Leptodermis stapfiana

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Leptodermis kumaonensis : 13 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)

Thanks, … But pl. see Leptodermis kumaonensis in FOI

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If we go by the keys at link (it may be Leptodermis kumaonensis as corolla is clearly pubescent outside)
… may also have a re-look of the id of their plant at FOI. Plant at FOI should be Leptodermis stapfiana as per link

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Definitely this is Leptodermis stapfiana H.J.P.Winkl. if we go with Flora of Bhutan. Because in L. kumaonensis flower heads are always overtopped by new growths, whereas in L. stapfiana there is no new growth appears over flower heads.
Ref: Flora of Bhutan (1999), Vol 2 Part 2. Pages 813-817.

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Request experts to decide but it does not look like L. stapfiana.

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… was pointing the plant at FOI to be L. stapfiana & not your plant, which is Leptodermis kumaonensis.

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Detailed description from Flora of Bhutan is given below:‎

L. stapfiana Winkler; L. scabrida auct. non Hook.f., L. griffithii auct. non Hook.f. Fig. 75d.
Shrub 0.2-2.4m tall, often stunted and variable in habit; shoots with hairs in two rows or more scattered. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, to 50 x 20mm though sometimes not exceeding 15 x 6mm, acute, attenuate at base, +/- pubescent above and beneath; main veins 3-5 pairs; petioles to 5mm, pubescent. Stipules to 4mm, cuspidate, ciliate, pubescent, apex often spreading, spinulose. Inflorescence on current growth; compact clusters of up to 20 flowers at shoot apex, at upper nodes and at apex of any lateral shoots, rarely whole upper shoot a single dense inflorescence or all cymules well-separated; uppermost bract pair often shorter than its flowers, though usually still 1 leaf-like. Bracteole pairs usually exceeding calyx at anthesis, c 4.5mm, divided c 1/3; lobes of central pair often more attenuate. Calyx tube 0—0.5mm, lobes ovate-oblong, sometimes irregular, 0.8-1.3(-1.8)mm, ciliate-denticulate. Corolla infundibular, white to deep maroon or violet, sometimes darkening with age or bicoloured, pubescent outside; tube 9.0-11.2mm; lobes 1.2-3mm. Stigmas (3-)4-5.

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OK

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On further consideration, I agree for Leptodermis kumaonensis
Different keys in different sources make life difficult.

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We take both your posts and images by … as Leptodermis stapfiana only as per discussions at Leptodermis kumaonensis in FOI

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Date/Time- 01 May 2016

Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- about 2000 metres
Siroi hills, Ukhrul district, Manipur

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I feel it may be Leptodermis stapfiana H.J.Winkl. rather than Leptodermis kumaonensis R.Parker as per keys and details herein.

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Have you ruled out L. griffithii? L. stapfiana is said to have >10-12 flowers in each axillary bunches.

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Thank you …, I found a description of Leptodermis stapfiana. I also made another trip to the same location in 2018, and took more pictures of the plant, and found that the plant is variable even in one habitat. Am convinced now that it is Leptodermis stapfiana. Please see:
flowersofindia

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It is not listed in the Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal (Press, Shrestha and Sutton 2000).

I am not sure whether any revised checklist or other volumes of Flora of Nepal have been published in recent years.

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POWO, CoL and GBIF mentioned the distribution of L.riparia in the western Nepal.

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Thank you …!!….. Yes they have mentioned, but are there any collected and reported herbarium specimens from central himalayas..