The bottom line seems to be that Scrophularia eliator and Scrophularia edgeworthii are very close to each other, the only notable distinguishing feature being the protruding stamens. Based on Pennell, one can settle on S. edgeworthii - Tabish
On Sunday, August 26, 2012 10:34:06 PM UTC+5:30, Balkar wrote: > > Dear All > the attached pages may be of some help > From Pennell's monograph on Scrophulariaceae of Western Himalayas > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Gurcharan Singh > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Nearly more than 30 percent Indian taxa are unresolved according to The >> Plant List. I think it is their problem, if they have not even listed most >> Indian plants, though already included in Index Kewensis and IPNI, or >> consider some unresolved. Pennell's monograph on Scrophulariaceae of >> Western Himalayas is a very authentic study, and I think we should follow >> it unless there is concrete contradictory study. >> I have already pointed out more than a thousand names which have been >> wrongly assigned or not known to them. >> >> >> -- >> 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 Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Tabish <[email protected] >> <javascript:>>wrote: >> >>> PS: >>> The plant at FOI has hairless stem and leaves, but the inflorescence is >>> glandular-hairy. This part agrees with the description of S. elatior at >>> Flora of China. >>> - Tabish >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > --
