Swertia macrosperma – eFlora of India

November 27, 2017
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Swertia

Swertia macrosperma (C.B. Clarke) C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 4(10): 123–124 1883. (syn: Ophelia macrosperma C.B. Clarke; Swertia randaiensis Hayata);

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Bhutan, India, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Nepal, Sikkim, Vietnam, China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), Taiwan as per Catalogue of Life ;
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Swertia macrosperma (C.B. Clarke) C.B. Clarke ?? : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7)

Location: Deurali, Dolkha, Nepal

Date: 6 September 2017

Elevation : 7700 ft.

To me appears close as per images at

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=85946&flora_id=2

http://taibif.tw/zh/namecode/203382

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Gentianella Identification from Arunachal Pradesh: (7 replies, 2 pictures, 1.10.10)

Pl. identify Gentianella (1693 & 1701)spp.

Looks like Jaeschkea oligosperma, from Gentian family.
Where was it photographed? Kashmir?

Sorry, failed to notice “Arunachal Pradesh” in the subject. Can’t be Jaeschkea oligosperma.

I think it should be some Swertia species.

Swertia macrosperma (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke

Definitely Swertia macrosperma as identified by …

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References:
Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 Tropicos IPNI Flora of China FOC illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal

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