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Keys from Flora of Bhutan with Habitat, elevation and flowering-fruiting time
1. Leaves elliptic or narrowly oblanceolate, 1-4cm wide (if wider then margins strongly crenate); sepals ovate or oblong-spathulate, scarcely overlapping … 2
+ Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, 3-8cm wide, margins entire or weakly crenate; sepals suborbicular, distinctly overlapping .. . .. 6
2. Leaf margins distinctly crenate; flowers in umbels or panicles . . .. 3
+ Leaf margins entire; flowers in panicles . . .. 5
3. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 14-22 x 4-6.5cm; flowers in short deflexed panicles …. 7. A. bhotanica (Warm broad-leaved forests, l700m. May)
+ Leaves thickly coriaceous, 7-14 x 1-4cm; flowers in i erect umbels … 4
4. Leaf margins with conspicuous marginal band of raised red gland-dots; sepals 3-3.5mm; petals 6-7mm; fruit c 10mm … 1. A. macrocarpa (Evergreen oak and cool broad-leaved forests, 1600-2400m. May-July)
+ Leaf margins with few marginal raised gland-dots not forming a distinct line; sepals c 1.2mm; petals c 4mm; fruit 6-8mm … 2. A. crispa (Oak forest, 2l30m. December-February)
5. Leaves 20-30 x 5-8cm . . . ..3. A. colorata (Terai forests. November-January)
+ Leaves 7-19 x 2-4.5cm . . .. 4. A. thyrsiflora (Subtropical and terai forests, often along streams, 300-l200m. May-July)
6. Bracts at base of pedicels 4-6mm, early deciduous; sepals 3-4mm, not enveloping fruit .. 5. A. solanacea syn. of Ardisia elliptica Thunb. (Subtropical and terai forests, 300-1800m. April-July)
+ Bracts at base of pedicels 15-25mm, subpersistent; sepals 11-12mm, enveloping fruit .. .. 6. A. involucrata (Subtropical and terai forests, 300—2400m. June-July)
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As per efi thread :
1. Umbels terminal ……. Ardisia sonchifolia Mez.
1. Umbels lateral or axillary ….. 2
2. peduncle 2-3 cm long …….. Ardisia littoralis Andr (syn. of Ardisia elliptica Thunb.)
2. peduncle 5-(12) cm long …… Ardisia solanacea Roxb. (syn. of Ardisia ellipticaThunb. as per CoL) .
    
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Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 24.2.14:
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Species with description in Flora of Pakistan :
Ardisia solanacea Roxb. syn. of Ardisia elliptica Thunb. .
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Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China :
Ardisia crenata Ardisia elliptica .
Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (1986)- Brief details-
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1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants edited by Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett –
Ardisia amplexicaulis Bedd.- I- Kerala
. An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995)- Details-
Ardisia solanacea syn. of Ardisia elliptica Thunb. .
Biodiversity in India, Volume 4 edited by T. Pullaiah (2006)- Details- Ardisia solanacea syn. of Ardisia elliptica Thunb. . Encyclopaedia of World Medicinal Plants, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah (2006)- Details-
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Floristic Diversity of Assam: Study of Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary By Bora, Yogendra Kumar (2003)- Details with keys–
. Plant Wealth of the Lower Ganga Delta: An Eco-taxonomical Approach, Volume 2 By Kumudranjan Naskar (1992)- Details-
Ardisia solanacea syn. of Ardisia elliptica Thunb. . Ardisia : 1 post by 1 author.
I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Ardisia Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links. Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details. If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful. Any comments/ corrections are welcome .
Ardisia with comparative images: Pl. go through Ardisia (Primulaceae) page with comparative images of species in efloraofindia. On clicking the link of species, one can check the complete details. Genus pages generally give details of most of the species found in India. I request you to pl. go through & point out mistakes, if any. I hope this will aid in identification in future. If anybody can send images of other species of this genus (for incorporation in the website), if any, or can identify unidentified images, it will be really nice. |
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