VOF Week: Gentianaceae sp ---en-route Vasundhara falls

[Prashant Awale]

Dear Friends,

Seen this Gentianaceae sp. en-route Vasundhara fall.

Date/Time: 11-08-2012 / 09:50AM.

Flower was small, approx 1cm across.

Regards
Prashant

[Dinesh Valke]

... fantastic find, Prashant.
Regards.
Dinesh

Prashant

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Gentianella moorcroftiana???

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http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ 
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

 

Prashant

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[Tabish]

That is a good suggestion, but the sepals look too short for Gentianella moorcroftiana
   - Tabish

[Gurcharan Singh]

Tabish ji

I know when you raise a doubt something good comes out. I checked Flora of China calyx 7-8 mm long, unequal unequal, corolla 12-14 mm long. I think it agrees with photograph, if we see the relative size.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh

Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089

http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ 
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

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[Balkar Singh]

Good Find Prashant Ji

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
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[chrischa...@btinternet.com]

Definitely not Gentianella moorcroftiana.  Appears to be a Comastoma.  Must check further when time permits.

[D.S Rawat]

Gentianella tenella, now Comastoma tenellum to me.
DSRawat Pantnagar

[C CHADWELL]

Thanks for identification.  I need to take a serious look at all known Comastomas from the Himalaya.

Dickore & Klimes list 4 in their check-list for Ladakh - so 2 in addition to C.falcatum and C.pedunculatum.

I am fully occupied with other tasks at present and still going through Androsace. 

Best Wishes,

Chris Chadwell

81 Parlaunt Road 
SLOUGH
SL3 8BE
UK

www.shpa.org.uk

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Chadwell ji

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[J.M. Garg]

As the two species in efi looked similar, I did have a look at resources in net.

No range is given for Comastoma tenellum in India, Pakistan or Nepal as per the following:

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200017857

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=107753

Book link

Also does not matches with Comastoma tenellum as per keys at Flora of China as below:

8 (7)	Stem leaves petiolate; leaf blades widest above middle; calyx lobes oblong-spatulate to narrowly elliptic		8 Comastoma henryi
+	Stem leaves sessile; leaf blades oblong or widest at or below middle; calyx lobes lanceolate to ovate.		(9)
9 (8)	Corolla dark blue to blue-purple with dark blue veins and pale yellow base		11 Comastoma pedunculatum
+	Corolla uniformly blue or pale blue.		(10)
10 (9)	Calyx lobes acuminate, margin undulate rugose and revolute		9 Comastoma polycladum
+	Calyx lobes apiculate, margin flat and smooth		10 Comastoma tenellum

Also does not matches with images at

http://svalbardflora.no/index.php?id=525

http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/gentiana/genta/gentten.html

http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Comastoma+tenellum

While it is matching with images at efi link: Comastoma pedunculatum

In view I think it should be Comastoma pedunculatum

Prashant

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