Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 229 1919. (Syn: Disporum cantoniense var. brunneum (C.H.Wright) Hand.-Mazz. ....; Disporum ceylanicum Wight; Disporum chinense (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze ....; Disporum fulvum D.Don; Disporum horsfieldii D.Don; Disporum leschenaultianum D.Don .; Disporum mysorense Wight; Disporum parviflorum (Wall.) D.Don; Disporum pitsutum D.Don; Disporum pullum Salisb. [Illegitimate] ..; Fritillaria cantoniensis Lour.; Streptopus chinensis (Ker Gawl.) Sm.; Streptopus multiflorus D.Dietr.; Uvularia chinensis Ker Gawl.; Uvularia leschenaultiana Wall. [Invalid]; Uvularia multiflora Reinw. ex Kunth; Uvularia parviflora Wall.; Uvularia pitsutu (D.Don) Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng.; Uvularia umbellata Wall.); Common name: Chinese Fairy Bells • Nepali: महजरी Mahjari Himalaya to S. China and Malesia (as per WCSP); Herb or shrub from Shirui Hill, Ukhrul distt, Manipur. Altitude: 2000-2500 m Found blooming in early June. Looks like a Polygonatum, but not sure. Please identify Any chance of Disporum sp. (Liliaceae). Thanks for the lead! Could be Disporum cantoniense I think looks different from http://www.virboga.de/Disporum_calcaratum.htm ??? Looks like Disporum cantoniense 'Blueberry Bere' ?? https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chinese%20Fairy%20Bells.html ???? The Disporum canotiense image on the eflora of India page looks like D. calcaratum. That said, these are D. cantoniense, but they are quite different from the Chinese D. cantoniense which have dark purple flowers. The plants in Manipur and adjacent Myanmar are typically this pale pink color. Location : Dampui, Mizoram Date : 02-05-2016 Habit : Undershrub ? Habitat : Wild Polygonatum sps. (Asparagaceae). This species may be Disporum longistylum (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Hara, Colchicaceae I think it will be Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merr. [Liliaceae] Thanks ... Your ID seems correct. This does look like cantoniense, but the length of the spurs should be measured to make sure. A reply from another thread: The Disporum canotiense image on the eflora of India page looks like D. calcaratum I'll stay with Disporum cantoniense unless the spurs are longer than 3 mm and the plant occurs at lower elevations. Long spurs and an elevation under 1000 m would suggest this is D. calcaratum. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Altitude: 2130 m. Date: 8 May 2019 Habit : Wild Which Disporum?? Google displaying different colored flowers for both sp. Polygonatum fr id : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1). Location : Maite, Mizoram. Date : 26-06-2012. Habitat : Wild This is a Disporum species, probably calcaratum or cantoniense given the spurs on the tepals. Please cross check with following details (http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200027611) Disporum megalanthum F. T. Wang & Tang, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 15: 250. 1978. A reply from another thread: "The Disporum for ID from Mizoram looks like Disporum calcaratum despite the relatively recent Fascicle of the Flora of India that recognizes only D. cantoniense" Can this be also Disporum cantoniense as per your reply in another thread by Saroj ji: SK1908 11 May 2019 ? MS May,2016/13 Disporum sp. ? for ID : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Location : Maite, Mizoram The Disporum for ID from Mizoram looks like Disporum calcaratum despite the relatively recent Fascicle of the Flora of India that recognizes only D. cantoniense. Can this be also Disporum cantoniense as per your reply in another thread by Saroj ji: SK1908 11 May 2019 ? SK1918 16 May 2019 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) - around 650 kb each. Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Altitude: 2474 m. Date: 8 May 2019 Habit : Wild Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merr. Recorded in Kathmandu valley according to the government of Nepal publication, Flora of Katghmandu Valley for cross reference. DISRORUM SALISB. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 1 : 33l (I812). Herbs with erect engular branched leafy stems arising from rhizomes. Leaves sessile or subsessile, alternate, linear or lanceolate. Flowers in terminal or axillary, few-flcwered umbels; pedicels decurved. Perianth campanulate, deciduous; segments 6, erect, base saccate or spurred. Stamens 6, hypogynous; anthers dorsifixed, extrorse. Ovary 3-celled;style long or short, stigmas 3, short; ovary cells 2—6—ovuled. Fruit a berry. Distribution: Species about 20, distributed in North-temperate regions of Asia and America Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 15 : 229 (l9l9)— Kitamura in Fn. Fl. Nep. Himal. 1:92 (I955) - var. parviflorum (Wall.) Hara in Fl. E. Himal.407 (I966) - Bull. Dept. Med. Pl. Nep. 2 I 125 (1969). D. pulluni Salisb.; Fl. Brit. lnd. 6:360 (I892). Erect herb of aboutl m tall. Leaves 4.5—l2 cm long and 0.7-2.6 cm broad, ovate-oblong or lanceolate. acute or acuminate. Flowers white or greenish-white, in sessile or peduncled many-or few-flowered umbels. Pedicels 1.5-2.3 cm long. Perianth segmentSl-l.3 cm long, spathulate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, base saccate or subsaccate.Fruit bluc-black, pisiform. — _ Di'stri'burion: Himalaya (Garhwal to NEFA, Khasia, Manipur, N. Burma, N. Thai. Indo-China, Malaysia, China, and Formosa; in Nepal - east, central and west. Ecology: Common on shady places. Uses: The juice of its root is used for eye trouble. Local name: Sanukukurdaino (H11fita1'§=|‘t) Flowering: May - _lune_ Fruiting: July —Feb. Place of collection: Phulchoki, 2300-2438 m; Dhunge, Manichur, I828 m; Sundarijal. 1950 m; Shivapuri, 2133 m. SK2002 14 June 2019 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (9)- around 600 kb each. Location: Godawari, Lalitpur,, Nepal Altitude: 1521 m. Date: 04 June 2019 Habit : Wild Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merr. ?? Appears so as per images at Disporum cantoniense Thank you ...! Nepali Names : सानो कुकुर दाइनो Saano Kukur Daaino / महजरी Mahajaree This is what is currently accepted to be Disporum cantoniense in the Himalaya, but the flowers seem smaller, the anthers and filaments shorter, and the style shorter than plants from China. References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI e-monocot BSI Flora of India checklist Flora of China FOC illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal PFAF plant delights Dave’s Garden Missouri botanical garden A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon -, Volume 14 edited by M. D. Dassanayake (2000- details) |
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