{"id":1446135,"date":"2021-06-29T14:32:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T09:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1446135"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:14:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:44:33","slug":"epimedium-elatum","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/epimedium-elatum\/","title":{"rendered":"Epimedium elatum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Epimedium elatum\u00a0<\/i>Morr. & Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 2: 356 1834<\/cite>. (syn: Epimedium hydaspidis<\/em>\u00a0Falc.<\/a>);
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Erect perennial herbs, about 50-140 cm tall.<\/span> Rhizome short, creeping, scaly, about 3-5 mm. Stems solitary, glabrous, base squamate. Leaves ternately compound, 2-3 ternate, 15-30 cm across, leaflets ovate-cordate, 1.5-7 x 1.2-3.5 cm across, margin spinous-dentate, apex acute with spinous tip, oblique, chartaceous, submembranous, petiole base swollen, about 8-10 cm long, stipulate. Inflorescences panicle, glabrous or grandular, about 20-30 cm long. Flowers bisexual, yellowish white, pedicelss filiform, 0.5-2 cm long, bracts minute, sepals 8 in 2 series, inner series sepals petaloid, ovate lanceolate, apex acute, about 1-2 mm long, petals 4, opposite to the sepals, about 2-3 mm long. Stamens 4, opposite to petals, about 5 mm long, anther-locules opening by recurved oblong valves, linear, about 1.5 mm long, filaments almost equal to the ovary, ovary simple, solitary, linear, ovules 5-15, style slender, peristant, stigma dilated, Fruits short capsules, 2 valved, unequal, about 5-10 mm across. Seeds 2-3, with fleshy aril, smooth, about 2 mm across, dull black.<\/span>
\nTemperate forests, altitude about 2000-3000 m.<\/span>
\nLocal Distribution: Jammu & Kashmir.<\/span>
\n(Attributions- Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India.; Kailash, B. R., ATREE, Bangalore, India.; Royal Norwegian Embassy grants. Indian Bioresource Information Network (IBIN), Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>);
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\nNew addition to eflora Of India.<\/p>\n

Photo taken by Adil Abdullah<\/div>\n
Location: Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Identified by Shakir Ahmad and Adil Abdullah.<\/p>\n
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Thanks dear … Had collected lot of it from Dachhigam and elsewhere. Wish we had the luxury of cameras then.<\/p>\n
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Dr. Sajad lone from pattan baramullah had worked on this plant from uok.<\/div>\n
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References: POWO<\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a>\u00a0 IPNI<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a> (High resolution specimens) Flora of Pakistan<\/a> \u00a0FOP illustration<\/a> \u00a0India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0 Flickr<\/a>\u00a0 Plant illustration<\/a>
\nDwindling status of Epimedium elatum (Morren & Decne) and its geographical distribution in Kashmir Himalaya, India<\/a> (2019)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Epimedium elatum\u00a0Morr. & Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. II, 2: 356 1834. (syn: Epimedium hydaspidis\u00a0Falc.); . N. Pakistan to W. Himalaya as per POWO; Erect perennial herbs, about 50-140 cm tall. Rhizome short, creeping, scaly, about 3-5 mm. Stems solitary, glabrous, base squamate. Leaves ternately compound, 2-3 ternate, 15-30 cm…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[7562],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1446135","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-epimedium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1446135","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=1446135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1446135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1446135"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1446135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}