Cardamine ¿ scutata / subumbellata ?

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Dinesh Valke

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Jul 15, 2010, 4:06:18 AM7/15/10
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Dear friends,
ID provided by Satish Pardeshi ji over Google Buzz ... Cardamine scutata.
Seems to me, C. subumbellata


Date/Time
: July 11, 2010 at 8.07am IST
Location Place : near Prabal Machi, Panvel, Maharashtra
Altitude : about 204 m (above mean sea level)
GPS : around 18.982835°N, 73.211909°E

Habitat : wild, along forest trails
Type : moist deciduous forest

Plant
Habit
: herb
Height : about 25 - 30 cm





Satish ji, while gathering information from internet:
1) the plant posted by me looks more agreeable with C. subumbellata
references:
   a) Cooke's flora ... description attached ... online at http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofpresidenc01cook#page/30/mode/2up/search/Cardamine
   b) Hooker's flora ...
description attached ... online at http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofbritishin01hook#page/138/mode/2up/search/Cardamine

2) Status of C. scutata not very clear ... an article related to Cardamine species in American journal of Botany  at http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/93/8/1206
   a) at flickr looks different (although, not dependable) ... http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=Cardamine+scutata&m=text

3) at IPNI (as Tabish pointed out), C. subumbellata is an accepted name, with no synonyms ,,, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=B5D106882C74D8FD00FAE703B2FEB46C?id=280681-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditSimplePlantNameSearch.do%3Bjsessionid%3DB5D106882C74D8FD00FAE703B2FEB46C%3Ffind_wholeName%3DCardamine%2Bsubumbellata%26output_format%3Dnormal


Dear friends and Satish ji, please resolve this query.


Regards.
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Tabish

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Jul 15, 2010, 4:26:00 AM7/15/10
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Dear Dinesh,
Kudos for the thorough post, including the excerpts from the
original reference of C. subumbellata - Flora of British India,
Hooker.
The leaves seem to agree very well with the description. I had also
zoomed in to one of your pictures to see that the flowers have 6
stamens.
- Tabish

On Jul 15, 1:06 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear friends,
> ID provided by Satish Pardeshi ji over Google Buzz ... *Cardamine scutata*.
> Seems to me, *C. subumbellata**
>
> *
> Date/Time : July 11, 2010 at 8.07am IST
> Location Place : near Prabal Machi, Panvel, Maharashtra
> Altitude : about 204 m (above mean sea level)
> GPS : around 18.982835°N, 73.211909°E
>
> Habitat : wild, along forest trails
> Type : moist deciduous forest
>
> Plant
> Habit : herb
> Height : about 25 - 30 cm
>
> **
>
> Satish ji, while gathering information from internet:
> 1) the plant posted by me looks more agreeable with C. subumbellata
> references:
>    a) Cooke's flora ... description attached ... online athttp://www.archive.org/stream/floraofpresidenc01cook#page/30/mode/2up...
>    b) Hooker's flora ... description attached ... online athttp://www.archive.org/stream/floraofbritishin01hook#page/138/mode/2u...
>
> 2) Status of *C. scutata* not very clear ... an article related to Cardamine
> species in American journal of Botany  athttp://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/93/8/1206
>    a) at flickr looks different (although, not dependable) ...http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=Cardamine+scutata&m=text
>
> 3) at IPNI (as Tabish pointed out), *C. subumbellata* is an accepted name,
> with no synonyms ,,,http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=B5D106882C74...
>
> Dear friends and Satish ji, please resolve this query.
>
> Regards.
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Pardeshi S.

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Jul 15, 2010, 4:46:23 AM7/15/10
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Hell all
Cardamine scutata Thunb. in Tran. L. Soc. London 2: 339, 1794;
Almeida, Fl. Mah. 1: 42, 1996.
Synonyms: C. flexuosa With., Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 3, 578, 1796.
C. subumbellata Hook. f. & Anders. in Fl. Brit. India 1: 138, 1872;
Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 1: 32, 1958 (Repr.).
C. hirsuta var. sylvatica, (L.) Hook.f., in Fl. Brit. India 1: 138,
1872.
C. trichocarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 18, 1847; Singh
et al. Fl. Mah. St. 1: 201, 2000; Pradhan et al, Fl. SGNP 94, 2005.

C. subumbellata is the synonym of C. scutata. refer Almeida, Fl. Mah.
1: 42, 1996.
quiet common on rocky patches in Mumbai at SGNP, Mahim fort and Sewri
fort.

