Stewart listed Bergenia himalaica (syn. B.ciliata var. ligulata, B.ligulata) as common & gregarious on shady cliffs @ 1800-3000m in Kashmir.
He mentioned B.ciliata var. ciliata as only recorded from Hazara and Kagan Valley. There has clearly been confusion between these similar taxa. Ghazanfar in Saxifragaceae (Flora of Pakistan, 1977) recognised only 2 species in Pakistan: B.stracheyi and B.ciliata, splitting the latter into forma ciliata and forma ligulata on the basis of the hirsute leaves of the former (though sometimes glabrous upper surface).. She considered forma ciliata as very common on rocks in and around the Murree area. *Nowadays, B.ciliata forma ligulata (or B.himalaica as Stewart knew it) is Bergenia pacumbis. I think the plant photographed in Darjeeling* may be this rather than what is now the separate B.ciliata - though I think there has been confusion between some forms of both.* *Flora of Bhutan only mentions what was B.ciliata forma ligulata (now Bergenia pacumbis) on rocks & cliff faces (the equivalent of the man-made wall in Darjeeling this specimens inhabits) @ 1500-3050m.* *So where is the true Bergenia ciliata found? I note in 'Enumeration of Flowering Plants of Nepal' that B.ciliata forma ciliata is only recorded in West & Central Nepal @ 900-1700m and only as far East as Nepal whereas forma ligulata was found @ 1600-3200m to Bhutan, S.Tibet and Assam.* ** Unless the plant is an escape from cultivation?* On Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 12:53:27 PM UTC+1, mohina macker wrote: > Bergenia ciliata > darjeeling, second week of april > regrds > mohina macker > -- 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 post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
