Acilepis saligna (DC.) H.Rob., 226 1999. (syn: Cacalia saligna Kuntze; Conyza laeta hort.calc. ex C.B.Clarke; Conyza saligna Wall. [Illegitimate]; Vernonia longicaulis DC.; Vernonia martinii Vaniot; Vernonia saligna DC.; Vernonia saligna var. nilghirensis Hook.f.; Vernonia sequinii Vaniot); Subshrubs, to 1.5 cm high; stem terete, wooly-tomentose. Leaves 8-12 x 2-3 cm, elliptic, acuminate at both ends, distantly crenate-serrate, pubescent along the nerves beneath; petiole 1.5-3 cm long. Panicle terminal, lax, to 25 cm across; branches strigose. Heads 5-6 x 7 mm; involucral bracts 2-3-seriate, dissimilar, outer bracts linear, 6 mm long, sharply acuminate, inner 6 x 1 mm, lanceolate, 3-nerved, hairy. Flowers few, similar; corolla 5 mm long, glabrous; anthers 2 mm long. Achenes 1.5 mm long, glandular between ribs; pappus r eddish-white; outer 0.5 mm long, setaceous, inner 4.5 mm long, setaceous. Flowering and fruiting: December-January Evergreen forests Southern Western Ghats (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi for Vernonia saligna var. nilghirensis Hook.f. from India Biodiversity Portal) Vernonia sp.(?) from Kamrup district, Assam: 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8) Attaching images of what looks like� Vernonia sp. Date :21.12.2012 Location: Kamrup district Family : Asteraceae Genus & species : Vernonia sp. (?) Habitat: Grows wild on. hilly area. Habit : Herb Inflorescence : Head Please check if it is Vernonia volkameriifolia ASTERACEAE Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads: Monosis volkameriifolia (DC.) H. Rob. & Skvarla (?) from Kamrup district, Assam KD_4 : Attachments (10). 2 posts by 2 authors. Attaching images of what looks like�Monosis sp.(?). Please ID the sp. My earlier post of same sp. (https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/ar/asteraceae/monosis/vernonia-volkameriifolia) Date :21.12.2012 Location: Kamrup district Family : Asteraceae Genus & species : Monosis sp. Habitat: Grows wild on hilly area Habit : Herbs Thanks ... for this interesting upload. It's not Vernonia volkameriifolia as per link A reply from another thread; "It is Vernonia saligna DC. …" MS Dec.,2016/14 Vernonia sp. ? : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Location : N.Vanlaiphai to Chekawn road, Mizoram Date : 14-12-2016 Habit : Slender herb ? Habitat : Wild Pl. Check comparative images at EFI. Species in this genus has been shifted to other genera. I think close to images at Acilepis saligna (DC.) H.Rob. Acilepis saligna (DC.) H.Rob. : 10 posts by 2 authors. 7 images- 5 mb or more. Location: Kalimpong, WB, India Date: 26 November 2019 Elevation: 1350m. Habitat: Wild References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 GCC IPNI BSI Flora of India Flora of China FOC illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal JSTOR (Specimen) India Biodiversity Portal Kerala plants Floristic Diversity of Assam: Study of Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary By Bora, Yogendra Kumar (2003- Details with keys) Two new combinations in Acilepis (Asteraceae)- A. Rasiya Beegam* and M. Sibi (Abstract- Two new combinations, viz., Acilepis peninsularis var. kodayarensis and A. saligna var. nilghirensis, are proposed) |
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