In most recent revision by PPG 1 in 2016 it has been removed to separate genus under the name *Claytosmunda claytoniana* subsp. *vestita* (Milde) Lehnert <https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5GHC6>
On Friday, April 14, 2023 at 1:50:39 PM UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > Thanks a lot, Chris ji > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Chris Fraser-Jenkins > Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 at 13:45 > Subject: Re: Osmunda claytonia L. 'The Interrupted Fern' on Khelanmarg > To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > > > Best not to be confused. This species is extremely well known throughout > the Himalaya, distribution and synonymy is all in Indian Checklist vol. 1. > > O. regalis has never been confused with it, a quite different group. > Anyway O. regalis does not occur in India where O. japonica replaces it. > Just look in IC 1 and you will also see them illustrated in our new Jammu & > Kashmir ferns book, Khullar, Kirn and I, releasing in a few weeks, and as > long published by me in 1992, and in Indian Fern J. 2013. Distributions > all well known and many collections cited. Stewart was good, but > prehistoric compared to modern Indian fern data. > > All this was sorted out and clarified years ago and there has been no > confusion for decades. > > Best, > Chris F.J. > > On Friday, 14 April 2023 at 07:45:17 BST, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I think it may be *O. claytoniana* subsp. *vestita* (POWO > <https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17169150-1> > mentions > it as a syn. of *Osmunda pilosa *Wall. ex Grev. & Hook.) as suggested by > Chris ji at Osmunda regalis from Kashmir-GSJUN09 > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/JivZOKfrdB4> > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *C CHADWELL* <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 at 11:23 > Subject: Osmunda claytonia L. 'The Interrupted Fern' on Khelanmarg > To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > > > I was surprised to find no postings of this fern from Kashmir but note > O.regalis was posted from the same > location. > > Would our fern expert kindly pass his eye over the attached images (my > apologies for not taking any > shots of the undersides of the fronds)? I was not feeling at all well > that day (and had already developed, at that > time an undiagnosed condition - I just thought I was "slowing down due to > getting older). > > Along with: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/JivZOKfrdB4 > > > According to Stewart, Osmunda claytonia known as 'The Interrupted Fern' is > gregarious on forest banks and grassy > hillsides usually above 2400m. Recorded from Hazara, Poonch whilst > abundant in Kashmir. > > He considered that Osmunda regalis had only been recorded from Hazara with > no records from Kashmir. > > *Rather odd, I have a copy of 'Plants of Gulmarg (Kashmir)' by A Naqshi, G > Singh & K Koul (1984) which lists* > *Osmunda claytonia as common among bushes on Khillenmarg which appears to > support Stewart.* > > > Best Wishes, > > > Chris Chadwell > > > 81 Parlaunt Road > SLOUGH > SL3 8BE > UK > > www.shpa.org.uk > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > > -- > 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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/e786c4eb-abaa-438d-a882-a9d670c1d9dcn%40googlegroups.com.
