Ponerorchis Nana (King & Pantl.) Soo (Orchidaceae): a new Record for Uttarakhand

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by  Jeewan S Jalal

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
Specimenexamined:Takhar,314 Soc.Linn.Lyon, 1930,n.s.76,164, 1931;BorinGBCIP108, 1960.
Perennials,culmstufted. Inflorescence 10-20cmlong.
3.AvenasalivaLinn.sp. PI.ed. 1:79, 1753;CookinFPB Glumesequal,the lowerhairspittedornot.
3:574; 1958;BorinGBCIP;434; 1960. FI. & Fr.:August-October
Anannual.Culmssimple. Spikelets22-30mm longor Ecology:Foundgrowingoccasionallyinthegrasslands
longer usually with a 1-awned floret at the base and one or onhillocks
twoawnlessfloretaboveorwithallthefloretsawnless.Grain Locality:Harshnath,Sikar
tightlyenclosedby the lemmaandpaleafreesilky all over. Specimenexamined:Takhar,223.
FI.& Fr.:December-February ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ecology:Commonlyfoundincultivatedfieldofwheat.
Locality: Throughout the study area. We are thankful to the Indian Council ofAgricultural
Specimenexamined:Takhar,312 Research(ICAR),NewDelhi forfinancial assistance.Forest
Research Institute,DehradunandBotanical SurveyofIndia,
4. Bothriochloa intermedia (R. Br.) A Camus in Ann. Jodhpurforherbariumidentification.
30. PONERORCHIS NANA (KING & PANTL.) SOO (ORCHIDACEAE):
A NEW RECORD FOR UTTARAKHAND
1
JeewanS. Jalal2,4 GopalS. Rawat2'5andY.P.S. Pangtey3
,
'Accepted October 10, 2005
:Wildlife Institute of India, PO Box 18, Dehradun 248 001, Uttarakhand. India.
’Department of Botany, Kumaun University, Nainital 263 002. Uttarakhand, India.
’Entail: [email protected]
’Email: [email protected]
Deva and Naithani (1986) provided the taxonomic (King&Pantl.)Schltr.inFeddesRepert.9:434(1911).Chusua
account of all known species of orchids from north-west roborowskyivar. nana (King & Pantl.) P.F. Hunt, Kew Bull.
Himalaya and described nearly 239 species, based on the 26: 1876(1971).C.nana(King&Pantl.)Pradhan,IndianOrchid
study ofherbarium specimens and published records. They 2:678(1978).
reportedPonerorchisnana(King&Pantl.)SoofromHimachal Terrestrial,upto 10cmlongwithoblong,bilobedtuber;
Pradesh based on the collections made by B.S. Aswal from stem with one or two blunt tubular sheaths at the base; leaf
Rohtang in Lahul, growingbetween 3,000-4,000m altitude. one, linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, grooved;
This species was earlier described in India from Sikkim inflorescencesingle-flowered;flowerswhiteorpurple;bracts
HimalayabyKingandPantling(1898)asOrchischusuavar. lanceolate,acuminate,equallingtheovary; sepalsspreading;
nanaKing&Pantl.Therehasbeennocollectionofthisspecies petalsovoid; lip shallowly 3-lobed with broadtruncate apex
fromanypartofUttarakhandtilldate.Duringarecentorchid and crenate margin; spur cylindrical as long as the ovary,
exploration in Uttarakhand, P. nana was collected from an somewhat compressed.
alpine zoneofUttarkashi district, GarhwalHimalayaforthe FI.: July-August.
firsttime.Thecollectionofthis speciesfromGarhwalforms Ecology: Rare ground orchid that prefers to grow in
an interestingaddition tothe orchid floraofUttarakhand. grassy slopes andmeadows atc. 3,600m.
Inthisnote,abriefdescriptionalongwithanoteonthe Specimensexamined:india:Garhwal:UttarkashiinChuli
flowering period, ecology and distribution ofthe species is Bugyal(GS.Rawat 14781 WII).
given. Fieldnumberalongwiththecollector’snameisgiven Distribution: india (Uttarakhand-Garhwal; Himachal
in parenthesis. The voucher specimens are deposited in the Pradesh,Sikkim);Nepal.
herbarium.WildlifeInstituteofIndia(WII),Dehradun.
