Dysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants, Ukr. Bot. Zhurn. 59(4): 383 (2002)

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5. Dysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants, Ukr. Bot. Zhurn. 59(4): 383 (2002)

≡ Chenopodium botrys L., Sp. Pl.: 219 (1753). Lectotype ( Jafri and Rateeb 1978): Herb. Linn. 313.12 (LINN).

≡ Vulvaria botrys (L.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 1: 177 (1897);

≡ Botrydium botrys (L.) Small, Man. S.E. Fl.: 466 (1933);

≡ Neobotrydium botrys (L.) Moldenke, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 35: 330 (1946);

≡ Teloxys botrys (L.) W.A.Weber, Phytologia 58(7): 477 (1985);

= Botrydium aromaticum Spach, Hist. Nat. Veg. 5: 299 (1836).

Description.

Annual up to 50 cm, mostly branched from the base, green or yellowish-green; stem and leaves densely covered with simple (up to 0.3 mm long) and glandular hairs. Lower leaves long-petiolate, up to 6.0(7.0-10.0) cm, pinnatifid; middle and upper leaves shorter, up to 5.0 cm, sometimes almost entire and crisp, very aromatic. Inflorescence up to 20 cm long with ± dense indumentum consisting of curved simple (up to 0.3 mm) hairs partially intermixed with glandular hairs. Perianth segments 5, free, 0.7-0.8 × 0.5 mm; their dorsal part with glandular hairs (up to 0.125 mm long) having scaphoid terminal cell and with scattered stout simple hairs up to 0.075 mm (Fig. 23A ). Fruit 0.6-0.8 mm, subspherical; pericarp with minute, wart-like papillae (Fig. 23B ); seed blackish, slightly keeled; embryo horizontal.

Habitat.

Mountain steppes with Artemisia sp. div., grasslands, sands, screes or as a weed; 2000-4000 m a.s.l. Common in many parts of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

Phenology.

Flowering: July-September; fruiting: August-October.

Distribution.

See Fig. 24 .

Specimens examined.

CHINA: Xizang: Ngari Prefecture: Zanda (Zhada) County, Diyag (Diya), 2900 m a.s.l., 2 Jul 1976, Qinghai-Tibet Team 76-8155 (PE00510699, PE00510700);

INDIA: Jammu & Kashmir: Ladakh, Kaltse [Khaltse] to Damkar [Damkhar], Jul 1856, Schlagintweit 1119 (G); Dah, Indus valley, Jul 1856, Schlagintweit 1203 (LE); NE of Samba, Jul 1856, Schlagintweit 3262 (G, LE); Ladakh, Nubra valley, Aug 1856, Schlagintweit 2130 (BM); Chutium, 6000 ft a.s.l., 12 May 1928, F. Ludlow 277 (G); Zanskar, Burdur, 12000 ft a.s.l., 18 Sep 1931, W. Koelz 2995 (E, L, LE); Ladakh, Pituk [Pitok], 34°8'N, 77°31'E, 10500 ft a.s.l., 3 Sep 1956, Vogt 1056 (G); [Kishtwar distr.] Kishtwar, 19 Sep 1958, Rao 7775 (B, BSD); Ladakh, 3380 m a.s.l., 24 Aug 1976, H. Hartmann 76 (MSB137916); Ladakh, Leh, Sumdo, 3500-3830 m a.s.l., 9 Sep 2001, L. Klimeš 1696, 1699 & 1705 (PRA); Ladakh, Indus valley, Domkhar [Damkhar] Dha, 27 Aug 2002, L. Klimeš 2360 (PRA); Ladakh, Zanskar Region, S of Padum, 3530 m a.s.l., 2 Sep 2003, L. Klimeš 3442 (PRA); Ladakh, Indus valley, Stot (E) [Stod River valley], Likche, 3630 m a.s.l., 28 Sep 2003, L. Klimeš 3652 (PRA); Himachal Pradesh: [Upper Lahaul] Jangi, 15 Aug 1890, J.H. Lace 514 (E); [Chamba Distr.] Pangi, 8000 ft a.s.l., 2 Aug 1899, J.F. Duthie s.n. (K); Lahaul, Jispa, 11000 ft a.s.l., 11 Aug 1930, W. Koelz 1008 & 1016 (P05158989, P05158992); Simla, 28 Jul 1934, N. Parmanand 706 (E); Lahaul, Gondla, 10300 ft a.s.l., 2 Jul 1938, N.L. Bor 12439 (K); Lahaul, Udaipur, 2850 m a.s.l., 2 Aug 1990, R.J.D. McBeath 2270 (E); Spiti distr., Pin Valley National Park, 26 Aug 2002, K.C. Sekar 100711 (BSD).

General distribution.

Temperate Eurasia, North Africa, alien in North America, Australia and New Zealand.

Figures

Figure 23. SEM micrographs: A perianth of D. botrys B pericarp of D. botrys C perianth of D. geoffreyi D pericarp of D. geoffreyi E perianth of D. neglecta F pericarp of D. neglecta G perianth of D. nepalensis H pericarp of D. nepalensis. Magnification: 250 x (A, C, E, G), 500 x (B, D, F, H).

Figure 24. Distribution map of Dysphania botrys (circles) and D. geoffreyi (stars).