Urtica from Nilgiri Tamilnadu

[Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan]

Urtica,  undershrub at 2000m altitude near Doddabetta Nilgiri Tamilnadu

[Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan]

It seems to be Urtica hyperborea Jacq. ex Wedd.

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Santhan ji. 

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[chrischa...@btinternet.com]

Surely Urtica hyperborea has never been recorded from Tamil Nadu before?

Sorry Santhan but this plant does not come close to Urtica hyperborea.....

I am familiar with U.hyperborea from high-altitude passes in Ladakh - which is thousands

of kms to the north with a completely different climate.

According to 'Flowers of the Himalaya' this species is distributed from Pakistan to Bhutan also

Tibet and Mongolia on stony high altitude steppes @ 4100-5100m.

Stewart gives an altitudinal range for Hunza, Baltistan & Ladakh from 3600-5200m.

It is also recorded from E.Tibet North of Sikkim on mountain slopes @ 5000m.

An occurrence, albeit in the hills near Ooty, would be extraordinary.

I have never been to Tamil Nadu and know nothing of its flora.

I note there are no images of U.hyperborea on eFI.

On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 2:46:15 PM UTC+1, Santhan P wrote:

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Chadwell ji

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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

It seems to be Urtica hyperborea Jacq. ex Wedd. - from Santhan ji

Surely Urtica hyperborea has never been recorded from Tamil Nadu before? Sorry Santhan but this plant does not come close to Urtica hyperborea..... I am familiar with U.hyperborea from high-altitude passes in Ladakh - which is thousands of kms to the north with a completely different climate. According to 'Flowers of the Himalaya' this species is distributed from Pakistan to Bhutan also Tibet and Mongolia on stony high altitude steppes @ 4100-5100m. Stewart gives an altitudinal range for Hunza, Baltistan & Ladakh from 3600-5200m. It is also recorded from E.Tibet North of Sikkim on mountain slopes @ 5000m. An occurrence, albeit in the hills near Ooty, would be extraordinary. I have never been to Tamil Nadu and know nothing of its flora.

I note there are no images of U.hyperborea on efi. - from Chadwell ji.

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[D.S Rawat]

I do not know what it is but sure that it is neither U. hyperborea nor Urtica as all Urtica species have opposite leaves.

Must be some other genus in Urticaceae.

DSRawat Pantnagar

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Lalithamba ji.

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From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <alali...@gmail.com>
Date: 7 April 2017 at 14:00
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:266568] Urtica from Nilgiri Tamilnadu
To: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>

It looks like Laportea interrupta (L.)Chew, 

regards

A.Lalithamba

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 12:37 PM, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Lalithamba ji.

I checked on different threads under Laportea interrupta, but I find the images different, particularly the inflorescence.

[J.M. Garg]

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From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <alali...@gmail.com>
Date: 17 April 2017 at 16:02
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:266568] Urtica from Nilgiri Tamilnadu
To: "J.M. Garg" <jmg...@gmail.com>

Garg ji, 

Herbs annual, monoecious. Stems straight, branched, 40-100 cm tall; stems and petioles sparsely armed with short stinging and pubescent hairs. Stipules ovate-oblong, ca. 4 mm, -not clear; leaf blade ovate or cordate, 5-8 × 4-5.5 cm, herba-ceous, 3-veined, lateral basal pair reaching middle margin, lateral veins 5 or 6 each side of midvein, reaching teeth, both surfaces sparsely armed with short, stinging hairs, base abruptly cuneate or shallowly cordate, margin serrate, apex acuminate; cystoliths botuliform, regularly arranged abaxially along veins. Inflorescences axillary, long spicate, to 25 cm, glomerules at intervals along elongated peduncle consequent upon great reduction of the lateral branches, sparsely armed with minutely stinging hairs.

based on the characters I have identified ; flower is not clear; you can observe these characters in the pictures; As per K.M Mathews Flora Karnatika and Tamilnadu and As per eflora China the description is verified; Please observe the inflorescence branches; The images given by Flora of Mozambique, and other threads are different; 

pls observe them they are close to our friends images

thank you

regards

A.Lalithamba 

[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as  Laportea species ?- Doddabetta

Group discussion at

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Thanks, Lalithamba ji.

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as  Laportea species ?- Doddabetta

Group discussion at

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Laportea bulbifera (Sieb. & Zucc.) Wedd. ??

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you Santham Ji !

Saroj Kasaju

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 9:54 PM Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan <ponsa...@gmail.com> wrote:

Looking so Saroj ji

Thanks & regards

Dr. Santhan P

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[jeomolmanudev]

The image is of  Laportea bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd., a stinging plant common in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. The female inflorescence can be seen in the upper axils and the male inflorescence in the lower axils. The female flowers are with winged pedicels.

This taxon was named Laportea terminalis by Wight in Icones Plantarum India Orientalis (1853), presently the name is synonymized under Laportea bulbifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Wedd.