Anemonastrum elongatum (D. Don) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 165 1973. (syn: Anemone elongata D. Don; Anemone rivularis Wall. (ambiguous synonym)); India (Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh), Sikkim, N-Burma, Nepal, N-Burma, Tibet, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing) as per Catalogue of Life; Flora of Uttarakhand- Anemone obtusiloba ?: Captured on 12/8/10 during the trek from Ghangaria (around 11,000 ft.) to Valley of Flowers (around 12500 ft.). – Not A. obtusiloba atleast. It is much taller plant – More likely Anemone tetrasepala Nice pictures … Agree with Sir, matches well with Anemone tetrasepala as in Polunin & Stainton. Further to my posting about confusion between Anemone polyanthes and A.tetrasepala, have decided to look at Anemone postings. These images do not fit what I understand to be Anemone obtusiloba. I do NOT consider they are A.tetrasepala either. Furthermore, A.tetrasepala is only recorded from Afghanistan to H.P., so a record from Uttarakhand would be surprising. Anemone tetrasepala is NOT mentioned in ‘The Valley of Flowers’ book – though it mentions both A.polyanthes and A.narcissiflora. Next comes Anemone polyanthes – which is recorded from VoF but I cannot say it matches this well either. At present then, I am unsure. Will need to look into this further. MOST of the images I see of A.tetrasepala on google are probably A. polyanthes! ANOTHER MUDDLE….. I think it is closer to Anemonastrum tetrasepalum (Royle) Holub (syn: Anemone tetrasepala Royle) as per details and references herein and as per keys in Flora of Pakistan & FOP illustration There are two closely related species in our area: Anemonastrum tetrasepalum (Royle) Holub (syn: Anemone tetrasepala Royle) (Distribution given in J&K only in our area) and Anemone elongata. Keys between them is given below from Flora of China:
Keys point out towards this plant being Anemone elongata. I further checked with GBIF & description in Flora of China and as per high resolution specimens as below: https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fmediaphoto.mnhn.fr%2Fmedia%2F1441326301712MAyVx6Gle6X6qnml In view I think the posted plant should be of Anemone elongata. High resolution specimens of Anemonastrum tetrasepalum (Royle) Holub (syn: Anemone tetrasepala Royle) look different in GBIF SK2063 20 July 2019 : 8 posts by 2 authors. 5 correct images except 1st image– around 600 kb each. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur Date: 3 July 2019 Elevation: 2415 m. Habit : Wild Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex DC. ?? Please ignore image 1. May be as per Anemone rivularis. But typical purple colouration is missing. Anemonastrum elongatum (D.Don) Holub ?? Syn : Anemone elongata D.Don There are two closely related species in our area: Anemonastrum tetrasepalum (Royle) Holub (syn: Anemone tetrasepala Royle) (Distribution given in J&K only in our area) and Anemone elongata. Keys between them is given below from Flora of China:
Keys point out towards this plant being Anemone elongata. I further checked with GBIF & description in Flora of China and as per high resolution specimens as below: https://api.gbif.org/v1/image/unsafe/http%3A%2F%2Fmediaphoto.mnhn.fr%2Fmedia%2F1441326301712MAyVx6Gle6X6qnml In view I think the posted plant should be of Anemone elongata. I also find abstract of one paper: Exclusion of Anemone tetrasepala (Ranunculaceae) from the flora of China (Abstract- We demonstrate that all the Xizang (Tibet) specimens previously identified as Anemone tetrasepala (Ranunculaceae) actually belong to A. elongata, a species distributed in east Himalaya. Anemone tetrasepala is not known to occur in China, but is confined to north-west Himalaya only). So we take it as Anemonastrum elongatum (D. Don) Holub ?? Nepali Name: धनेरो Dhanero/ रतन जोत Ratan Jot/ सेतो बिख Seto Bikh Yes. I think so. |
Anemonastrum elongatum
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