Swertia paniculata ABSEP2016/46

[Ashwini Bhatia]

Another Swertia for me, the fourth species, but still a lot more to find. Please validate.

Swertia paniculata—Panicled Swertia

Near Gallu Temple, Above Mcleodganj, HP

2000m approx.

25 September 2016

Thanks.

Ashwini

[Nidhan Singh]

Yes the commonest of all, very beautiful!!

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[Ashwini Bhatia]

Thank you Nidhan Singh ji. So far I have seen only three plants but hopefully I will keep discovering them. The most common here so far is the S. ciliata with dozens of plants from 2000m and above.

Regards,

Ashwini

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Ashwini ji. Keep exploring.

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[Ashwini Bhatia]

Thank you Chris. What I know about S. paniculata is that the purple ring at the corolla base is broken (continuous in S. ciliata) apart from the shape of nectaries etc. To me the flower in Alok ji’s blog look like Sweria ciliata.

Regards,

Ashwini

On 27 Sep 2016, at 01:56, C CHADWELL <chrischa...@btinternet.com> wrote:

Swertia paniculata is an accepted name within 'The Plant List'.

I have only just realised that 'The Plant List' is very useful, with links to

herbarium specimens at Kew (if there are any digitised) and images.

From there are links to Kew herbarium but the resolution is low,

so one can only gain any overall impression of the plants habit from this:

http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K001038866 

The only descriptions I have of this species are in 'Flora Simlensis' (

which you probably have a copy of) and can access it within 'Flora of

British India' (but I do not use this much).

The Kew specimens - only checked the Blinkworth one from India (no

location given).

Stewart lists the species from N.Pakistan & Kashmir from 1000-2700m.

You may well know Alok's Blog (from not that far away from you).

He has: https://forwildlife.wordpress.com/wild-flowers-of-kalatope-khajjiar-sanctuary/wildflowers-of-september/#jp-carousel-1447

of S.paniculata - assuming his identification is correct?

I am not an expert on Swertia, not having inspected them closely before, so

cannot comment further at this stage.

Best Wishes,

Chris Chadwell

81 Parlaunt Road 
SLOUGH
SL3 8BE
UK

http://www.shpa.org.uk/

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From: Ashwini Bhatia <ash...@ashwinibhatia.com>
To: indian...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, 25 September 2016, 10:12
Subject: Swertia paniculata ABSEP2016/46

Another Swertia for me, the fourth species, but still a lot more to find. Please validate.

Swertia paniculata—Panicled Swertia

Near Gallu Temple, Above Mcleodganj, HP

2000m approx.

25 September 2016

Thanks.

Ashwini

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[Ashwini Bhatia]

Thank you Mr Garg for the encouragement.

On 27 Sep 2016, at 08:42, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks, Ashwini ji. Keep exploring.

On 25 Sep 2016 14:42, "Ashwini Bhatia" <ash...@ashwinibhatia.com> wrote:

Another Swertia for me, the fourth species, but still a lot more to find. Please validate.

Swertia paniculata—Panicled Swertia

Near Gallu Temple, Above Mcleodganj, HP

2000m approx.

25 September 2016

Thanks.

Ashwini

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