BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume 13- 1995) (Distribution): Scorzonera fusca Kitam. (EXCLUDED SPECIES) Scorzonera hondae Kitam. (EXCLUDED SPECIES) (The above two species are described by Kitamura from Jammu & Kashmir, but neither the specimens nor the literature is available to us) Scorzonera purpurea L. (India: W. Himalayas in dry places, 2000 – 2500m. Rare. Jammu & Kashmir; Europe and N. Asia) Scorzonera subphylla Boiss. (Stewart (l.c.) includes this under doubtful species reported from Baltistan and Gilgit. Since no specimens are available to us this species is also excluded) Scorzonera virgata DC. (W. Himalayas on dry open slopes and moist slopes amidst grasses, 2500 – 4500 m. Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh; Mongolia and W. Tibet) Scorzonera virgata DC. Species with description
Scorzonera bupleuroides D. Don (Nepal: doubtful) Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China [Distribution other than China]: Scorzonera divaricata Turczaninow [Mongolia]. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial …, Volume 5 edited by Edward Balfour (1873): A Manual of Gardening for Bengal and Upper India By Thomas Augustus Charles Firminger (1874): Practical Gardening In India By R. Barton West (1999): Scorzonera page (Asteraceae (Compositae)) with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Scorzonera page (Asteraceae (Compositae)) with images of species in efloraofindia (done by me). If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), it will be really nice. Also, if anybody is interested to take up the activity of inserting images on efloraofindia pages from efloraofindia posts, pl. let us know. |
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