Thanks, Chadwell ji On 22 Nov 2016 9:21 am, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 the Deovan Herbal > Garden is this rather than what is now the separate B.ciliata - though I > think there has been confusion between some forms of both.* > > *The plant used medicinally is mainly or perhaps exclusively Bergenia > pacumbis incl. the specimens I saw being cultivated in the Medicinal Plants > Section of the Nehru Botanical Garden, Srinagar, Kashmir.* > > > On Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 3:05:07 AM UTC+1, Balkar wrote: > >> Dear All >> Bergenia ciliata from Deovan Herbal Garden >> an important Herbal medicine for Kidney Stones >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > -- > 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 email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
