Anisadenia saxatilis

Anisadenia saxatilis Wall. ex Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen. 96 1838. (syn: Anisadenia khasyana Griff.);
India (Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya), Sikkim,
Nepal, Bhutan, N-Thailand, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Shan), China (Yunnan)
as per Catalogue of Life;


Leafy shoots simple, erect, 15-25cm, stems subglabrous.leaves ± clustered at top of stems elliptic 4-8 x 1.5-3cm, acute, base cuneate, appressed pubescent beneath; petiles 0.5-3cm, stipules ocate, striate, 4-6mm. Racemes 7-14cm, rachis pubescent. Flowers sessile or on simple or branched pedicles 1-4mm, bracts lanceolate, striate, caducous. Sepals lanveolate 4-5mm, glandular bristles 1mm. petals white or pink 8-10mm, obovate,emarginate. styles 6mm. Fruit oblong 2mm.

Fl. July-September
Cool broad-leaved and evergreen oak forests.
(attributions- A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE. 1987 from Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)

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SK1511 15 Oct 2018 : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)- around 500 kb each. 

Location:  Shivapuri National Park,Nepal 
Date: 24 August 2018
Elevation:7000 ft.

Habit : Wild   

Looks epiphytic shrub.

Anisadenia saxatilis [Linaceae] 

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Anisadenia saxatilis Wall. ex Meisn. : 10 posts by 3 authors. 6 images- 6 to 7 mb each.

Location: Sundarijal, Kathmandu
Date: 07 August 2020
Elevation: 1603 m.

Habit : Wild 


 

References:

Taxonomic Notes on Indian Species of Anisadenia (pdf)- J. Jpn. Bot. 85: 358–363 (2010)- S. K. Srivastava, G. K. Upadhyay and G. Krishna (Abstract- Further revision of Anisadenia Wall. ex Meisn. (Linaceae : tribe Eulineae Hook. f.) is
presented. This includes correction in the designation of lectotype for A. saxatilis Wall. ex
Meisn. and A. pubescens Griff. and further notes on the delimitation for both species with

a revised key
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