Meliosma

Keys in Flora of Bhutan are as below:

1. Leaves pinnate .. 3. M. pinnata
+ Leaves simple … 2
2. Evergreen; leaves entire or serrate with rather broad teeth, veins curving towards apex near margin ….. 1. M. simplicifolia
+ Deciduous; leaves serrate with fine teeth, veins running +/- straight to margin and most excurrent into fine teeth …. 2. M. dilleniifolia

Meliosma dilleniifolia (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Walp. (Bhutan, India (Darjeeling, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh), Sikkim, SE-Tibet, N-Burma, Nepal as per Catalogue of life)

Meliosma pinnata (Roxb.) Maxim. subsp. barbulata (Cufod.) Beusekom, M. D. Dassanayake & F. R. Fosberg (China (Fujian, N-Guangdong, NE-Guangxi, E-Guizhou, Hunan, E-Jiangxi, SW-Zhejiang), Thailand, Laos, India (West Bengal, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of life)

(Images by N Muthu Karthick (Id by Giby Kuriakose & C. Kunhikannan) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))

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Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. simplicifolia (SE-Tibet, China (W-Yunnan), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Sumatra, +Java, India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sikkim, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Taninthayi), Pakistan (Hazara, Rawalpindi), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir) as per Catalogue of Life)

 

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Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. pungens (Walp.) van Beusekom (Sri Lanka, N-Sumatra, India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka) as per Catalogue of Life)

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(Images by P. Santhan (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))

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Flora
of Peninsular India with keys at
species links (Distribution as per Catalogue of Life):

Meliosma pinnata subsp. arnottiana syn. of Meliosma arnottiana (Wight) Walp. (peninsular Malaysia (Tapah Hills, Perak, and Cameron Highlands, Pahan), Myanmar
[Burma], Sri Lanka, Indochina, Sumatra, Java, Taiwan, Nepal, Laos, Vietnam,
Philippines (Batan, Luzon, Mindanao), Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing), China
(S-Guangxi, S-Yunnan))
Meliosma pinnata subsp. barbulata (syn. Meliosma rhoifolia var. barbulata (Cufod.) Y.W.Law – China (Fujian, N-Guangdong, NE-Guangxi, E-Guizhou, Hunan, E-Jiangxi,
SW-Zhejiang), Thailand, Laos, India (West Bengal, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur,
Mizoram, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma])
Meliosma pinnata subsp. pinnata (A.P., Odisha) (S-Tibet, India (Darjeeling, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland,
Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh), Sikkim, Bhutan, Bangladesh,
Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing), Nepal)
Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. pungens (Sri Lanka, N-Sumatra, India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka))
Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. simplicifolia (SE-Tibet, China (W-Yunnan), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Sumatra, +Java, India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sikkim, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Taninthayi), Pakistan (Hazara, Rawalpindi), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir))


Meliosma simplicifolia (Roxb.) Walp. (N.W. Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet, Burma, China, Malaya and Indo-China)


Meliosma dilleniifolia (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Walp. (1800-2900 m; Himalaya (Punjab to Bhutan), Tibet, N. Burma)
Meliosma pinnata (Roxb.) Maxim. (300-400 m; Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), N. India)
Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. simplicifolia (Roxb.) Walp. (200-2500 m; Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), Assam, Burma, Ceylon, Thailand, Indo-China, W. China, Sumatra)
Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. thomsonii (Roxb.) Walp. (Himalaya (Punjab to Bhutan), Assam, Burma, Indo-China, S. W. China) (syn. of Meliosma thomsonii King ex Brandis)
Meliosma simplicifolia subsp. yunnanensis (Roxb.) Walp. (1800-2400 m; Himalaya (Kumaun to Bhutan), Assam, S.E. Tibet, Burma, N. & N. W. China) (syn. of Meliosma yunnanensis Franch.)


Meliosma arnottiana (Wight) Walpers  [India, Indonesia, Japan, S Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].
Meliosma henryi Diels [India]- No distribution in India as per Catalogue of life;
Meliosma pinnata (Roxburgh) Maximowicz [Bangladesh, Bhutan, NE India, N Myanmar]. 

Meliosma rhoifolia var. barbulata (Cufodontis) Y. W. Law (syn. of Meliosma pinnata subsp. barbulata (Cufod.) Beusekom ex Welzen-  China (Fujian, N-Guangdong, NE-Guangxi, E-Guizhou, Hunan, E-Jiangxi,
SW-Zhejiang), Thailand, Laos, India (West Bengal, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur,
Mizoram, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma])

Meliosma simplicifolia (Roxburgh) Walpers [Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, N Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand].
Meliosma thomsonii King ex Brandis  [N India, N Myanmar, Nepal].
Meliosma thorelii Lecomte [India, Laos, Vietnam]- No distribution in India as per Catalogue of life;
Meliosma yunnanensis Franchet [Bhutan, N India, N Myanmar, Nepal].

Pl. go through ‎Meliosma (‎‎‎‎‎‎Sabiaceae) page with images of species (done by me) in efloraofindia.

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