Roscoea alpina Royle in Ill. Bot. Himal. 361, t. 89. 1839. Roscoea auriculata K. Schum. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 46:118. 1904. Roscoea brandisii (King ex Baker) K. Schum. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 46:119, f.16 c-e. 1904. Roscoea capitata J.E.Sm. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13:461. 1812. - var. capitata
- var. purpurata Gagnep in Bull. Bot. Soc. France 1, 4:74. 1902.
Roscoea exilis Horan., Monogr. 21. 1862. Roscoea nepalensis Cowley in Kew Bull. 34:811. 1980. Roscoea purpurea J.E.Sm., Exot. Bot. 2:97, t. 108. 1804 Roscoea tibetica Batalin in Acta Hort. Ptrop. 14, 8:183. 1895. Roscoea tumjensis Cowley in Kew Bull. 36:768. 1982. Roscoea wardii Cowley in Kew Bull. 36:768. 1982.
Karthikeyan et
al. (1989) have mentioned following species of Roscoea in India:
- Roscoea alpina
Royle
- R. auriculata
K. Schum.
- R. brandisii (King
ex Baker) K. Schum.
- R. capitata
J.E.Sm.
- R. exilis
Horan. [synonym of Roscoea alpina Royle]
- R. nepalensis
Cowley
- R. purpurea
J.E.Sm.
- R. tibetica
Batalin
- R. tumjensis
Cowley
- R. wardii
Cowley
Scrutiny in
TPL indicates one as synonym.
Reference:
Karthikeyan,
S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. 1989. Florae Indicae Enumeratio:
Monocotyledonae, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, pp. 297-298.
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