FLORA OF NEPAL NOTULAE IV: NEW SPECIES AND RESURRECTED NAMES IN SILENE Author Lidén, Magnus Author Oxelman, Bengt text Edinburgh Journal of Botany 2023 2023-05-19 80 367 1 28 http://dx.doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2023.367 journal article 10.24823/EJB.2023.367 1747-0036 12521909 3. Silene moorcroftiana Wall. ex Benth. in Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 79 (1839). – Type : India , Kashmir , Luddak [Ladakh], W . Moorcroft ( Wallich cat. 626 holotype K001111436 ). Figure 1R–Y . Silene gyirongensis L.H.Zhou, Fl. Xizang . 1: 740 (1983). – Type : Tibet , Gyirong , 3900 m , 3 vii 1975 , Wu Zheng-Yih et al. 75-490 ( holotype PE 00934453 ; isotypes HNWP, KUN 0514269 ). Distribution . Widely distributed in West and Central Tibet and the West and Central Himalayas. Habitat and ecology . Sandy and gravelly soils and screes. Altitudinal range 3000–5000 m . Flowering late May to August; fruiting July to September. Notes . Silene moorcroftiana is easily distinguished from S. scoparia and S. oreoploca by its dark green, glandular hairy (not bright, green, non-glandular) leaves and reticulating calyx nerves. See Table 1 and Figure 1 . Additional specimens examined . INDIA : Kashmir : Kargil , Drass , 3000 m , 2 vii 1992 , J . F . Duthie s.n. ( P05019888 ) ; Ladakh , Leh , 3610 m , 7 vii 2005 , Goraya 102344 ( FRLH ) ; Gilgit , Nittar valley , 9000–10,000 ft , 5 viii 1892 , J . F . Duthie 12418 ( IBSC 0149869 , K ) . NEPAL . Dolpa : Between Pho village and pass ( 29°30′N , 82°54′E ), 4300 m , Caragana dwarf scrub, vi 1999 , S . Miehe 99-62-16 ( GB ) ; Mahagung Khola , 4 miles east of Tingkyu , 4 viii 1973 , C . Grey-Wilson & Phillips 497 ( K , P ); Tarap valley , 13,500 ft , 17 vii 1966 , T . B . Shrestha 5417 ( KATH ). Mustang : Upper Dhechyan Khola S of De ( 29°02′N , 84°00′E ), 4200 m , 12 viii 2001 , G . Miehe , S . Miehe & K . Koch 01-033-07 (Miehe, private herbarium) ; Lo-Manthang ( 29°1′N , 83°57′E ), 3800 m , wet places, 23 viii 2002 , F . Miyamoto et al. 20230190 ( KUN 1264313 , TI ) ; N of Sangdala , valley of Thellung Khola ( W side) ( 29°08′N , 83°56′E ), 3800 m , 1 vii 2003 , Y . Iokawa et al. ( TI 20320108 ) ; between Ekle Bhatti and Khingar , S side of Jhong khola ( 29°49′N , 83°49′E ), 3330 m , on exposed N-facing slope, 26 vi 2003 , Y . Iokawa et al. ( TI 20320027 ) ; Kagbeni – Muktinath , ( 28°50′N , 83°47′E ), 2800–3550 m , 22 vii 1983 , H . Ohba et al. ( TI 8330720 , mixed with Silene scoparia ) ; Tsarang ( 29°06′19′′N , 83°56′E ), 3400 m , on sandy steep slope, 7 viii 2001 , S . Noshiro et al. ( E00826114 , TI 20106115 ) . TIBET . Gar : 4500 m , 15 viii 1974 , Tibet investigation team 3946 ( HNWP 41077 , PE 00580354 ). Zanda : 4200 m , 5 vii 1976 , Qing-Zang exp. 76-075 ( PE 00580341 ) ; 4300 m , 10 vii 1976 , Qing-Zang exp. 76-8179 ( HNWP 59909 , KUN , PE 00580343 ) ; 4000 m , 7 viii 1974 , Tibet investigation team 3843 ( HNWP 41160 , PE 00580353 ) ; 4400 m , 3 vii 1976 , Qing-Zang exp. 76-7913 ( HNWP 60274 , KUN , PE 00580345 ) ; Road to Zada ( 31°26′N , 80°10′E ), 5033 m , 6 ix 2012 , FLPH Tibet exp. 12-0240 ( PE 01960790 ). Burang : upper Karnali ( 30°10′N , 81°20′E ), 4670 m , 30 viii 1993 , G . & S . Miehe 9608/2 ( Miehe , private herbarium) ; 4200 m , 14 vii 1976 , Qing-Zang exp. 76 - 8426 ( GB , HNWP 61030 ; KUN , PE 00580346 ). Zhongba : 4900 m , 31 v 2015 , Wei Lai & Hao Jia-Chen 15500 ( BNU 0029751 ). Gyirong : 4150 m , 19 vii 1975 , Qing-Zang exp. 5412 ( PE 00048002 ) ; 4180 m , 9 vii 1975 , Qing-Zang exp. 6253 ( HNWP 49157 , PE 00580356 ) ; 4300 m , 28 vii 1975 , Qing-Zang exp. 5610 ( PE 00048001 ) ; 4000 m , 16 ix 1990 , Li Bo-Sheng et al. 13817 ( PE 01486986 ) ; 5 km S of Lima basin, 4000 m , 17 ix 1990 , Li Bo-Sheng et al. 13842 ( PE 01486980 ) ; From Bogu [Tegu] lake to Mara Mountain , 4900 m , 2 vii 1975 , Wu Zheng-Yih et al. 75-0460 ( HNWP , KUN , PE 00580349 ) ; s.loc. , 3900 m , 3 vii 1975 , Wu Zheng-Yih et al. 75-488 ( HNWP 53555 , KUN ) ; s.loc. , 4200 m , 8 vii 1972 , Tibet herbal medicine census 728 ( HNWP 29871 , PE 00048040 ) ; Upper Trisuli gorge NW Mt Xixabangma ( 28°56′N , 85°24′E ), 4580 m , 25 viii 1993 , G . & S . Miehe 9568/06 ( Miehe , private herbarium) .