Silene vulgaris from Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke from Kashmir, common found as weed locally mostly in shaded areas. Photographed from Pahalgam on June 20, 2010

Local names:

English: Bladder campion

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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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[tanay bose]

The close up is just superb.

Tanay

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Tanay Bose
Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant
Department of Botany
University of British Columbia
3529-6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
Phone: 778-323-4036

[Nayan Singh]

Thanks a lot Gurcharan Singh ji for posting four sp of Silene, during my visit of higher Hilamaya I photographed one Silene sp and thought it is Silene edgeworthii, your posting helped me in its correct id. I am attaching some pics of that, photographed on 9-8-2010 near Niti area of Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, hope Id is correct.

Thanks again, please confirm the ID

Thanks and Regards.

Nayan.

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N.S.Dungriyal IFS
Chief Conservator of Forests
and Field Director
Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad
M.P.
09424792100

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From: tanay bose <tanay...@gmail.com>
To: Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com>
Cc: efloraofindia <indian...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tue, 24 August, 2010 7:32:05 AM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:45295] Silene vulgaris from Kashmir

[Nayan Singh]

Thanks shrikant ji,

thanks a lot for id, to me it looks similar to Gurcharan ji's S. vulgari, I don't have id key for these sp. Please can you inform me how do differentiate these two sp.?

Thanks and regards.

Nayan.

............................. 

N.S.Dungriyal IFS
Chief Conservator of Forests
and Field Director
Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad
M.P.
09424792100

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From: Shrikant Ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com>
To: ns_dun...@yahoo.co.in
Sent: Tue, 24 August, 2010 11:14:13 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [efloraofindia:45317] Silene vulgaris from Kashmir

Nayanji, this I suppose is S. inflata unless this name is superceeded. Regards, Shrikant
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:59:58 +0530 wrote
>
Thanks a lot Gurcharan Singh ji for posting four sp of Silene,during my visit of higherHilamayaI photographed one Silene sp and thought itis Silene edgeworthii, your posting helped me in its correct id. I am attaching some pics of that, photographed on 9-8-2010near Nitiarea of Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand, hope Id is correct.

Thanks again, please confirm the ID
Thanks and Regards.
Nayan.

..................................N.S.Dungriyal IFS

>Chief Conservator of Forests
>and Field Director
>Satpura Tiger Reserve Hoshangabad
>M.P.
>09424792100

>

>


From: tanay bose
>To: Gurcharan Singh
>Cc: efloraofindia
>Sent: Tue, 24 August, 2010 7:32:05 AM
>Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:45295] Silene vulgaris from Kashmir
>
>
The close up is just superb.
Tanay
>
>

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Gurcharan Singh wrote:
>
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke from Kashmir, common found as weed locally mostly in shaded areas. Photographed from Pahalgam on June 20, 2010

>
Local names:
English: Bladder campion

>

>--
>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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>
>
>
>--
>Tanay Bose
>Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant
>Department of Botany
>University of British Columbia
>3529-6270 University Blvd.
>Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
>Phone: 778-323-4036
>
>

Shrikant Ingalhalikar
12 Varshanand Society
Anandnagar Sinhagad Road
Pune 411 051. www.idsahyadri.com
Tel 91 20 2435 0765.
Fax 91 20 2438 9190.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Nayan ji

Silene edgeworthii is distinct from S. vulgaris (formerly Silene inflata) in that former has 5 (rarely 4) styles and fimbriate petals  whereas  latter has 3 styles and deeply bilobed petals. You can clearly see three styles and deeply lobed petals in atleast two of my flowers. In that respect your plant looks different: style number is not clear (you may try to count by enlarging your original photographs). I also find your having less exserted petals, but petals don't look fimbriate. Perhaps we have to see authentic speciments of S. edgeworthii to decide the true identity of your plant.

-- 
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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl.

Earlier relevant feedback:

“Nayanji, this I suppose is S. inflata unless this name is superceeded. Regards, Shrikant”

 

“Silene edgeworthii is distinct from S. vulgaris (formerly Silene inflata) in that former has 5 (rarely 4) styles and fimbriate petals  whereas  latter has 3 styles and deeply bilobed petals. You can clearly see three styles and deeply lobed petals in atleast two of my flowers. In that respect your plant looks different: style number is not clear (you may try to count by enlarging your original photographs). I also find your having less exserted petals, but petals don't look fimbriate. Perhaps we have to see authentic speciments of S. edgeworthii to decide the true identity of your plant.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh”

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