Keys from Flora of Bhutan by E Aitken as per efi thread: 1. Flowers crowded in racemes or terminal clusters, (sometimes also with 1-2 axillary flowers) ……. 2 + Flowers axillary, not crowded into racemes or clusters, (sometimes with small terminal cluster) …. 5 2. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly elliptic; racemes long and slender, leafless …… 3 + Leaves broadly ovate; racemes dense, leafy ……. 4 3. Leaves elliptic, 3-9cm; petiole 10-30mm …….. 3. L. decurrens + Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 0.8-2cm; petiole up to 10mm ……. 4. L. lobelioides 4. Leaves 0.5-l.5cm long; pedicels 2-15mm; corolla 4-7mm long ……. 1. L. prolifera + Leaves 1-3.5cm long; pedicels 1-3mm; corolla 7-10mm long ……. 9. L. congestiflora 5. Leaves 1-3cm long; pedicels 2-l0(-20)mm …….. 6 + Leaves 1.5-7.5cm long; pedicels 10-40mm ……….. 8 6. Leaves alternate; flowers pale pink or white …….. 2. L chenopodioides + Leaves opposite; flowers yellow ………… 7 7. Plants puberulous throughout; pedicels short, 2-6mm; corolla 6-12mm long …… 8. L. japonica (should be Lysimachia debilis Wall. as per details herein) + Plants softly hirsute throughout; pedicels long, 5-10(-20)mm; corolla 3-6mm long …… 9. L. ferruginea 8. Leaves broadly ovate; calyx 6-12mm; corolla 8-15mm long ……… 5. L. evalvis + Leaves elliptic to lanceolate; calyx 3-6mm; corolla 4.5-8mm long . . …. .. 9 9. Leaves 1.5-4.5cm; pedicels 10-20mm; calyx lobes lanceolate with minute glands …….6. L. alternifolia + Leaves 2-7cm; pedicels 20-40mm; calyx lobes ovate, without glands …….… 7. L. Iaxa . Lysimachia candida Lindl. (SW India as per POWO (Lysimachia leschenaultii Duby syn. of Lysimachia candida Lindl.); China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, Japan (Honshu), Myanmar [Burma], Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life)
Lysimachia chenopodioides Watt ex Hook. fil. (SE-Tibet, China (Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing), Nepal, Pakistan (Hazara, Murree), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir, Jammu) as per Catalogue of Life)
Lysimachia congestiflora Hemsl. (China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, India, Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, N-Thailand, Vietnam, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life)
Lysimachia debilis Wall. (Plants red to black glandular punctate or striate as per keys in Flora of China vis-à-vis Plants epunctate or translucent glandular punctate of Lysimachia japonica Thunb.)
Lysimachia deltoidea Wight (NE-India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing), Bhutan, Assam, Darjeeling, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life)
Lysimachia evalvis Wall. (SE-Tibet, India, Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life) Lysimachia lobelioides Wall. (China (W-Guangxi, Guizhou, SW-Sichuan, Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay), Nepal, N-Thailand, Java, Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life)
Lysimachia maritima (L.) Galasso (Pakistan (Kurram, Chitral), Pakistani Kashmir (Baltistan, Skardu), Jammu & Kashmir (Rupshu)……. as per Catalogue of Life)
Lysimachia ovalis (Ruiz & Pav.) U.Manns & Anderb. (Nepal (I)… as per Catalogue of Life. India also as per POWO)
(China (W-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan), S-Tibet, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Chumbi, Myanmar [Burma], Pakistan (Hazara), Jammu & Kashmir (Zanskar) as per Catalogue of life)
Lysimachia vulgaris L. (Introduced)
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. Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 23.5.14:
. Species with description & keys in Flora of Pakistan : Lysimachia chenopodioides Watt ex Hook. f. Lysimachia dubia Soland. (No distribution in India) Lysimachia japonica Thunb. Lysimachia japonica ssp. japonica Lysimachia japonica ssp. papuana (S. Moore) Y. Nasir (No distribution given in India) Lysimachia lobeloides Wall. Lysimachia prolifera Klatt Lysimachia pyramidalis Wall. Lysimachia vulgaris L. . Lysimachia foenum-graecum (No distribution given in India) . Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay (1986)- Brief details- . World Spice Plants: Economic Usage, Botany, Taxonomy By Johannes Seidemann 1986)- Brief details- Lysimachia obovata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (syn. of Lysimachia candida Lindl.) . Lysimachia (Primulaceae) : 1 post by 1 author. I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Lysimachia Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links. Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details. If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful. . Lysimachia (Primulaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia : 1 post by 1 author. Pl. go through Lysimachia (Primulaceae) page with images of species in efloraofindia. |
Lysimachia
Updated on December 24, 2024