SK2063 20 July 2019

[Saroj Kasaju]

Location:  Phulchoki, Lalitpur

Date:  3 July 2019

Elevation:  2415 m.

Habit : Wild

Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex DC. ??

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Please ignore image 1.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

May be as per Anemone rivularis. But typical purple colouration is missing. 

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Anemonastrum elongatum (D.Don) Holub ??

Syn : Anemone elongata D.Don

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

There are two closely related species in our area: Anemonastrum tetrasepalum (Royle) Holub (syn: Anemone tetrasepala Royle) (Distribution given in J&K only in our area) and Anemone elongata. Keys between them is given below from Flora of China:

35 (34)	Leaf blade 3-lobed, leathery; sepals 4, 12--20 × 6--12 mm, glabrous, with vein anastomoses; achene body 8--12 mm		33 A. tetrasepala
+	Leaf blade 3-parted, herbaceous; sepals 5, varying in size, puberulent or glabrous, without vein anastomoses; achene body smaller.		(36)
36 (35)	Sepals 12--20 × 6--12 mm, base cuneate, apex rounded; achene body 6--9 mm, wing 1.2--1.3 mm wide, style 1--1.5 mm		34 A. elongata
+	Sepals 7--10 × 4--6 mm, base rounded, apex acute; achene body 5--6 mm, wing 0.5--0.6 mm wide, style 0.6--1 mm		35 A. shikokiana

Keys point out towards this plant being Anemone elongata. I further checked with GBIF & description in Flora of China and as per high resolution specimens as below:

https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fmediaphoto.mnhn.fr%2Fmedia%2F1441326301731flWNCzaVgVuUa4T3

https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fmediaphoto.mnhn.fr%2Fmedia%2F1441326301712MAyVx6Gle6X6qnml

In view I think the posted plant should be of Anemone elongata.

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From: Saroj Kasaju <kasaj...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 at 12:17
Subject: SK2063 20 July 2019
To: efloraindia <indian...@googlegroups.com>, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com>

[J.M. Garg]

I also find abstract of one paper:

Exclusion of Anemone tetrasepala (Ranunculaceae) from the flora of China (Abstract- We demonstrate that all the Xizang (Tibet) specimens previously identified as Anemone tetrasepala (Ranunculaceae) actually belong to A. elongata, a species distributed in east Himalaya. Anemone tetrasepala is not known to occur in China, but is confined to north-west Himalaya only).

[Saroj Kasaju]

So we take it as Anemonastrum elongatum (D. Don) Holub ??

Nepali Name :  धनेरो  Dhanero /  रतन जोत  Ratan Jot /  सेतो बिख Seto Bikh 

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Yes. I think so. 

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