Gagea dschungarica ?

  • Gagea
Gagea dschungarica Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 513 1879. ?;

Iran to NW. China as per WCSP;

Afghanistan; Iran; Kazakhstan; Kirgizstan; Pakistan; Tadzhikistan; Turkmenistan;
Uzbekistan; Xinjiang as per Catalogue of life; 
S. Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan; N.W. India as per Flora of Pakistan;

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Gagea dschungarica Regel from Kashmir-GS08201905 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)

Realising that fact that genus Gagea which has large number of species in India (three new were described by G. Levichev in 2006: G. alii, G. utriculosa, G. bowes-lyoni and G. spumosa all from Western Himalayas; more 7 by Levichev and Ali: G. drummondii from Simla, G. pujabica from near Kangra, Punjab, India also DehraDun; G. wallichii from Punjab also DehraDun, G. pakistanica also DehraDun, others Pakistan only), All these are not included in the list on our website, as is also not G. dschungarica which was collected by me in early seventies but not able to match up with live pictures in field. I am as such sharing herbarium images of specimens deposited in Herbarium of SGTB Khalsa College, Delhi 
Here is the complete list of Gagea species in India. All are discussed in S. I. Ali and I.G. Levichev, eFlora of Pakistan
1. Gagea bashoensis Ali , 2006……………………………………………………………………………………..Kashmir, N W India
2.  Gagea davlianidzeae Levichev, 1987…………………………………………………………………………N. India  
3.  Gagea drummondii Levichev et Ali , 2006 (syn: G. bulbifera)………………………………………..Simla  
4.  Gagea elegans Wall. ex D. Don (G. lutea Hook.f. non (L) Kerr-Gawl………………………………W. Himal, Kumaon
5.  Gagea flavonutans (Hara) Zarrei & Wilkins (Llyodia flavonutans Hara……………………………Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam

6.  Gagea gageoides (Zucc.) Vved., 1932 (G. persica Boiss.; G.  kunawurensis  auct.)…………Kashmir 

7.  Gagea jaeschkei Pascher, 1904…………………………………………………………………………………NW India  
8.  Gagea jispensis Ali et Levichev,, 2007………………………………………………………………………..Kashmir, India  
9.  Gagea kunawurensis (Royle) Greuter, 1970 (Lloydia kunawurensis Royle)……………………..NW India, Kashmir. 
10.  Gagea leosii Ali , 2007……………………………………………………………………………………………..NW India, Jammu, Ladakh
11.  Gagea liotardii (Sternb.) Schult. et Schult. f.(Syn: G. anisanthos C. Koch),……………………..India
12.  Gagea lowariensis Pascher, 1906 (syn:G. lutea auct.; Dasgupta & Deb)………………………..N. India 
13.  Gagea mergalahensis Ali, 2007………………………………………………………………………………..N W India  
14.  Gagea ova Stapf, 1885……………………………………………………………………………………………..Kashmir
15. Gagea pakistanica Levichev et Ali, 2006.(G. reticulata auct; Dasgupta &Deb)………………….Dehradun
16.  Gagea punjabica Levichev et Ali, 2006……………………………………………………………………….Kangra Punjab, Dehradun    
17. Gagea serotina (L.) Ker.-Gawl.(Syn: Lloydia serotina (L.) Rchb.)…………………………………….Kashmir, Arunachal, Bhutan
18. Gagea tenera Pascher, 1904 (G. kashmirensis Turrill)……………………………………………………N. India, Kashmir
19.  Gagea vvedenskyi Grossh, 1935……………………………………………………………………………….NW India
20.  Gagea wallichii Levichev et Ali , 2006…………………………………………………………………………Punjab, Dehradun
Thank you very much … for this update, may be it is possible to collect fresh live specimens of the taxa collected long back by you, not an easy task, but your guidance can make it happen…
Thanks, …,
One doubt is arising here. I do not know, if I am wrong. Are the basal leaves in your specimen not longitudinally furrowed ?
Flora of Pakistan gives the following keys:
15 (14) Basal leaf smooth. Inflorescence branched, lower internodes longer than pedicels. Vegetative bulbils light brown, densely compressed, forming a spherical group situated laterally to parent bulb. Tepals up to 8 mm long, tip rounded. Capsule narrow, prismatic, apically convex   9 Gagea dschungarica
+ Basal leaf longitudinally furrowed. Inflorescence shortly branched, lower internodes shorter than pedicles. Vegetative bulbils black-brown, surrounding about half the perimeter of parent bulb. Tepals up to 16 mm long. Capsule three-rayed, height equal to width, apically faintly widely-concave   (16)
       
16 (15) Lower subinflorescence leaf is much broader than the basal leaf, the lower subinflorescence leaf is longer than the inflorescence   11 Gagea davlianidzeae
+ Basal and lower subinflorescence leaves have the same width   (17)
       
17 (16) Basal leaf and lower subinflorescence leaf broadly lanceolate (up to 13-15 mm wide). Tunic of bulb light brown. Bulbils colaterally surrounding parent bulb, mainly semi-dr op-shaped (sometimes fa ceted), black-brown. Tepals widely oblanceolate, blunt   10 Gagea lowariensis
+ Basal leaf and lower subinflorescence leaf narrowly lanceolate (up to 3-5 mm wide). Tunic brown-black. Bulbils a little pulled together, forming a compact group surrounding the basal bulbil, usually polyhedral (group also can be named colaterally located). Tepals elongated, lanceolate, apic ulate
Catalogue of Life  and  WCSP do not give its distribution in India, though Flora of Pakistan gives it.

References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP  IPNI
 GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of Pakistan plantarium (image)  India Biodiversity Portal  

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