Thanks, Chadwell ji On 22 Nov 2016 9:37 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 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 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.