Regards
Satish Pardeshi

Tabish

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Jul 15, 2010, 5:08:05 AM7/15/10
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Description of Cardamine scutata Thunberg. in Flora of China doesn't
agree at all with the description of Cardamine subumbellata Hook. f. &
Anders. in Flora of British India.
So, surely they must be different plants. Am I missing something?
- Tabish

tanay bose

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Jul 15, 2010, 6:55:51 AM7/15/10
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As the Indian floras provides the exact description of the plant, and most databases support that Cardamine subumbellata has no synonyms then I hope  it will be quite wise to go with the Flora of British India.
Tanay
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Prashant awale

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Jul 15, 2010, 7:23:17 AM7/15/10
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Dear Friends,
Enclosing few snaps of the same plant from Manikgad (near Rasayani, Panvel region).
regards
Prashant

 
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Tabish

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Jul 15, 2010, 8:39:44 AM7/15/10
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Dear Prashant,
Do you have a closeup of the flower?
- Tabish

On Jul 15, 4:23 pm, Prashant awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> Enclosing few snaps of the same plant from Manikgad (near Rasayani, Panvel
> region).
> regards
> Prashant
>
> On 7/15/10, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > As the Indian floras provides the exact description of the plant, and most
> > databases support that *Cardamine subumbellata* has no synonyms then I
> > hope  it will be quite wise to go with the Flora of British India.
> > Tanay
>
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tanay bose

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Jul 15, 2010, 8:58:19 AM7/15/10
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The stamen factor will play a good role hence a close of the flower will help a lot
tanay

Prashant awale

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Jul 17, 2010, 11:39:18 AM7/17/10
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Dear Dinesh,
Today i had been to Matheran hills where i came across this small herb. Tried to capture few close ups. I could spot few in its fruiting stage. Do have a look.
regards
Prashant
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tanay bose

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Jul 17, 2010, 11:47:28 AM7/17/10
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Thanks Prasant Ji, For your lovely efforts
The Plant is undoubtedly Cardamine subumbellata
It completely matches with the description in the Flora of India
I wanted to see the flowers with six anthers which is present in your photos
The fruits are flat and lanceolate as depicted by Hooker !!

I am convinced

Tanay

Dinesh Valke

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Jul 17, 2010, 11:55:12 AM7/17/10
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Fantastic !! dear Prashant ... you managed to get the close-up of the flower, which was more important to ID than its beauty !!!!
The photos are good too, needless to say.

Regards.





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Tabish

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Jul 17, 2010, 12:36:31 PM7/17/10
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Great Prashant,
Now you can find flowers on demand! ;-)
So, this flower agrees with the description of Cardamine subumbellata
in having 6 stamens. The description of the fruit also agrees well. I
have no doubt about this plant being Cardamine subumbellata.
Cheers!
- Tabish

On Jul 17, 8:55 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fantastic !! dear Prashant ... you managed to get the close-up of the
> flower, which was more important to ID than its beauty !!!!
> The photos are good too, needless to say.
>
> Regards.
>
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Prashant awale <pkaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear Dinesh,
> > Today i had been to Matheran hills where i came across this small herb.
> > Tried to capture few close ups. I could spot few in its fruiting stage. Do
> > have a look.
> > regards
> > Prashant
>
> > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >> Dear friends,
> >> ID provided by Satish Pardeshi ji over Google Buzz ... *Cardamine scutata
> >> *.
> >> Seems to me, *C. subumbellata**
>
> >> *
> >> Date/Time : July 11, 2010 at 8.07am IST
> >> Location Place : near Prabal Machi, Panvel, Maharashtra
> >> Altitude : about 204 m (above mean sea level)
> >> GPS : around 18.982835°N, 73.211909°E
>
> >> Habitat : wild, along forest trails
> >> Type : moist deciduous forest
>
> >> Plant
> >> Habit : herb
> >> Height : about 25 - 30 cm
>
> >> **
>
> >> Satish ji, while gathering information from internet:
> >> 1) the plant posted by me looks more agreeable with C. subumbellata
> >> references:
> >>    a) Cooke's flora ... description attached ... online at
> >>http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofpresidenc01cook#page/30/mode/2up...
> >>    b) Hooker's flora ... description attached ... online at
> >>http://www.archive.org/stream/floraofbritishin01hook#page/138/mode/2u...
>
> >> 2) Status of *C. scutata* not very clear ... an article related to
> >> Cardamine species in American journal of Botany  at
> >>http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/93/8/1206
> >>    a) at flickr looks different (although, not dependable) ...
> >>http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=Cardamine+scutata&m=text
>
> >> 3) at IPNI (as Tabish pointed out), *C. subumbellata* is an accepted
> >> name, with no synonyms ,,,
> >>http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do;jsessionid=B5D106882C74...
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