Resurfacing for ID : Euphorbia sikkimensis Boiss. <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/IX3oseJR-bA/m/xCHufKpuAQAJ> Thank you.
Saroj Kasaju On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 5:44 PM J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > Yes this is *Euphorbia sikkimensis* Boiss., characterised by the solitary > terminal cyathium within the 3 pseudoumbel leaves. > N. P. Balakrishnan > > *Yes, this appears close to E.sikkimensis but have you considered > Euphorbia schillingii?* There is a photo in the 'Supplement' to 'Flowers > of the Himalaya' (which was privately published & paid for by the late Adam > Stainton, co-author of the main 'Flowers of the Himalaya') which was named > provisionally as *Euphorbia *aff. *sikkimensis* - meaning "has affinities > to", which comes very close to the specimen at Kalinchowk. I did once ask > a member of staff at Kew their precise interpretation/usage of the term but > never got a reply. Like so much, there is an element of interpretation > involved. > *Anyhow, in the description Stainton states, "the plant illustrated was > photographed by Mr. A.Schilling in the Dudh Kosi valley of E.Nepal... it > differs in **some respects from E.sikkimensis". At the end of the > introduction to this book, the author noted (1997) that the specimen was > about to be published as a new species, Euphorbia schillingii (please note > Schilling was from the UK Royal Horticultural Society and helped establish > The Royal Botanic Garden, Godawari, Nepal) A.Radcliffe-Smith. A principal > distinction is that the fruits are warty, whereas the fruits of > E.sikkimensis are smooth. Saroj's images are of immature fruits but I > think I can detect developing warts? What do others think.* > *E.schillingii has been recorded from Central & East Nepal. E.sikkimensis > has been recorded from East Nepal to Bhutan and Tibet. But perhaps the > distribution of both are not perfectly know due to similarities. There are > herbarium specimens labelled as E.sikkimensis collected by Hooker in India > at Kew which can be viewed on-line.* - from Chris Chadwell > ji. > > *Euphorbia* is a big and difficult genus to me. > What I am able to see in the plate of 'Flowers of the Himalaya: A > supplement' (by A.Stainton) and referred by Chadwell Ji, that the cyathia > are terminal but not solitary as the cyathia are surrounded by few bud like > structures (*E. schillingii*). Such structures are not visible in the > images by Saroj Ji. The specimens at Kew have little help as detailed > structure can not be seen in them and the type of species are from the > plant cultivated in Europe. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Saroj Kasaju <kasajusa...@gmail.com> > Date: 5 October 2016 at 20:51 > Subject: Euphorbia sikkimensis Boiss. (accepted name) > To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com>, "J.M. Garg" < > jmga...@gmail.com> > > > Dear Members, > > Sharingnsome pictures I guess is > *Euphorbia sikkimensis *Boiss. (accepted name) > shot on the way to Kalinchowk Dlakha Nepal on > 26 July 2014 at around 9000 ft. > > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- 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/CAEf%3DytSgZBnuemNS8%2BLi%2BauzxgLKM7RwX3giiW5egvDM16J-sQ%40mail.gmail.com.
