Yes Garg ji, I believe that lack of reporting from south India may be due to widespread misidentification. If you closely follow the description & the few correct herbaria, you can see the difference. An example of correct representation of *Artemisia nilagirica*, will be the images by Sushant More on GBIF and iNaturalist: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3017958685 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67413716 In the description of Artemisia nilagirica on FOC <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023284>, the leaves are supposed to have "...segments 1-3 pairs, *ovate or oblong-ovate*, usually 1- or 2-serrate, acuminate apically." The narrow, almost linear segments, of the leaves, which are untoothed, of other plants do not fit this description. This, coupled with the images of Artemisia dubia on POWO, in my opinion, makes a strong case for this view. Tabish
On Tue, 14 Feb, 2023, 1:24 PM J.M. Garg, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Tabish ji, for the feedback. > But if you see, a lot of observations here ( > https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/07/artemisia-nilagirica/) are from > South India, where POWO > <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60475130-2> > does not give any distribution for A.dubia. > > > On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 at 09:24, Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, this should be *Artemisia nilagirica*, which is quite a >> misidentified plant in India. The broad, toothed segments of the leaves are >> a clear signature. The more common plant with narrow, untoothed leaf >> segments is *Artemisia dubia*. In fact, all the plants listed on the eFI >> page for Artemisia nilagarica >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/ar/asteraceae/asteroideae/anthemideae/artemisia/artemisia-nilagirica> >> page should belong to *Artemisia dubia*. You can compare with the images >> of Artemisia dubia at POWO >> <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60475130-2>. >> Tabish >> On Monday, June 10, 2013 at 8:08:28 PM UTC+5:30 Satish Phadke wrote: >> >>> This *Artemisia *plant was photographed in Sinhagad valley. It is >>> commonly observed in western ghats. >>> Is it *Artemisia nilagirica*? >>> Dr Satish Phadke >>> >> -- >> 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/4bb89cb0-7b36-45e0-ab72-33e45f3111a5n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/4bb89cb0-7b36-45e0-ab72-33e45f3111a5n%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/CALTV20d3%2B%2BybNraTGahmD8NWHg%3DzCDMOG1BJ2S59eE_TJo%2BG3A%40mail.gmail.com.
