Dear Chris Thank you very much for this regards mohina macker On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:43 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
