SK 2169 9 September 2019

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Members,

Location: Nagarkot, Kathmandu

Date: 03 August  2019

Elevation: 2041 m.

Habit : Wild 

How to differentiate between 3 Ophiopogons ?

Ophiopogon

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

May be you find keys in Flora of Bhutan. 

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With regards,
J. M. Garg

[Saroj Kasaju]

Yes but difficult through keys !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Pl. send me the keys, I shall try. 

[Saroj Kasaju]

I had already sent the whole set pdf version of book . I hope you have received it !

Thank you

Saroj Kasaju

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Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Yes, Saroj ji.

I have received it. But if you send the keys, it will save some of my time.

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J.M.Garg

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[Saroj Kasaju]

I did not find the keys  i the FOB.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

OK, Saroj ji 

[J.M. Garg]

Could not find the keys, But tried to find out the difference from two species listed in China:

Ophiopogon intermedius D. Don

Roots sometimes with fleshy, tuberous part near tip. Rhizome short, thick. Leaves basal, tufted, sessile, grasslike, 15--55(--70) cm × 3--15 mm, 5--9-veined, base attenuate, margin usually serrulate; leaf tufts usually surrounded by brownish, membranous sheaths. Scape (15--)20--50 cm, sometimes slightly flattened and narrowly 2-winged. Inflorescence a reduced panicle, (2.5--)5--16 cm, many flowered; bracts subulate, linear, or lanceolate, basal one 1.5--4 cm. Flowers in clusters of 2 or 3 or sometimes solitary; pedicel 4--7 mm, articulate proximally or at middle. Tepals white or purplish, oblong, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 4--7 × 2--2.5 mm. Filaments very short; anthers 2--4 mm. Style 3--4 mm. Seeds ellipsoid. Fl. May--Aug, fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 36*, 54, 68, 72*, 108*, 112.

FOC illustration

GBIF (high resolution specimen)

Ophiopogon clarkei J. D. Hooker

Plants stoloniferous. Roots slender, usually with fusiform, tuberous part near middle or tip. Leaves basal, tufted, sessile, grasslike, 7--30 cm × 2--3 mm, 5--7-veined, margin slightly serrulate. Scape 10--20 cm. Inflorescence a reduced panicle, 2--3 cm, 2--5-flowered; bracts lanceolate to narrowly ovate, basal one 6--7 mm. Flowers solitary or paired; pedicel 4--5 mm, articulate at or below middle. Tepals white, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 7--8 × 2.5--3.5 mm. Filaments ca. 1.5 mm; anthers ca. 4.5 mm. Style basally slightly widened. Fl. Jun--Jul. 2 n = 36*, ?38.

FOC illustration

GBIF (high resolution specimen)

Ophiopogon parviflorus (Hook.f.) H.Hara is treated as syn. of synonym for Ophiopogon intermedius D.Don (considered to be a very variable species), by Catalogue of Life.  

In view, I may like to go for Ophiopogon intermedius D. Don for this plant, based on coloured observations. For other differences, you may check with your observations of measurements.

[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you Mr.  Garg.

Enclosiung somemore keys from !

Flora of Kathmandu Valley

OPHIOPOGON KER—GAWL. in Bot. Mag. t. 1063 (I807).

Small, Sfiiapigerous herbs; stem short from a short rootstock or elongate and subs-

candent. Leaves radi'cal, li'near or lanceola.te. Scape leafy or naked,. bracts scari-ous. Flowei-5

race _- -
med, usually many flowered. Perianth segments spreading. Stamens 6, on the bas“

of the perianth-segments; filaments erect; anthers basifixed. Ovary inferior, 3-celled, crown flat 'or.depre.ssed; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral, erect; style columnar; stigma -toot e

' 3 hd. Distrz'burion: Species about 20. Found in Himalaya to Japan and Phillipines.

Fruit indehiscent.

KEY TO THE SPECIES
l. Rootstok not stout, fowers solitary or fascicled, 0.4-0.8 cm diam. . -

e O. intermedius l. Rootstock stout, fiowers usually fascicled, 1-2 cm diam. —- - — - 0. wallichianus

Ophiopogon intermedius D. Don, ro . . .
P dr Fl Nep 48 (I825) - Fl. Brit. Ind. 6:269 (I892)-

Parkerin For. Bull. 76:8 (I931) —Kitamura in Fn. Fl. Nep. Himal. 1:95 (I955) - Hara in Fl. E. Himal. 409 (I966).

Scapigerous herb. Rootstock short, not stout. Leaves 5-35 cm long and 0.3-0.5 cm broad, linear, acute or acuminate, dark green above paler beneath. Flowers white, 0.4- 0.8 cm in diam., in lax racemes 2-4 cm long on very long slender scapes 7-30 cm long,

bracts narrowly lanceolate, variable i'n length. as~ much as l.5_ c_m long; pedicels 0.2-0.6 cm long. Perianth campanulate 0.3-0.5 cm long; segments elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Anthers narrowly oblong.

Distribution : Himalaya, Khasia, Manipur, N. Thai, and W. China; in Nepal - central.Ecology: Commonly growing on moist and shady place.

Uses:
Local name: Ban kasur (Ft $31)
Flowering: Mar. - July.
Fruiting: Aug. - Sept.
Place of collection: Phulchoki, I600-2438 m; Gokarna, l34l m; Nagarkot, l98l m;

Shivapuri, 2438 m.

Ophiopogon wallichianus (Kunth) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6:268(l892)- Bull. Dept. Med-Pl. Nep. l:49(l967).

Scapigerous herb. Rootstock short, stout l—l.5 cm thick. Leaves 6-I0 cm long and0.4-0.8 cm broad, linear,acute, midrib distinct, dark green above paler beneath. Flowers white or pale lilac, 1 cm in diam., usually fascicled in lax raceme l0-l2 cm ‘ong on long scape 20-30 cm long; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 0.2-I .5 cm long; pedicel 0.2-0.3 cm long. Perianth campanulate 0.5-0.7 cm long; segments elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 0.4 cmwide. Anthers narrowly oblong.

Distribution: Himalaya; in Nepal - central. Ecology: Occurs on shady forest floor.

Uses:
Local name:
Flowering: June - July.
Fruiting: Sept. - Oct.
Place of collection: Bagdwar, Sheopuri, 2700 m.

However links says they are the same.

Flowers of the Himalaya

1441 0. intermedius D. Don
Afghanistan to S.W. China. S.E. Asia. 1500-3000 m. Forests, shruh- beries. May- Jul.

A small tufted plant of shady forest banks, w~thmany grass-like leaves, and with spike-like clusters of small white drooping flowers borne on leafless stems. Spikes mostly 2-5 cm; flowers cup-shaped, with spreading petals 4-6 mm, short-stalked, and subtended by papery bracts longer than the flower-stalks. Leaves linear 2-5 mm broad, tufted; flowering stems

10- 15 cm. R o o b ~ skhort, covered with old fibres. Page 517.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Ophiopogon wallichianus (Kunth) Hook.f. is a syn. of Ophiopogon intermedius D.Don as per Catalogue of life.

[Saroj Kasaju]

Yes Mr. Garg !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju