{"id":1372890,"date":"2011-04-04T05:03:48","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T05:03:48","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:48:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:18:23","slug":"trollius-acaulis","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/trollius-acaulis\/","title":{"rendered":"Trollius acaulis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Trollius acaulis<\/i> Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 28: misc. 56. 1842;
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Trollius acaulis form Paddar valley J&K:<\/a>
\nBot. name: Trollius acaulis<\/i><\/div>\n
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Family: Ranunculaceae<\/i><\/div>\n
Location: Paddar Valley J&K<\/span><\/div>\n
Altitude: 3400 meters
\n<\/span>Date: <\/span>17th May 2012<\/span><\/div>\n
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We have seen many other Ranunculaceae<\/i> plants from you but this Genus seems to be new to me. Thanks for sharing this beautiful plant.
\n(On searching earlier mails I found a mail from … showing same plant from Rohtang Pass<\/span>)
\nAny specific unique character which makes it different from other Ranunculaceae<\/i> members?<\/p>\n

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Although flowers look somewhat similar to Ranunculus<\/i> and Anemone<\/i><\/span>, the genus differs primarily in fruit being a collection of follicles (each with several seeds)<\/span> as against collection of achenes in the other two.<\/span> More so the 6 orange-yellow structures you see are coloured sepals, the real petals are up to 16 in number, much smaller in size, mixed with stamens and you can see in form of linear structures below the stamens. <\/span>From Caltha<\/i>, which also has follicles and yellow flower represented by 5-6 sepals, <\/span>it differs in deeply cut leaves and presence of petals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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RANUNCULACEAE Fortnight: Trollius acaulis from Uttarakhand_DSR_Jan 2015_04<\/a> : 5 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1).
\nTrollius acaulis <\/span><\/b><\/span>Lindl. is a rare species in Uttarakhand Himalaya<\/span><\/span>.<\/span> It is also listed as threatened species in India<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sorry but Trollius acaulis<\/i> is NOT a ‘threatened’ species in India.\u00a0 The ONLY way to discover the status of any species is for EXTENSIVE<\/div>\n
surveys of the typical habitat to have taken place,\u00a0e.g. in Kashmir this is the alpine meadows @ 3000-3900m.\u00a0 Probably similar ecological<\/div>\n
preferences\u00a0in Himachal Pradesh. I KNOW that such surveys in these states HAVE NOT taken place…..<\/div>\n
Such surveys require large numbers of skilled field botanists who can recognise Trollius acaulis<\/i> at ALL stages of its development including<\/div>\n
without flowers and at the fruiting stage.\u00a0 The area where T.acaulis<\/i> is found is VAST.\u00a0 Very little field-work has taken place in said districts since<\/div>\n
then 1930s.\u00a0Very few Indian botanists possess the necessary field skills to assess the abundance or not of this species.<\/div>\n
In such circumstances it is IMPOSSIBLE to assess its rarity or abundance.\u00a0 This, of course, applies to ALL species.\u00a0 Nobody actually knows which species are rare or not and under threat or not, OVERALL\u00a0in the North-West Himalaya.<\/div>\n
Dr R Stewart travelled in Kashmir and studied the herbarium specimens from this region.\u00a0 I undertook FAR more extensive travels in such areas where T.acaulis<\/i> is found\u00a0in Kashmir in the 1980s and Himachal Pradesh in the 1980s and into the 2000s than any Indian botanist. I have checked the records of other Westerners who visited H.P. during this period.\u00a0Due to the difficulties in Indian-controlled Kashmir, I was not able to visit for a 20+ year period.\u00a0I support Stewart’s assessment that Trollius acaulis<\/i> was and REMAINS common on alpine meadows in Kashmir.<\/span>\u00a0 All those\u00a0interested in plants who came\u00a0Kashmir prior to the start of the difficulties which impacted upon visits by foreigners, reported seeing T.acaulis<\/i>.\u00a0 I note that ‘Flowers of Gulmarg’ (Naqshi, Singh & Koul) state that it was common on Khillenmarg….\u00a0 and that was despite being exposed to extreme grazing pressure…..<\/span><\/div>\n
Flora of Lahaul-Spiti records T.acaulis<\/i> as ‘Frequent’ in glacial meadows on Rohtang Pass (which incidentally is NOT in Lahaul-Spiti i.e the south-facing side of the pass, which is in the upper Kulu Valley).<\/span>\u00a0 Within Lahaul-Spiti proper this species would be uncommon to rare, as is not suited to more arid conditions.\u00a0 It is uncommon to rare in Ladakh.<\/span>\u00a0 I have not seen it growing there.\u00a0 Dickore & Klimes record it from Ladakh but presumably, it is restricted to locations close on the border with Kashmir, which have a higher rainfall.<\/div>\n
There is nothing to suggest its typical habitat in Kashmir and H.P. has been unduly threatened in recent decades (such places have experienced grazing pressure for centuries)\u00a0or even recent years – it is no doubt some years (if not decades)\u00a0since this incorrect assessment was made.\u00a0 In fact in areas close to the Indian border with Pakistan, it is likely that grazing and other pressures may have even been REDUCED in habitats where T.acaulis<\/i> is found….<\/div>\n
It is entirely possible that T.acaulis<\/i> is an uncommon, even rare species in Uttarakhand.\u00a0 I have only visited there once, never made it up to suitable habitat for this species and have little information on the flora of the region, so am not in a position to judge. This species is listed in the ‘The Valley of Flowers’ book, found in the Bhyundar Valley &\u00a0Neighbourhood in 1937.\u00a0 According to what references I have, T.acaulis<\/i> extends from Pakistan to W.Nepal; in West Nepal the limited number of records give an altitudinal range of 3600-3700m.<\/span><\/div>\n
It is NORMAL for species to have\u00a0a geographic, climatic\u00a0and altitudinal range.\u00a0 Near the extremes of said ranges, a plant that may well be common or even abundant within its typical range, becomes, uncommon, then rare; at a certain point it cannot survive and thus DIES OUT.\u00a0 To judge an assessment on the occurrence of a species at the extreme of its range is meaningless over-all, as this is what occurs with a majority of ALL species in the world.<\/div>\n
Unfortunately, the incorrect assessment of ‘Endangered’ is accepted nationally (and Internationally) and repeated, over again….
\nThe assessment is NOT based upon actual field experience in the NW Himalaya…..<\/span><\/div>\n
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Rohtang Pass, Himachal Pradesh<\/span>– July’10;<\/span><\/td>\nTrollius acaulis – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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References:<\/div>\n
POWO<\/a>\u00a0 Catalogue of Life<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl1.1\/record\/tro-50320583<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.ars-grin.gov\/cgi-bin\/npgs\/html\/taxon.pl?40673<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242426058<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.efloras.org\/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=242426058<\/span><\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.efloras.org\/object_page.aspx?object_id=119058&flora_id=5<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.flowersofindia.DwarfGlobeFlower.html<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trollius acaulis Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 28: misc. 56. 1842; . E. Afghanistan to W. Nepal: Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya as per POWO; . India (Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir, Poonch), Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, Pakistan (Chitral, Swat), Pakistani Kashmir (Astor, Deosir, Gilgit), Afghanistan (Kunar \/ Nuristan) as per…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[8152],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1372890","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-trollius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1372890","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=1372890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1372890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1372890"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1372890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}