Extremely good find, Mohina ji. Congrats. Pl. try to publish it. On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 at 20:10, Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]> wrote:
> I guess it is correct ! > https://ppbc.iplant.cn/tu/15773093 > Thank you. > > Saroj Kasaju > > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 8:19 PM Madhusudhan Khanal < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Wonderful find. Characters matches well with Mazus motuoensis. Don't >> think it has been reported yet from India. Would be better to report it as >> a new addition for India. >> Regards, >> Madhusudhan Khanal >> >> >> On Sun, 21 Jul, 2024, 7:41 pm Mohina Macker, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I photographed this Mazus species a little ahead of Mayudia Pass, near >>> the little town of Hunli, on the road that goes from Roing to Anini in >>> Arunachal Pradesh last year april 2023. After I started reading about Mazus >>> species seen from India I quickly realised that it wasn't one of them. >>> >>> There are about 40 odd recognized mazus species worldwide and this >>> particular plant matches rather closely with Mazus motuonensis from Tibet >>> which was described very recently in November 2023. >>> >>> Many of the vegetative parts including the flowers, leaves and stem as >>> well as the habit are very similar. Of course I didn't uproot the plant, so >>> It is not possible to match the roots and Rhizome, and unfortunately I >>> didn't take photographs of the basal leaves, though some of the leaves >>> towards the base can be seen in one of the photographs. >>> >>> The altitude of Mayudia pass is 2655 m, and the location where this >>> plant was photographed is considerably lower, about 1800-1900 m. It was >>> photographed besides the road under broad leaved trees. >>> >>> This species is named after Nibi valley of Motuo county in Xizang >>> Province, which when I looked up the map is probably 150-200 km from the >>> location where I photographed this plant as a bird would fly. >>> >>> I am copying a couple of passages from the note titled >>> *Mazus motuoensis* (Mazaceae), a new species from Xizang, China >>> authered by [image: expand article info]Wen-Bin Ju, Xiong Li, >>> Heng-Ning Deng, Meng Li, Xing-Jin He, Xin-Fen Gao, Bo Xu >>> >>> The new species is distinguished from congeneric species by its >>> rhizomes, perennial herb covered with multicellular white villus, erect and >>> unbranched stems, having no basal leaves, stem leaves opposite, subsessile, >>> lower lobes margins erose-toothed. >>> >>> Currently, the authors have discovered only one population of >>> *Mazus motuoensis* from one single locality in Nibi Valley of Motuo >>> County in Xizang Province, China, and ca. 30 individuals from the type >>> locality. Evergreen broad-leaved forests are widely distributed in this >>> area, so we speculate that this new species has a relatively wide >>> distribution range. Due to insufficient field survey, the natural >>> distribution of this species in the wild is not clear. Following the IUCN >>> Red List criteria (2019), we suggest this species placement in the Data >>> Deficient. >>> this is the link to note : https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/111092/ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAGyuhTw8548K_Awe2jTQXynAC%3DZHJG4CSw%2BmBRJAo0aThPQLwQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAGyuhTw8548K_Awe2jTQXynAC%3DZHJG4CSw%2BmBRJAo0aThPQLwQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "eFloraofIndia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAO-iw80gCrc8BoWSWvtNT4WSvKJzNcKpjh6NVSFF01vQUierbA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAO-iw80gCrc8BoWSWvtNT4WSvKJzNcKpjh6NVSFF01vQUierbA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFBWM%2BDUZjfzkkTJ30ZOwoXopEu3ez0N25sKMRs0uv1RMQ%40mail.gmail.com.
