Any critical feedback? On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 at 11:49, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Going by the keys, can it be *Saussurea gnaphalodes* (Royle) Sch.Bip. > <https://efloraofindia.com/species/a---l/ar/asteraceae/carduoideae/saussurea/saussurea-gnaphalodes> > ? > > On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 at 11:48, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Three species given in bold below (from keys in Flora of China) are quite >> confusing. Pl. check (all can be seen at Saussurea >> <https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/28/saussurea/>): >> 18 (12) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-12> >> *Pappus >> dull dark brown, mouse-gray, or blackish* (19) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-19> >> + *Pappus white, dirty white, straw-colored, light brown, or brown* >> (21) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-21> >> >> 19 (18) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-18> >> Plants >> not caespitose; caudex long, creeping, fragile, branched below ground >> level; leaf blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, pinnately lobed to >> pinnately divided, 5-15 mm wide. 16 *S. quercifolia* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024444> >> + *Plants usually caespitose; caudex short, branched at ground level; >> leaf blade obovate, spatulate, or linear-oblong, undivided, 2-8 mm wide* >> (20) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-20> >> >> 20 (19) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-19> >> *Rosette >> and lower stem leaves green, glabrescent; petioles green,* *elongated;* *leaf >> margin obtusely sinuate-dentate; outer pappus bristles always reflexed and >> appressed on achene.* 13 *S. inversa* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250097346> >> + *Rosette and lower stem leaves whitish, densely tomentose; petioles >> purple, short; leaf margin entire or shallowly crenate; outer pappus >> bristles usually erect.* 14 *S. gnaphalodes* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024414> >> >> 21 (18) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-18> >> Plants >> shortly stemmed, less than 10 cm tall (22) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-22> >> + Plants with a distinct elongate erect flowering stem, usually more >> than 10 cm tall (24) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-24> >> >> 22 (21) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-21> >> Leaf >> blade very small, less than 1 cm. 15 *S. sugongii* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250097347> >> + *Leaf blade larger, more than 1 cm* *(23)* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-23> >> >> 23 (22) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=317631#KEY-1-22> >> *Upper >> stem leaves elliptic, not reflexed, apex obtuse to rounded.* 12 *S. >> glacialis* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250097345> >> + Upper stem leaves linear, reflexed, apex acuminate. 19 *S. >> gyacaensis* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242346737> >> >> >> On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 at 09:12, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes Alka Ji ! >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/VjtKOxNET-8 >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Saroj Kasaju >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 9:10 AM Alka Khare <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello friends >>>> >>>> This was at the Chang la (the top) next to Chang la baba mandir, Ladakh >>>> in August 2022. >>>> >>>> Saussurea glacialis >>>> >>>> Requested to please validate. >>>> >>>> Thanks and regards >>>> Alka Khare >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/1a7c966e-fc0b-4a01-ae27-3a0b2389a4b5n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/1a7c966e-fc0b-4a01-ae27-3a0b2389a4b5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFCcY7ajUXVexNQEOWchPOQeq%2BiSUVDz-YLbt5vG0Ky8FA%40mail.gmail.com.
