Thanks, Chadwell ji On 22 Nov 2016 9:23 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 Paddar Valley 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, May 26, 2012 at 6:53:50 AM UTC+1, Suresh Rana wrote: > >> Request for ID confirmation >> >> Bot. name: *Bergenia ciliata* >> Family: Saxifragaceae >> Location: Paddar valley J&K. >> Date: 19 April, 2012 >> Altitude: 2000 meters asl >> >> >> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-yVF0lpGKa8E/T8BvScDQqzI/AAAAAAAAAJw/fcgV9Pc_0Pg/s1600/Bergenia+ciliata+%282%29.JPG> >> >> >> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZR6tixwfHTc/T8BvAlPyjQI/AAAAAAAAAJo/zPrCnz7GWJk/s1600/Bergenia+ciliata.JPG> >> >> -- > 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.
