Yes Satish ji I also read this, but ignored it as Plant List seems to have more errors that true facts. The plant looks very different from F. cirrhosa, and as such followed Flowers of Himalaya, which treats them distinct.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nice > A synonym of *Fritillaria cirrhosa* D.Don as per The Plant List. > Family Liliaceae. > > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Very Interesting. Thanks Gurcharan Singh ji for sharing. >> Regards >> Prashant >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Fritillaria roylei* Hook., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 9: t. 860 1852. >>> >>> Common name: Himalayan Fritillary >>> >>> Bulbous perennial herb up to 70 cm tall with bulbs 2-3 cm in diam; >>> leaves alternate, opposite or in whorls of 3-6, linear-lanceolate, often >>> acuminate; flowers solitary or 2-4 together usually subtended by 3 leafy >>> bracts, nodding, 4-6 cm long, campanulate with oblong to elliptic-oblong >>> tepals which are yellowish green to brownish-purple, base dark purple on >>> outside, often spotted with red on outside; stamens 2-3 cm long; style >>> 3-lobed; capsule broadly oblong, 25-35 mm long, seeds many. >>> >>> Common in Khillenmarg meadow in Kashmir, photographed in May. I found >>> two types of flowers those with dull greenish-yellow flowers and those with >>> bright red spots on outside. >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke >
