{"id":1372229,"date":"2015-09-13T11:28:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T11:28:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:55:59","slug":"fragaria-nilgerrensis","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/fragaria-nilgerrensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Fragaria nilgerrensis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fragaria<\/i> nilgerrensis<\/i> Schltdl. ex J.Gay, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. s\u00e9r. 4, 8:206. 1857<\/i> (Syn: Fragaria<\/span><\/i> elatior<\/span><\/i> Wight & Arn.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Unresolved); Fragaria<\/span><\/i> hayatai<\/span><\/i> Makino<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Unresolved); Fragaria<\/span><\/i> nilgerrensis<\/span><\/i> subsp.<\/span> hayatae<\/span><\/i> (Makino) Staudt<\/span><\/a>; Fragaria<\/span><\/i> nilgerrensis<\/span><\/i> var.<\/span> nilgerrensis<\/span><\/i> <\/a>; Potentilla<\/span><\/i> nilgerrensis<\/span><\/i> (Schltdl. ex J.Gay) Mabb.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Unresolved));
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\nSW. India, Nepal to Central China and N. Indo-China: Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast,<\/span> East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Common name:<\/b> Nilgiri Strawberry<\/div>\n
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[China, E India, Nepal, Sikkim, N Vietnam]<\/span> from Flora of China<\/span><\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Perennial herb. Leaves 3 x 5 cm, subcoriaceous, hirsute, especially below; stipules sheathing; rachis to 7 cm long; mid-leaflets obovate, 3.5 x 2.5 cm, base cuneate, margin deeply serrate; laterals oblique, 2.5 x 2 cm. Cymes erect, to 5 cm long; peduncles golden villous. Petals elliptic, 5 mm, yellow. Stamens numerous. Pistils numerous, on a convex receptacle; ovule 1. Achenes numerous, on fleshy torus. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: February-April<\/span><\/div>\n
Evergreen forests<\/span><\/div>\n
Peninsular India (Endemic)<\/span><\/div>\n
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(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi\u00a0from India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a>)
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Rosaceae Fortnight 1-14 Sep.2015: Fragaria daltoniana from Uttarakhand_DSR_Sep_8\/8<\/a> : 4 posts by 2 authors.\u00a0Attachments (<\/span>1<\/span>)
\n<\/span>Fragaria daltoniana<\/i> J.Gray\u00a0 photographed <\/span>in Sunderdhunga valley (2700m), Uttarakhand.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Spreading hairs on petiole, appressed calyx in fruit are creating doubt.
\n<\/span>With spreading hairs on petiole, appressed calyx, bifid epicalyx seem to be suggesting F.\u00a0nilgerrensis<\/b><\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thank you for the correction in ID Sir.
\n<\/span>I also checked FoC and the keys smoothly reach to <\/span>F.nigerrensis<\/i> Schltdl. ex J.Gay.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A specimen from India at Kew:
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\n<\/span>also indicate my plant as F.nilgerrensis<\/i> and has less resemblance to F.daltoniana<\/i> specimen at Kew: <\/span>
\n<\/span>http:\/\/www.kew.org\/herbcatimg\/<\/span>341863.jpg<\/span><\/span><\/a>
\n<\/span>This species is <\/span>not reported from Uttarakhand though known in adjacent Nepal.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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More research and a new record for you from Western Himalayas<\/p>\n

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References:
\n<\/span>POWO<\/a>\u00a0 Catalogue of Life<\/a> \u00a0The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \u00a0IPNI<\/a> \u00a0GRIN<\/a> \u00a0Flora of China<\/a> \u00a0Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0PFAF<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fragaria nilgerrensis Schltdl. ex J.Gay, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. s\u00e9r. 4, 8:206. 1857 (Syn: Fragaria elatior Wight & Arn.\u00a0(Unresolved); Fragaria hayatai Makino\u00a0(Unresolved); Fragaria nilgerrensis subsp. hayatae (Makino) Staudt; Fragaria nilgerrensis var. nilgerrensis ; Potentilla nilgerrensis (Schltdl. ex J.Gay) Mabb.\u00a0(Unresolved)); . SW. India, Nepal to Central China and N. Indo-China: Assam,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8134],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1372229","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-fragaria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1372229","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=1372229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1372229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1372229"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1372229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}