Eryngium billardierei F.Delaroche, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, sér. 2, 1: 87 (1807) (syn: Eryngium balchanicum Bobrov ; Eryngium billardierei var. meiocephalum Boiss. ; Eryngium billardierei subsp. nigromontanum H.Wolff ; Eryngium caerulescens Jacquem. ex C.B.Clarke ; Eryngium nigromontanum Boiss. & Buhse ; Eryngium orientale Stapf & Wettst.); . E. Central Türkiye to Lebanon and W. Himalaya: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Billardiere’s Eryngo; . Plant up to 50 cm tall, stems bluish; radical leaves pinnately divided, petiolate, cauline sessile, margin spiny; flowers sessile; involucre of 6-8 bracts alternating spines; flowers white, hidden in bracts. .    Eryngium billardieri Del., Eryng. Hist. 25, t, 2. 1808. Plant up to 50 cm tall, stems bluish; radical leaves pinnately divided, petiolate, cauline sessile, margin spiny; flowers sessile; involucre of 6-8 bracts alternating spines; flowers white, hidden in bracts. Common in Kashmir valley in waste places. Photographed from Pahalgam in June
Very beautiful plant, thanks for showing Sir..
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. Eryngium billardieri / correct scientific name: There seems to be two versions of this name going – Eryngium billardieri Delile Eryngium billardierei F.Delaroche and the website has used both inconsistently (search for ‘billardier’) at I presume this may have arisen by expanding an ambiguous author abbreviation “Del.”; the form according to PoWo (https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:841675-1), flora.org.il (https://flora.org.il/en/plants/erybil/), and others is Eryngium billardierei F.Delaroche yes F. Delaroche would be more appropriate. The plant has been uploaded by me, I had abbreviated the name but given full citation same as in Catalogue of Life Eryng. Alep. Hist. 25, t. 2 (1808) (POWO gives Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, sér. 2, 1: 87 (1807), which should be correct? 1807 should be the earliest – in the various Floras I have that mention it they refer to 1808 works, most commonly Eryng. Alep. Hist. 25, t. 2 (1808). . References: POWO |
Eryngium billardierei
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