{"id":1425642,"date":"2012-11-21T11:28:37","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T11:28:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:42:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:12:40","slug":"minuartia-kashmirica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/minuartia-kashmirica\/","title":{"rendered":"Minuartia kashmirica"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minuartia<\/em> kashmirica<\/i> (Edgew. & Hook. f.) Mattf., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57(2, Beibl. 126): 32 32 1921<\/em>. (Syn: Arenaria<\/i> foliosa<\/i> Majumdar<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Arenaria<\/i> kashmirica<\/i> Edgew.<\/span><\/font><\/a>\u00a0(Unresolved); Minuartia<\/i> lineata<\/i> Bornm.<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Minuartia<\/i> lineata<\/i> f.<\/span> foliosa<\/i> R.R. Stewart<\/span><\/font><\/a>; Minuartia<\/i> lineata<\/i> f.<\/span> kashimirica<\/i> (Edgew. & Hook. f.) R.R. Stewart<\/span><\/font><\/a>);<\/span><\/div>\n
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Minuartia kashmirica from Paddar valley Kishtwar J&K.:<\/a> <\/div>\n
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Can this plant be Minuartia kashmirica<\/i><\/font><\/div>\n
Family: Caryophyllaceae<\/em><\/font><\/div>\n
Date: 15th May 2011<\/font><\/div>\n
Place: <\/font>Paddar valley J&K.<\/font><\/div>\n
Altitude<\/font>: 2716 meters asl<\/font><\/div>\n
Plant height: 20-40 cms<\/font><\/div>\n
Habit\/habitat: Wild herb<\/font><\/p>\n
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I think matches with images at the following:<\/div>\n
http:\/\/ngoosen.fotki.com\/<\/font>caryophyllaceae\/minuartia<\/span>\/minuartia<\/span>–kashmirica<\/span>.html<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.mobot.org\/mobot\/<\/font>PakistanImages\/175-Caryophyllaceae\/Minuartia_kashmirica<\/span>.jpg<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.theflowerphotosite.<\/font>com\/sp\/m295.html<\/a>
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http:\/\/www.asianflora.com\/<\/font>Caryophyllaceae\/Minuartia<\/span>–kashmirica<\/span>.htm<\/a>
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I think this fits OK.\u00a0I first noticed this at Matayan in Ladakh (which is located just over the Zoji La, before one reaches Dras).\u00a0 Stewart had this under the name Minuartia lineata<\/em> (Hooker named it as Arenaria foliosa<\/em>).\u00a0 Stewart recognised both forma foliosa<\/em> – very common on cliffs<\/font> in N.Pakistan, Kashmir (incl. Pahlgam, Sonamarg & Aphawat plus Dras @ 1800-4800m)\u00a0 and forma kashmirica<\/em> – with a similar distribution<\/font>; glandular & glabrous branches<\/font> (which seem to be the characteristic used to differentiate them)<\/font> were found in the same tufts<\/font> at Pahlgam; Stewart felt that the two were worth varietal rank.<\/div>\n
There is also Minuartia biflora<\/em> (which is recorded from Ladakh & considered by Stewart to be common in the alpine zone of Kashmir @ 3300-4900m) syn. Arenaria biflora<\/em>,\u00a0to consider.\u00a0According to Stewart this species has only been found at much higher altitude than 2700m<\/font>.\u00a0 I don’t think the image fits this.<\/p>\n
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http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/tro-50098191<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Minuartia kashmirica (Edgew. & Hook. f.) Mattf., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57(2, Beibl. 126): 32 32 1921. (Syn: Arenaria foliosa Majumdar; Arenaria kashmirica Edgew.\u00a0(Unresolved); Minuartia lineata Bornm.; Minuartia lineata f. foliosa R.R. Stewart; Minuartia lineata f. kashimirica (Edgew. & Hook. f.) R.R. Stewart); \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Minuartia kashmirica from Paddar valley Kishtwar…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[9523],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1425642","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-minuartia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1425642","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=1425642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1425642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1425642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1425642"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1425642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}