Thanks Balkar ji for nice analysis and conclusion. -- 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 Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All > Agrimonia pilosa var. nepalensis or Agrimonia eupatoria subsp. asiatica > from valley > I am still unable to conclude > Previous Discussion > From Gurcharan Ji > > "Perhaps this is one thing we have to resolve. Most Indian books and > websites (incl. FOI) consider Indian plant to be A. pilosa, whereas I > thought our Chakrata plant as well as this one seems to me more as A. > eupatoria subsp. asiatica. Perhaps we have to keep watch on flower size, > fruit size and direction of prickles . According to Flora of China the > following should be expected in our area: > Agrimonia eupatoria subsp. asiatica: Flowers 12-13 mm in diam.; fruiting > hypanthium > 8-10 x 5 mm including prickles, outer > prickles recurved, innermost > spreading; leaflets abaxially pubescent > and pilose, adaxially appressed > pilose. > Agrimonia pilosa var. nepalensis : Flowers 6-9 mm in diam.; fruiting > hypanthium 7-8 x 3-4 > mm including prikles erect when young, > connivent when old; leaflets > abaxially densely pubescent or > tomentose-pubescent between veins, > sparsely glandular punctate, > adaxially hirsute or hirtellous on veins." > > On Pic 6488 size is shown by line that is 5 mm for fruit including > prickles. for flower as per my calculations it is about 8-9 mm. To me > Agrimonia pilosa var. nepalensis more close > help pls > Thanks > * > * > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > > -- > > > > --
