Thanks, Chadwell ji On 22 Nov 2016 9:43 am, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> Lovely images again. > > 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 by Ashwini is this > rather than what is now the separate B.ciliata (the bottom image just shows > the under surface of a leaf which is shiny, not hirsute) - 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 Monday, March 28, 2016 at 3:43:29 AM UTC+1, ashwini wrote: > >> Yesterday I accompanied a friend and my daughter for a walk in the >> mountains. We walked mainly along the south facing slopes at an average >> altitude of about 1850m before walking down to 1800m for a tea near a small >> mountain stream. Along the way I saw my first Bergenia. The first plant I >> saw was growing out of a stone wall with small flowers and young round >> leaves. Farther into our walk, I saw another cluster with larger flowers >> and much larger leaves. Here are some photographs. Please advise if I have >> misidentified the plant. >> >> *Bergenia ciliata*—Hairy Bergenia >> Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP >> 1800m >> 27 March 2016 >> >> Thanks. >> Ashwini >> >> >> -- > 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.
