Hi, Gurinder ji, We have been missing you for your deep insights into Himalayan Flora.
On Wed, 7 Sept 2022 at 09:01, gurinder goraya <[email protected]> wrote: > Amazing pics Ashwini. So clear... makes taxonomy easier! > > Regards, > > Dr. G S Goraya, IFS (Retd.) > 735-B, Joginder Vihar, Army Flats, Phase-2 (Sector-54), > SAS Nagar, Mohali - 160 055 (Punjab) > Tel. (Mob.) +91-941-802-5036 > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, September 3, 2022 3:06 PM > *To:* efloraofindia <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]>; Nidhan Singh < > [email protected]>; Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]>; Balkar > Arya <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Fwd: [efloraofindia:431904] Vincetoxicum canescens ABMAY01/2018 > > 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/CA%2BiuSFBK5hPa-JZD28nERdRN5jqBZeAeiQFuf3gxrMfFHp2m-g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBK5hPa-JZD28nERdRN5jqBZeAeiQFuf3gxrMfFHp2m-g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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/SJ0PR14MB54227C26190E06FA99E4116EE2419%40SJ0PR14MB5422.namprd14.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/SJ0PR14MB54227C26190E06FA99E4116EE2419%40SJ0PR14MB5422.namprd14.prod.outlook.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. 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