Sarcandra glabra subsp. brachystachys – eFlora of India

January 19, 2020
Sarcandra

Sarcandra glabra subsp. brachystachys (Bl.) B. Verdcourt, Kew Bull. 40: 216 1985. (syn: Ascarina serrata Bl.; Chloranthus brachystachys Bl.; Chloranthus hainanensis S. J. Pei; Chloranthus ilicifolius Blume ex Miq.; Chloranthus montanus Siebold ex Miq.; Nigrina brachystachys Makino; Sarcandra hainanensis (S. J. Pei) Swamy & I. W. Bailey; Sarcandra hainanensis var. lingshuinensis C. Z. Qiao & Q. H. Zhang; Sarcandra hainanensis var. pingbianensis C. Z. Qiao & Q. H. Zhang);

peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan,
Kelantan), India (incl. Assam, Manipur, Naga Hills), China (Guangdong, Guangxi,
Hainan, Yunnan), Laos, Bangladesh, Myanmar [Burma], Thailand, N-Vietnam,
Sumatra, Java, Moluccas, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Philippines as per Catalogue of Life;

Cultivated Shrub for id from Shillong- NS January 2020::04 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)

This is a cultivated plant, may not be uncommon, but I am unable to identify it.. pics were recorded from Shillong in June 2017…

Please suggest id..

Please check Sarcandra glabra, Chloranthaceae..

Looks like curiosity solved. Thank you … sir!

Chloranthus brachystachyum

Thank you very much … for id suggestions, which are near to target..!!

Thanks, …, for the id.

Yes, it appears to be Sarcandra glabra subsp. brachystachys (Bl.) B. Verdcourt (syn: Chloranthus brachystachys Bl.) as per FOC illustration

References:

Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) POWO Flora of China FOC illustration India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora Plant illustrations Flora Malesiana

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