I have subsequently identified A and B as Swertia alata. On Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 9:20:33 AM UTC+5:30 Mahadeswara wrote:
> Very nice compilation with keys. Awesome upload. > > > On Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 9:38:22 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh > wrote: >> >> Some Beautiful Swertia species from Western Himalayas. >> >> Here are some species clicked from Western Himalayas >> >> A, B, a still unidentified species, perhaps a good material for young >> researchers, Deovan Herbal Garden, Chakrata, September 17, 2011. >> >> C, D, S. cordata, Budher Caves Road, Chakrata, September 18, 2011. >> >> E, F, S. angustifolia var. pulchella, Tiger Fall Area, Chakrata, >> September 18, 2011. >> >> G, H, S. chirayita, Deovan Herbal Garden, Chakrata, September 17, 2011. >> >> I, J, S. ciliata, Budher Caves Road, Chakrata, September 18, 2011. >> >> K, L, S. paniculata, Budher Caves Road, Chakrata, September 18, 2011. >> >> M, N, S. speciosa, Gulmarg, Kashmir, August 17, 2011. >> >> Here is the key I have tried to construct for species represented in our >> databases efloroaofindia and Flowers of India. You may help me improve it. >> >> 1. Most flowers on a plant pentamerous.......................2 >> >> 1. Most flowers on a plant Tetramerous.......................11 >> >> 2. Nectary 1, >> naked.......................................................3 >> >> 2. Nectaries 2, fimbriate................................................5 >> >> 3. Cauline leaves ovate-cordate, less than twice as >> >> long as broad................................................S. cordata >> >> 3. Caulinine leaves narrowly ovate to linear-lanceolate, more than twice >> as long as broad..............................4 >> >> 4. Filaments free, corolla pale yellow, with narrow purple band above >> glands, leaves linear-lanceolate, usually >> >> less than 10 mm broad......................S. paniculata Wall. (incl. S. >> dilatata Clarke) >> >> 4. Filaments connate into short tube at base, corolla pale purple with >> broad purple band near base, leaves ovate lanceolate, upto 2 cm >> broad................S. ciliata (D. Don ex G. Don) B. L. Burtt (syn: O. >> purpurascens Wallich ex D. Don) >> >> 5. Nectaries linear or oblong, vertical...............................5 >> >> 5. Nectaries rounded to horse-shoe shaped, mostly near centre of >> lobes..............................................................7 >> >> 6. Nectaries linear, near edges of lobes, with pilose fimbriae 2.5-3 mm >> long, corolla pale blue with darker veins, capsule 9-12 mm >> long.......................S. cuneata >> >> 6. Nectaries oblong, with a narrow scale and few long fimbriae, corolla >> white or pale blue, capsule 5-6 mm >> long.....................................................S. macrosperma >> >> 7. Leaves free at base, .................................S. tetragona >> >> 7. Leaves connate at base...............................................8 >> >> 8. corolla lobes ovate, shorter than 8 mm, cauline leaves connate for >> less than 5 mm.........................S. thomsonii >> >> 8. Corolla lobes elliptic-oblong, longer than 8 mm...........9 >> >> 9. Leaves alternate, Corolla lobes lurid green..S. alternifolia >> >> 9. Leaves >> opposite..........................................................10 >> >> 10. Plants less than 60 cm tall, cauline leaves less than 2 cm broad, >> corolla lurid-grey to nearly white, seeds not >> winged..........................................................S. petiolata >> >> 10. Plants up to 1.5 m tall, cauline leaves 2-4 cm broad, corolla >> yellowish green with usually purple to blue veins, seeds >> winged.....................................S. speciosa >> >> 11. Nectary >> 1.....................................................................12 >> >> 11. Nectaries >> 2..................................................................18 >> >> 12. Nectary naked................................................S. >> hookeri >> >> 12. Nectary >> fimbriate........................................................13 >> >> 13. Inflorescence corymbose...........................................14 >> >> 13. Inflorescence elongate, paniculate.............................16 >> >> 14. Leaves crowded, calyx lobes lanceolate, corolla lobes broadly oblong, >> white with blue nerves, nectary rounded covered with >> scale.........................S. densifolia >> >> 14. Leaves >> distant.............................................................15 >> >> 15. Calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, corolla lobes ovate, nectary ovate >> watch-pocket shaped with 2 compound >> fimbriae................................................................S. >> lawii >> >> 15. Calyx lobes ovate, corolla white or lurid blue, lobes >> elliptic-obovate, nectary orbicular covered with oblong scale with >> fimbriate margin.........................S. beddomei >> >> 16. Leaves ovate-cordate, less than twice long as broad, stem mostly >> 4-winged, corolla lobes lurid-green or yellow-green with purple veins or >> dots...........S. alata >> >> 16. Leaves lanceolate or elliptic, more than twice as long as >> broad............................................................17 >> >> 17. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, corolla lobes yellow-green with purple >> veins, fimbriae papillose..............S. nervosa >> >> 17. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, corolla lobes white to greenish with >> purple dots, fimbriae minutely >> hairy..........................................................S. >> angustifolia (calyx lobes longer than corolla...var. angustifolia, 2/3 as >> long as corolla....var. pulchella) >> >> 18. Nectaries naked, corolla lurid green, lobes tinged >> purple...............................................................S. >> lurida >> >> 18. Nectaries >> fimbriate...................................................19 >> >> 19. Corolla lobes ovate, greenish-yellow, cauline leaves >> connate......................................................S. thomsonii >> >> 19. Corolla lobes ovate acuminate, lurid green with purple base, cauline >> leaves free at base................S. chiryata >> >> >> >> >> >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Mob: 9810359089 >> https://sing96.wixsite.com/mysite-1 >> > -- 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. 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