Thanks Tabish, for pointing to *Lecanthus obtusus* (Royle) Hand.-Mazz. - it has very limited distribution in India - endemic to Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand. Hoping that Garg ji and other friends familiar with this genus will give their thoughts and resolve the ID. Regards. Dinesh
On Sat, Sep 7, 2024 at 9:54 PM Tabish <[email protected]> wrote: > I think Dinesh's plant is *Lecanthus obtusus > <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:854358-1>, *which > was for long considered a synonym of L. peduncularis, but is a much > shorter, delicate herb, with short peduncles. I am attaching the original > description and drawing of Lecanthus peduncularis var. garhwalensis, > which is now a synonym of Lecanthus obtusus. On my recent visit to > Dhanaulti, I saw Lecanthus peduncularis growing in great numbers and > realized how robust a plant it is. That made me relook into the much > shorter and delicate plant we had also found earlier. Leaves of L. > peduncularis are acute to acuminate, never obtuse as seen in Dinesh's plant. > Tabish > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Dinesh Valke <Unknown> > Date: Friday, September 26, 2014 at 12:00:40 PM UTC+5:30 > Subject: Names of Plants in India :: Lecanthus peduncularis (Wall. ex > Royle) Wedd. > To: efloraofindia <Unknown> > > > via Species > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > L > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/l> > > *Lecanthus peduncularis* (Wall. ex Royle) Wedd. ... *family*: Urticaceae > [image: Lecanthus peduncularis (Wall. ex Royle) Wedd.] > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F15322279445&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfR9AEAhln1vKRg9f72Wh4is_o2Bg> > > > [image: Flowers of India] > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FStalked%2520Dischead.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcn6NAjZE8j9iiFmEvWL-HTA7mY0g> > [image: Discussions at efloraofindia] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Lecanthus%20peduncularis%7Csort:date%7Cspell:true> > [image: more views in flickr] > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DLecanthuspeduncularis%26m%3Dtags%26z%3Dm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcTKQe-NxZ-sMFNfho2ldRmMo2PDQ> > [image: more views on Google Earth] > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2Findia%2F%26tags%3DLecanthuspeduncularis%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd3RVWamjd_prlU-xqwO-M5lu32pg> > > > ¿ *lay-KAN-thuss* ? -- Greek: *lekane* (dish, pot), *anthos* (flower)... > Wikipedia > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FList_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcqSwVYU9VneBorROXg7PDaUHWlpA> > *pee-dun-kew-LAIR-iss* -- stalked ... Dave's Botanary > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dpeduncularis&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf8IyppgOlPvXOAd2SjDR445BlS-A> > > > > *commonly known as*: stalked dischead > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/stalked-dischead> > • *Nepali*: गकालेती gakaleti > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/gakaleti-gakaleti> > , गांठेगोलिया ganthe golia > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/ganthegoliya-ganthe-golia> > , खोले झार khole jhar > <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/khole-jhara-khole-jhar> > > > > *botanical names*: *Lecanthus peduncularis* (Wall. ex Royle) Wedd. ... > *synonyms*: *Lecanthus wallichii* Wedd. • *Lecanthus wightii* Wedd. • *Procris > obtusa* Royle • *Procris peduncularis* Wall. ex Royle ... *The Plant List* > (2013). > Version 1.1. > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theplantlist.org%2Ftpl1.1%2Frecord%2Ftro-50064219&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdWQ3yfhh6nAuduTyQ7oDZqzw87pQ> > > -- 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/CABSQqC00U6aKgKA1u50rcZQ8GcxA35%2Bzu8J78-P_dUuNJcJ%2BCg%40mail.gmail.com.
