A reply:
"My apologies that once again I am unfortunately obliged to be doubtful of
that identification as C./A. bullosa. While A. bullosa is one of the
species that does have a bullulate upper surface, as I mentioned, it is not
known (that is from a compendium of c. 100 herbaria holding Indian
collections that I studied for monographic revision work on this genus)
from as far north as Mahabaleshwar. It occurs from Karnataka southwards-
only in the southern part of the Western and Eastern Ghats.
I did not mention that the big diagnostic difference between A.
bullosa and the common and widespread A. formosana (syn. C. brevifrons) is
that A. bullosa has concolorous, reddish scales on the stipe, whereas A.
formosana [and A. anceps] has narrower, bicolorous brown and pale-brown
scales on the stipe - with a central band or streak of darker brown. This
is a major difference between two groups in Sect. Farinosae [C. farinosa
itself is not present in India] and is of considerable taxonomic importance
in this genus.
So if the collector would care to provide a photo that would enable
the identification of this species, by showing the scales on the stipe
against a light background we can easily prove that it is not A. bullosa.
Cheers again, Chris F.-J. "
On 2 November 2011 10:38, Vijayadas D <[email protected]> wrote:
> Cheilanthes bullosa - but it is in young stage
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:11 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.
>>
>> Some earlier relevant feedback:
>>
>> “This *should be Silver fern, Chelianthes argenta*.
>> Pankaj”
>>
>>
>>
>> “if back side of leaves is silver in colour & strm is maroon black nelu
>> in hindi madicinal uses in tribes of jharkhand *Chelianthes sps*.--
>> HARI SHANKAR LAL”
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>
>> Date: 28 July 2011 13:16
>> Subject: [efloraofindia:75294] Fern for ID : 280711 : AK-2
>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>
>>
>>
>> Taken at Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra on the 30/11/09.
>> Was growing wild in a number of places and locals were referring it as
>> 'Sanjeevani'.
>> Aarti
>>
>>
>>
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