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Singh ji, >>>> Pl. see 2021 publication: >>>> Taxonomy of Vincetoxicum s.str. (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae) from >>>> southern Asia including three new species and resurrected names >>>> <https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/62514/>- Sayed Afzal Shah, >>>> Amir Sultan, Jun Wen, Zahid Ullah, Surat Un Nisa, Zhumei Ren, Muhammad >>>> Maqsood Alam, Javed Iqbal, Abdul Samad Mumtaz - June 2021PhytoKeys >>>> 179(1):35-73 >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J. M. Garg >>>> >>>> On Sat, 3 Sep, 2022, 5:04 pm Gurcharan Singh, <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Both are reported from Kashmir >>>>> V. hirundinaria: Corolla lobes glabrous within >>>>> We see hairy here, which should be V. glaucum (Wall.) Rech.f. Flora of >>>>> Pakistan treats it as synonym of V. canescens which according to POWO is a >>>>> distinct species Native to East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Turkey >>>>> V. glaucum according to POWO has distribution in Afghanistan, China >>>>> South-Central, East Himalaya, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 3:34 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Taking it as *Vincetoxicum kenouriense* (Wight) Wight, Icon. Pl. >>>>>> Ind. Orient., pl. 1614. 1850 (syn: *Cynanchum kenouriense* Wight, >>>>>> Contr. Bot. India 58. 1834.) as per Taxonomy of Vincetoxicum s.str. >>>>>> (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae) from southern Asia including three new >>>>>> species and resurrected names >>>>>> <https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/62514/>- Sayed Afzal Shah, >>>>>> Amir Sultan, Jun Wen, Zahid Ullah, Surat Un Nisa, Zhumei Ren, Muhammad >>>>>> Maqsood Alam, Javed Iqbal, Abdul Samad Mumtaz - June 2021PhytoKeys >>>>>> 179(1):35-73 >>>>>> It states "*Corolla* tube ca. 1 mm long, *lobes *oblong with obtuse >>>>>> apices, 3–3.5 × 1–2 mm,* glabrous within or sparse caducous >>>>>> trichomes present*" >>>>>> Thanks to the authors for solving the puzzle. >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>>>> From: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> >>>>>> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 14:26 >>>>>> Subject: Identification required.- Location: Kulgam j & k. >>>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>>> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>, Saroj >>>>>> Kasaju <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Habit:Small herb. >>>>>> Flowers :star shaped yellow coloured >>>>>> Location:Kulgam j&k.- from Shakir ji >>>>>> >>>>>> *Vincetoxicum hirundinaria* Medik. >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>>> >>>>>> We have Vincetoxicum canescens- Here in Kashmir as per >>>>>> efloraofindia- from Shakir ji >>>>>> >>>>>> You have this sp. also in JK ! >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> Saroj Kasaju >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> With regards, >>>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> With regards, >>>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>>> >>>>> >> >> -- >> 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. 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