Ponerorchisnana(King&Pantl.)Soo,ActaBot.Acad. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Sci.Hung. 12: 353(1906);Deva&Naithani,OrchidFI.North
WestHim. 199.t. 106(1986).Orchischusuavar.nanaKing& WethanktheDirectorofWildlifeInstituteofIndia(WII),
Pantl.,Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. 8: 303. t. 402A(1898). O. nana Dehradunforfacilitiesandencouragement.
J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 104 (2), May-Aug 2007 247
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
REFERENCES
Deva, Som & H.B. Naithani (1986): The OrchidFloraofNorth-West King,G & R. Pantling (1898):TheOrchidsofthe Sikkim-Himalaya,
Himalaya, New Delhi. 459pp. Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 8(1-4): 1-342, 1.1-448.
31. A NOTE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF LISTERA TENUIS LINDL. (ORCHIDACEAE)
IN KUMAON HIMALAYA1
JeewanS. Jalal2-4, GopalS. Rawat2'5andY.RS. Pangtey3
'Accepted October 10, 2005
-Wildlife Institute of India, PO Box 18, Dehrudun 248 001 Uttarakhand. India.
’Department of Botany. Kumaun University, Nainital 263 002, Uttarakhand. India.
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
DevaandNaithani (1986),whiledescribingtheorchid fromupperGori valleyinKumaonHimalaya.Inthisnotewe
floraofthenorth-westHimalaya,reportedListeratenuisLindl. confirm the occurrence ofthis species at higheraltitudes of
fromUttarakhand. Whilethisspecieshasbeencollectedfrom Kumaon Himalaya along with a brief note on its habitat.
subalpine and alpine areas of Chamoli district in Garhwal It can be stated that the earlier collection of this species
Himalaya,theirreportofthisspeciesfromKumaonHimalaya from Thai may be erroneous. Voucher specimens are
isbased on aspecimen reported to havebeen collected from depositedintheherbarium.WildlifeInstituteofIndia(WII),
Thai in district Pithoragarh, at an altitude ofabout 1,000 m. Dehradun.
Otherthan this there are no othercollections ofthis species Ecology:Araregroundorchidusuallyinthesubalpine
from Kumaon Himalaya in the Indian Herbaria. As all the and alpine areas among shrubs. Only 4-5 individuals were
speciesofthisgenusgrowathigherelevations, i.e.,between seen under Rhododendron campanulatum nearTola village
2,100and4,000m,innorth-westHimalaya,DevaandNaithani (3,500m) intheupperGorivalley.
(1986) doubted the occurrence of this species at lower Specimenexamined: Kumaon: Pithoragarhdistrictin
altitudes, and suggested further collections of this species upperGorivalleyJ.S.Jalal 13945,WII.
to confirm its occurrence in Kumaon Himalaya. The same Distribution: india (Garhwal, Kumaon, Sikkim,
comment was repeated by Pangtey et al. (1991) due to ArunachalPradesh),Nepal,Tibet.
non-availabilityofanycollectionofthisspeciesfromKumaon ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Himalaya.
During the course of an orchid exploration in WethanktheDirectorofWildlifeInstituteofIndia(WII),
Uttarakhand, afew specimens ofthis orchid were collected Dehradunforfacilitiesprovided.
REFERENCES
Deva, Som & H.B. Naithani (1986): The Orchid FloraofNorth-West Pangtey,Y.RS.,S.S.Samant&G.S.Rawat(1991):OrchidsofKumaun
Himalaya, New Delhi. 459 pp. Himalaya. Dehradun. 193 pp.
32. SYNOTIS ALATUS (WALL. EX DC.) JEFFERY (ASTERACEAE) -
A NEW RECORD FOR ARUNACHAL PRADESH
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S.P.Jain2
'Accepted September 17, 2004
"Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, P.O. 1AP, Lucknow 226 015, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Email: [email protected]
The genus Synotis has about five species, which are withtheherbarium.BotanicalSurveyofIndianortherncircle,
found mostly in theeastern and western Himalaya (Hooker Dehradun. During 2001, while conducting a survey and
1981). This information is based on asurvey andcollection collection ofmedicinal plants growing in the Bomdila and
of plant material by the author and through consultation TwangdistrictsofArunachal Pradesh, Icameacross aplant
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