SK1981 07 June 2019

[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Members,

Location: Chandragiri, Kathmandu, Nepal

Altitude: 2284 m.

Date: 27 May 2019

Habit : Wild

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik. ??

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks Saroj ji for the beautiful images. 

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J. M. Garg

[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you Mr. Garg !

ID??

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

This should be Vincetoxicum canescens as per images and details herein.

Also check VOF Week: Cynanchum vincetoxicum en route Vasundhara falls

Looks different from Vincetoxicum hirundinaria as per

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincetoxicum_hirundinaria

http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/swallow-wort

http://eol.org/pages/488017/overview 

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Dear Mr. Garg,

I checked this earlier and feel that it is not exactly matching. Sp. in the 

efi looks leaves are more hairy.

Vincetoxicum hirundinaria subsp. glaucum (Wall. ex Wight) H. Hara

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

It is a syn. of V. conescens as per

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242354439

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[J.M. Garg]

Taking it as Vincetoxicum kenouriense (Wight) Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient., pl. 1614. 1850 (syn: Cynanchum kenouriense Wight, Contr. Bot. India 58. 1834.) as per Taxonomy of Vincetoxicum s.str. (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae) from southern Asia including three new species and resurrected names-  Sayed Afzal Shah, Amir Sultan, Jun Wen, Zahid Ullah, Surat Un Nisa, Zhumei Ren, Muhammad Maqsood Alam, Javed Iqbal, Abdul Samad Mumtaz - June 2021PhytoKeys 179(1):35-73
It states "Corolla tube ca. 1 mm long, lobes oblong with obtuse apices, 3–3.5 × 1–2 mm, glabrous within or sparse caducous trichomes present"
Thanks to the authors for solving the puzzle.

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Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 21:55
Subject: SK1981 07 June 2019
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J.M.Garg

[Gurcharan Singh]

Needs rethinking as characteristic distinct secondary and tertiary veins are missing.