(Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: April-May.
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Type:
Lectotype: “Prope Kamaon”, Blinkworth sub. nomine S. kamaunensis Lindl. ex Wall., Cat. No. 3701 nom. nud. (K, LE) (A.K.Skvortsov, l.c. 35. 1969).
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Distribution:
Distribution: Eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan (Kurram, Swat, Hazara, Murree) Kashmir, India Nepal and China (Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan).
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Map Location:
A-7 Kaghan valley, Lachi Mali, 16.8.1969, Saeed (PPFI); B-7 Changla gali, near Rest House, 8800 ft, subspreading or suberect shrub, c. 3 ft, tall, 16.6.1959, Jafri & Ali 3108 (KUH); Hazara, Kaghan valley, Naran-Saiful Maluk Sar. 10900 ft, steep dry slopes. Dominant shrub, 6 ft. high, many stemmed, bent down till at base (probably by snow), 25.6.1958, B.L. Burtt & Arshad Ali 917 (E); Swat, above Bishigran, 10,000 ft, 11.7.1953, R.R. Stewart & A. Rahman 25038 (BM); Hazara Distt., Kaghan valley, Saiful Maluk, Ch. Shaukat Ali 136 (BM); Kaghan, Saiful Maluk Sar, 11000 ft, June, 1960, D. McVean (E); Kaghan valley, 1 mile N. of Naran, 7700 ft, 24.6.1958, B.L. Burtt & M. Arshad Ali 858 (E); Dungagali, Ayubia, soil stony, tree, 13.7.1978, M.N. Chaudhri, Shahzad & Aijaz 2276 (ISL); Muzaffarabad, ± 9700 ft, shrub, flowers in green catkins, 5.7.1978, Shahzad Iqbal, Ajaz Abass 2183 (ISL); Thandiani, 29.5.1976, M.A. Siddiqi, M.N. Chaudhri, Shahzad Ashraf, Maqsood, Lal & Akram 1111 (ISL); Moahpoona, above Nathiagali, Hazara, c. 9000 ft, 13.6.1961, Andrew Flemings (E); Nathiagali, ± 8000 ft, 24.5.1975, M.N. Chaudhri, M.A. Siddiqi, M. Afzal, Javeed Akhtar & Mehmud 30 (ISL); B-8 Gilgit Agency, Rana valley, S.W. of Astor, 35º 20'N: 75º 50'E 11,000 ft, shrub, 2-6 ft, with green leaves and catkin yellowish, c. 1 cm., 1.8.1967, T.E. Lankester & T.A.S. Pearson TEL-1338 (BM); Kashmir, Gulmarg, above Khelanmarg, c. 11500 ft. woodland with Betula utilis, 30.5.1971, N.K.B. Robson 1934a (BM). Srinagar above Gulmarg, Killanmarg plateau, 8 ft, 8.7.1978, C.R. Lancaster 205 (BM). Khelanmarg, 10800 ft, dominant shrub in tall mixed scrub, 15 ft, leaves shiny on upper surface, glaucous beneath, 11.8.1856, O. Polunin 56/156 (BM,E); Banihal Pass, 13.5.1847, J.E. Winterbottom 185 (K); Above Gulmarg, 10-11000 ft, 2.6.1892, J.F. Duthie 11322 (K); Kashmir, Sind valley, 7-8000 ft, 25.6.1892, J.F. Duthie 11474 (K); Kalamarg, near Gulmarg, 3200 m, more or less prostate shrub, 2 m high, alpine meadows near Betula-Salix subalpine forest, near the snow, F. Billiet et J. Leonard 6741 (K); Gulmarg, 9000 ft, shrub, 4 ft, high, catkin slender 1 inch long, not a common species here, 1.6.1967, R.J. Rodin 8242 (K); Kashmir, above Kainmul, Lidder valley, 10-11000 ft, 21.7.1893, J.F. Duthie 13159 (E); C-6 Kurram valley, Shendtoi, 11000 to 12000 ft, large shrub, just above the limits of trees, 22.5.1979, J.E.T. Aitchison 413 (K); C-7 Mianjani (Murree Hills), June, (18)87, Harold Deane (K); Mokhspuri (Murree Hills), 13.6. (18)51, collector unknown (K); C-8 Kashmir, Drawa a Durrawar Pass from Gurys Pass, north side, above 10000 ft, 14.6.1847, J.E. Winterbottom 85½ (K); Kashmir, Alibad, 11000, shrub 5 ft, 6.7.1876, C.B. Clarke 28914 (K); Poonch, Raikot to Aliabad, ± 7000 ft, usually gregarious, 28.6.1952, R.R. Stewart & E. Nasir 23829 (BM); Kashmir, Poosiana, 8000 ft, 6.7.1876, C.B. Clarke 28790 A (K); Pushana (Poosiana, Poonch), 4.5.1847, J.E. Winterbottom 84 (K).
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Small tree or shrub, twigs pubescent becoming glabrous, stipules minute. Petiole 2-6 mm long. Lamina 2.5-6.5 x 1.2-2.4 cm, elliptic, oblong or ovate margin denticulate, tip obtuse to acute, bright green above, lighter on the lower side; pubescent when young specially along midrib, becoming glabrous. Catkins appear after the leaves. Male catkins 2.5-7 x 0.4-0.7 cm, on short leafy shoots; rachis villous. Bracts 0.8-1.6 x 0.4-0.8 mm, obovate, silky pubescent on both sides. Stamens 2, filaments 2-3 mm, villous in the lower half, united in the lower half or free, solitary erect gland opposite the bract or sometimes 2 glands. Female catkin 3.5-11.5 x 0.6-0.7 cm, on leafy shoots; rachis villous; bracts as in the male catkin. Ovary subsessile, stigmas subsessile, spreading, each stigma 2-lobed. Fruiting catkin 4-12 x 0.8-0.9 cm, not dense. Stipe 0.3-0.7 mm long; capsule 4-5 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous.
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