{"id":1263549,"date":"2018-07-05T12:35:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T12:35:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T06:27:07","slug":"abies-densa","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/abies-densa\/","title":{"rendered":"Abies densa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abies<\/i> densa<\/i> Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 19 1854<\/em>. (syn: Abies<\/i> fabri<\/i> subsp.<\/span> fordei<\/i> (Rushforth) Silba<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Abies<\/i> fordei<\/i> Rushforth<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Abies<\/i> spectabilis<\/i> subsp.<\/span> densa<\/i> (Griff.) Silba<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Abies<\/i> spectabilis<\/i> var.<\/span> densa<\/i> (Griff.) Silba<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>);<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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E. Nepal to SE. Tibet and N. Assam<\/font> as per WCSP<\/font><\/a>;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Common name:<\/strong> Sikkim Fir, East-Himalayan Silver Fir<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Tree up to 40m,<\/font> with wide-spreading branches. Leaves 20-40 x 2mm, green above, white beneath, apex rounded and notched, margins some what inrolled. Males cones 20 x 7mm. Female cones at first ovoid, 1cm, when mature cylindrical, 10-15 x 3.5- 7.5cm; ovuliferous scales 3cm broad. Seeds ovoid, 1cm, bearing a rounded, oblong or spathulate wing, as long as the seed. <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Moist coniferous forests, commonly covering large areas as pure stands, often with an understory of Rhododendron, at lower levels mixed with Hemlock, at higher altitudes becoming dwarf and mixed with Juniper.<\/font> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
(attributions- A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE. 1983 from Bhutan Biodiversity Portal<\/font><\/a>)<\/span><\/span>
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<\/span><\/span>SK1200 13 JUNE 2018<\/a> : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments<\/span> (6)<\/font><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Location<\/span><\/font>: Sandakphu, India<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Date: 13 May 2018<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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Abies densa<\/em> Griff. ??<\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.conifers.org\/pi\/Abies_densa.php<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/conifersociety.org\/conifers\/conifer\/abies\/densa\/<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/eol.org\/pages\/1033082\/overview<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
Pl. check keys at Abies<\/em><\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Pictures are of\u00a0Abies densa.<\/i><\/font><\/div>\n
Despite somewhat different looking images on the websites\u00a0<\/i>mentioned.\u00a0
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Abies densa images<\/a> : 9 posts by 1 author. 9 images- 1 to 7 mb each.<\/span><\/div>\n

Please find attached, images of Abies\u00a0densa<\/em>, observed in the district of North Sikkim <\/font>from Siddarth Machado, one by one.<\/p>\n
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<\/font>Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \u00a0WCSP<\/a> \u00a0IPNI<\/a>
\n\u00a0Catalogue of life<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a> (specimens) Flora of China<\/a>\u00a0 Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a> \u00a0IUCN Red List (LC)<\/a>\u00a0 Encyclopedia of Life<\/a> (Images)\u00a0\u00a0The Gymnosperm Database<\/a>\u00a0 Bhutan Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0 Useful Temperate Plants<\/a><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Abies densa Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 19 1854. (syn: Abies fabri subsp. fordei (Rushforth) Silba; Abies fordei Rushforth; Abies spectabilis subsp. densa (Griff.) Silba; Abies spectabilis var. densa (Griff.) Silba); E. Nepal to SE. Tibet and N. Assam as per WCSP; Common name: Sikkim Fir, East-Himalayan Silver Fir Tree…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5306],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1263549","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-abies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1263549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1263549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1263549"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1263549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}