Nilgiris: small herb for identification 191112MK03

[Muthu Karthick]

Dear all,

Please help me in identifying the small herb. Commonly seen in wet places. the plant height is not more than 10 cm.

Leaf: 2.5 cm across

Date: 24 Oct 2012

Place: Western Catchment, Nilgiris, TN

Alt.: 2300 m asl

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[jmgarg1]

A reply:

"Seems to be Parnassia sp.

santhosh"

[jmgarg1]

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Some earlier relevant feedback:

"Seems to be Parnassia sp. santhosh"

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A reply:

"Most probably Parnassia wightiana Wight & Arn.
N.P.Balakrishnan
Coimbatore
01-12-12"

[Muthu Karthick]

Many thanks for the identification Dr.Santhosh and Dr.Balakrishnan

[J.M. Garg]

Some feedback from another thread:

"Parnassia wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. (Celastraceae) is a small alpine herb rarely seen in Uttarakhand.Petals are characteristically fringed at base.

Photographed near Munsyari in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand at about 3500m altitude.

Another upload (in eFI) of this species from Nilgiris TN lack characteristic petals-

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/CG74tVv8ZII"

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot, Balakrishnan ji.

 

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Date: 18 October 2014 11:01
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There are 2 species of Parnassia in Nilgiri hills. The petals are clear in the photographs and the height of scape is not measurable. Hence I cannot be definite of which species this plant. They are differentiated by Gamble in Flora of Presidency of Madras as follows:

1a.  Scapes 6 - 12 in. high; leaves broadly ovate, cordate, 1 - 1.5 in. long; petals obovate, conspicuously fimbriate on the margins; staminodes 3 - 5-lobed, the lobes cylindric-clavate

                                                                                                                P. wightiana

1b.  Scapes 3 - 6 in. high; leaves orbicular, cordate, .5 - .75 in. long; petals obovate. not or slightly fimbriate on the margins; staminodes clavate, entire or more or less 3- or even 5-lobed

                                                                                                                 P. mysorensis

You may check your live plants with these distinctions and come to a conclusion.

N.P. Balakrishnan

Coimbatore

18/10/14

[J.M. Garg]

Also check: http://delta-intkey.com/angio/images/fig021.jpg

 

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[Saroj Kumar Kasaju]

Leaf veins clearly indicates towards Parnassia wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. 

Thank you

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as Parnassia species- Nilgiris, TN

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Forwarding for ID

Distributed as Parnassia species- Nilgiris, TN

Group discussion at

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Parnassia wightiana Wall.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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