Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week: Chaerophyllum reflexum from Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Chaerophyllum reflexum Aitch., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 164 1881.

Syn: Chaerophyllum cachemiricum C.B.Clarke

Tall plant, often reaching 1.5 m, glabrous or sparsely hairy with usually deflexed hairs; leaves 2-3 pinnate, glabrous to pubescent; rays 6-12; fls white, only usually 1-3 maturing in each umbel; fruit 7-12 mm long, cylindric to ellipsoid. 

Common in Kashmir especially at lower altitudes; Photographed from Harwan, Kashmir.

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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[JM Garg]

Hi, Singh ji,

Would you pl. check on author citation ?

All the following mention only Chaerophyllum reflexum Lindl. as the Accepted name:

http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406698

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242421280 

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242421280

http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=840252-1

 

FOC mentions Chaerophyllum villosum de Candolle with Charophyllum reflexum Aitchison. as a syn.

While The Plant List Ver. 1.1, mentions Chaerophyllum reflexum Lindl. is a synonym of Chaerophyllum villosum Wall. ex DC. &

Chaerophyllum reflexum Aitch.

as the accepted name.