{"id":1265912,"date":"2014-08-10T14:01:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T14:01:07","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:31:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:01:59","slug":"meconopsis-robusta","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/meconopsis-robusta\/","title":{"rendered":"Meconopsis robusta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meconopsis<\/i> robusta<\/i> Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 253 1855<\/i>. (syn: Papaver robustum<\/em> (Hook.fil. & Thomson) Christenh. & Byng);<\/div>\n
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Meconopsis robusta from Uttarakhand: Aug 2014_DSR_10<\/a> : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1).
\nThis beautiful <\/span>Meconopsis<\/i> was shot <\/span>in an alpine meadow<\/span> near Munsyari, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thank you for suggesting alternative ID to my Meconopsis<\/em>.<\/div>\n
M.simplicifolia<\/b>, as per Flora of India Vol-2, is not known in Western Himalaya. It is a smaller, polycarpic plant. Moreover, Checklist of Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand also not mention M.simplicifolia.<\/span><\/div>\n
Here in Uttarakhand we have two yellow flowered Meconopsis species only (M.paniculata<\/i> and M.robusta<\/i>).<\/div>\n
I will prefer to stick to my ID of M.robusta<\/i> till I compare my specimens at BSD.
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Do you have any other images showing inflorescence, habit etc.?<\/div>\n
It also looks similar\u00a0to\u00a0Meconopsis paniculata<\/em><\/span> (D. Don) Prain<\/span><\/a>\u00a0with this image.<\/div>\n
What are the keys between the two.
\nAs per …, <\/span>As per efi thread<\/span><\/a>: <\/span>A purple stigma, and flowers produced in panicles are the most apparent characters which differentiate it (Meconopsis<\/em> paniculata<\/i>)<\/span> from the closely related species M. autumnalis<\/i> and M. robusta<\/i>, respectively<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Meconopsis robusta and M. paniculata<\/em> are differentiated in Flora of Uttarakhand by Pusalkar & Srivastava (2018) and Fascicles of Flora of India No-17 (Papaveraceae & Hypecoaceae) by Debnath & Nayar (1984) as follows:
\nIndumentum of mixed, simple (soft or bristly hairs) and stellate hairs ……… M. robusta<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Indumentum of only simple (soft\/ bristly) hairs ……… M.paniculata<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
But in addition to above character taken in key these two species can also be differentiated by yellowish-green leaves, stem (due to dense yellowish hairs) and only shallowly lobed leaves in M. paniculata<\/em>.<\/span>\u00a0 In M. robusta<\/em> stem surface have only bristly hairs but no soft, dense yellowish hairs and leaves are pinnately divided (deeper lobes reaching to mid rib).<\/span><\/div>\n
Image of M. paniculata<\/em> given in Pollunin & Stainton\u2019s book is also quite distinctive.<\/div>\n
Two more images are also attached.<\/div>\n
I still believe my species is M. robusta<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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Nice photographs.
\nI agree that this yellow flowered\u00a0Meconopsis\u00a0<\/i>is not Meconopsis paniculata or\u00a0M. autumnalis.
\n<\/i>Thank you for sharing these pictures and your description.<\/p>\n

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Flower of the year2008 – indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/span><\/a>\u00a0:
\nThis flower of Yellow poppy\u00a0Meconopsis dhwojii<\/i> photographed at Kedarnath <\/span>Uttarakhand 23 Jul.2008.
\n<\/span>Blue poppy is the main attraction of valley of flowers but Yellow poppy is equal beautiful too.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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This neither seems\u00a0to have distribution in the area as per Catalogue of Life<\/span><\/a> & Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal<\/span><\/a>\u00a0nor seems to match as per <\/span><\/div>\n
Meconopsis World – A Visual Reference<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.biolib.cz\/en\/image\/id64683\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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From the appearance and the distribution this fits best as Meconopsis robusta<\/em>. Though there are some features like the bumps on the leaf surface that make appear like M. dhwojii<\/em>. That is possibly unusual for M. robusta<\/em>.
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I guess\u00a0Meconopsis dhwojii<\/em><\/span> is endemic to Nepal.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/span>Catalogue of Life<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/span>Filed as Meconopsis robusta Hook.f. & Thomson<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meconopsis robusta Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 253 1855. (syn: Papaver robustum (Hook.fil. & Thomson) Christenh. & Byng); . NW-India (Garwhal, Kumaon) as per Catalogue of Life; . Meconopsis robusta from Uttarakhand: Aug 2014_DSR_10 : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (1). This beautiful Meconopsis was shot in an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6205],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1265912","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-meconopsis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1265912","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1265912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1265912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1265912"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1265912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}