"POWO <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47485-1#synonyms> does not give its distribution in the Himalayas. " That may be just because it is found only in the Himalayan foothills, and not the Himalayas. According to Flora of Morni Hills, it is found in Morni hills. However,* Dicliptera chinensis* is supposed to have a very wide distribution, from E. Afghanistan to SE Asia. Tabish ------------------------------------------- <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net The waterhole of flower lovers
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 10:36 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Tabish ji, > For *Dicliptera chinensis *(L.) Juss. (syn. *Dicliptera roxburghiana* > Nees), POWO > <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47485-1#synonyms> > does not give its distribution in the Himalayas. > So it is highly that it is *Dicliptera riparia* Nees (syn. *Dicliptera* > *roxburghiana* var. *riparia* (Nees) Benoist > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242421985>) as > per Catalogue of Life > <https://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/4426ae5b538086188facdd0af762f956/synonym/55f897f91bd228c8d2303567796704d5> > (*Himalayas, Plains of E-, N- & NE-India, Upper Gangetic Plains*), > Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Taninthayi), Thailand, Nepal. > Also our observations match with GBIF > <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=5575125> specimens and > are the same as those from Nepal. > > On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 22:14, Tabish <tabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> According to POWO >> <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47665-1>, >> *Dicliptera riparia* is found from *Nepal eastwards to China*. Flowers >> at FOI were found in Nainital. So, it is highly unlikely they belong to >> Dicliptera riparia. >> Tabish >> ------------------------------------------- >> <http://www.flowersofindia.net>www.flowersofindia.net >> The waterhole of flower lovers >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 5:09 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Images of Dicliptera chinensis in FOI >>> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chinese%20Foldwing.html> >>> appears >>> close to *Dicliptera riparia* Nees (syn. *Dicliptera* *roxburghiana* >>> var. *riparia* (Nees) Benoist >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242421985>) as >>> mentioned in the Checklist of Nepal >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=109954> as >>> per GBIF <https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=5575125> >>> specimens. >>> Catalogue of Life >>> <https://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/4426ae5b538086188facdd0af762f956/synonym/55f897f91bd228c8d2303567796704d5> >>> gives its distribution as India (*Himalayas, Plains of E-, N- & >>> NE-India, Upper Gangetic Plains*), Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Taninthayi), >>> Thailand, Nepal. >>> >>> For *Dicliptera chinensis *(L.) Juss. (syn. *Dicliptera roxburghiana* >>> Nees), Catalogue of life >>> <https://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/6ec15bc8480a736896ba45f6689e13bf/synonym/bde6176c0320d44083b0ccd62bd65bb9> >>> (*China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Hongkong, Macao, Yunnan, >>> Guizhou, Sichuan), Taiwan, Indochina, Pakistan (Baluchistan, Quetta, >>> Waziristan, Kurram, N.W.Frontier Prov., Dir, Swat, Pakistani Punjab, Salt >>> Range, Rawalpindi, Hazara), Ryukyu Isl., Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I), >>> Molokai (I)*)) does not mention its distribution in India. POWO >>> <http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47485-1#synonyms> >>> (*Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China >>> Southeast, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Pakistan, Taiwan, >>> Thailand, Vietnam*) also does not give its distribution in the >>> Himalayas. >>> >>> So I think our Himalyan plants should be* Dicliptera riparia* Nees >>> (syn. *Dicliptera* *roxburghiana* var. *riparia* (Nees) Benoist >>> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242421985> >>> ) >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg >>> >> > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CALTV20df1JFmH3Fi1%3D%2BOziO0JkNNnhXLAAt_cCQzLEbdY8d1Nw%40mail.gmail.com.
