Thanks, Singh ji On Sun, 4 Sept 2022 at 14:46, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes Garg ji > > On Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 3:15:29 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg 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: Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 at 16:18 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:293924] Vincetoxicum canescens ABMAY01/2018 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> I found this milkweed near home this time. I had photographed it earlier >> and posted to the group here >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/YcoeqqC_hcA>. >> Revisiting the ID, I found it to be *not V. hirundinaria* as the >> description in Flowers of the Himalaya states: '*Corolla c. 5mm across, >> with nearly hairless triangular lobes*' and '*calyx-lobes triangular, >> nearly as long as corolla*' for *V. hirundinria*. >> >> The plants here have hair on the inside of corolla lobes and calyx is >> much shorter than the corolla. The description matches more closely to the >> *Cynanchum >> glaucum* in Flora Simlensis: '*Calyx about half as long as the corolla. >> Corolla hairy on the inner surface.*' >> >> Tibetan Medicinal Plant treats *C. glaucum* (*V. glaucum*) as a synonym >> of V. canescens and describes it as: >> >> '*Corolla yellow or green fading to greenish orange; tube approximately >> 1mm; lobes ovate, 2-3 x 1.5 mm, hairless outside, sparsely hirsute inside; >> sepals less than 1mm*.' >> >> But the authors treat it as part of the larger *V. hirundinaria* group >> perhaps because medicinal properties are similar. >> >> FOP says: '*Perennial undershrub, c. 15-70 cm tall, erect to twining, >> pubescent. Leaves 4-7 cm x 1.8-6 cm, ovate-lanceolate or cordate, glabrous >> to pubescent, entire, acute to acuminate. Flowers clustered in the leaf >> axils. Pedicels 4-5 mm long. Calyx lobes c. 1.5 mm long, lobes oblong to >> lanceolate, acute. Corolla c. 4 mm long, cream to greenish, lobes hairy on >> the inner surface. Corona lobes 5, obtuse. Follicles 5-6 x 1-1.5 (-2) cm, >> gradually tapering towards the tip.* >> >> *Fl. Per.: June-September.*' >> >> I made some measurements too: >> >> Plants 40-80cm tall, pubescent. Leaves c. 5cm x 7cm, bottom ones smaller >> and blunt-tipped, hairy on the nerves underneath and on the edges. Flowers >> greenish-yellow c. 1cm across, 5-7 petals (lobes), smooth outside but hairy >> on the inside; sepals narrow c. 1.5-2mm each. Pedicels 4-5mm. >> >> And since the plants are flowering at the moment, I can say Late-April is >> more correct than June. >> >> Considering the above information, *I would like to think that the >> plants here (and on our site) are V. canescens.* Please advise. >> >> >> *Vincetoxicum canescens* >> >> Near Dal Lake, Dharamshala, HP >> >> 1800m approx. >> >> 30 April 2018 >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> Ashwini >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> 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/ed69a6dd-64d7-4f28-91ac-5cb2e7ac055dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/ed69a6dd-64d7-4f28-91ac-5cb2e7ac055dn%40googlegroups.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%2BiuSFAg5Qtk%2BqmKT73Fgs6-wU3rnmow6X95mmDav11Rk_973Q%40mail.gmail.com.
