H.J. Chowdhery's research while affiliated with Botanical Survey of India and other places
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Publications (66)
Eria alba Lindl. (Orchidaceae) is reported for the first time for Arunachal Pradesh.
Eria alba Lindl. (Orchidaceae) is recollected from Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh after a gap of more than a century. It was earlier recorded by Duthie in 1906 from Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh.
This communication presents the results of revisionary studies on the genus Eria Lindl. (Orchidaceae) in India, with details of its systematic position, classification, generic circumscription and distribution. Artificial key to all the 60 taxa belonging to 13 sections (57 species, 3 varieties) found in India has been provided. All taxa are enumera...
A new genus Cymbidiopsis H.J.Chowdhery, with 2 species – C. macrorhiza (Lindl.) H.J.Chowdhery and C. lancifolia (Hook.) H.J.Chowdhery is described. Cymbidiopsis is allied to Cymbidium Swartz but differs in habit, vegetative characters as well as in flower structure. Besides unlike the genus Cymbidium, Cymbidiopsis has flowers with 4 pollinia in 2 u...
The ‘Fascicle 28’ (2018) of the ‘Fascicles of Flora of India’ is a comprehensive taxonomic account of the subtribe Goodyerinae (‘Jewel orchid subtribe’) in India which is represented by 13 genera [Aenhenrya Gopalan, Anoectochilus Blume, Chamaegastrodia Makino & F. Maek., Cheirostylis Blume, Erythrodes Blume, Goodyera R. Br., Herpysma Lindl., Hetaer...
ON THE TAXONOMY OF DENDROBIUM LONGICORNU LINDL. (Orchidaceae).
A lectotype is selected for Chrysobaphus roxburghii Wall. (≡ Anoectochilus roxburghii (Wall.) Lindl.) using a specimen from WU. Specimens from the Wallichian Catalogue (Numer. List), cited as types for C. roxburghii in some recent publications, are determined
as not original material for the name. The only other original element known is a Rumphius...
The present communication reports the first authentic specimen of Eulophia spectabilis (Dennst.) Suresh from Uttarakhand.
Typification of Cyrtopera mannii H.G. Reichenbach [=Eulophia mannii (H.G. Reichenbach) J.D. Hooker] is discussed and a lectotype is selected for this species.
The 'lost holotype' of Goodyera affinis Griff. (≡ Hetaeria affinis (Griff.) Seidenf. & Ormerod) has been traced and an epitype is selected for the name as all the available 'original materials' fail to depict the diagnostic characters of the species.
Zeuxine goodyeroides and Zeuxine nervosa are two distinct species of terrestrial orchids but confused and misreported in some recent Indian literature. The present communication emphasizes the need of study of type specimens for fixing identity of species. A mistake repeated several times will have a chance to obscure the correct identity of a spec...
Present paper deals with the occurrence, nomenclature and taxonomy of Eria pulchella Lindl. (Orchidaceae) in India.
The book deals with the orchid diversity in Western Himalayan states of India. With illustrative introduction on orchid structure and way of description, the book also contains account of 100 western Himalayan Orchids in an illustrated way.
Oreorchis patens (Orchidaceae) is recorded for the first time from India. its detailed description supplemented by photo-plates and information on habitat, phenology and distribution is provided. An artificial key to all taxa occurring under the genus Oreorchis in India is also provided. Its threat status in India context is accessed by applying IU...
Neottia chandrae Raskoti et al. described from Nepal is reported as an addition to the orchid flora of India from the Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand. A detailed description, ecology, phenology, distribution and photo-plate for the species is provided.
Goodyera dongchenii Lucksom var. gongligongensis X. H. Jin & S. C. Chen is a new synonym of Goodyera hemsleyana King & Pantl. This constitutes the first record of G. hemsleyana for China. Goodyera dongchenii Lucksom is considered to be conspecific with G. robusta Hook. f. and is reduced to a variety of G. schlechtendaliana Rchb. f. Both species are...
Zeuxine assamica and Z. dhanikariana are synonymised with Z. nervosa. The morphological variation and affinity of Z. nervosa are also discussed with a detailed description and photographs. © 2012 The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
During the study of indian Orchidaceae, a novel method of making plant illustrations has been evolved. The methodology and its merits are discussed in detail in the present paper.
Zeuxine goodyeroides and Z. nervosa are two closely related but distinct species of terrestrial orchid. Despite having significant distinguishing characters, these have been misidentified and wrongly reported in some recent works. The present paper deals with the correct identity of these species.
A lectotype and an epitype are selected for the terrestrial orchid Goodyera hirsuta Griff, [basionym of Erythrodes hirsuta (Griff.) Ormerod]. The photographs of selected lectotype (Fig. 1) and epitype (Fig. 2) are also provided.
Lectotypification of Psychechilos gracile Breda [≡ Zeuxine gracilis (Breda) Blume], Zeuxine pulchra King & Pantl. and Zeuxine reflexa King & Pantl. are provided in the present paper along with the photographs of selected lectotypes.
Anoectochilus tetrapterus Hook. f. (Orchidaceae) is transferred to Odontochilus Blume as O. tetrapterus (Hook. f.) Av. Bhattacharjee & H. J. Chowdhery based on its morphological characteristics. An emended description and illustration are provided to facilitate identification of the species.
Abstract
Orchidaceae are represented by ca 1200 species from the erstwhile British India o f which Habenaria
Willd. is the largest terrestrial genus. Taxonomic revision o f the genus HabenariaWilld. in India has been
undertaken by the authors to provide detailed accounts o f genera, species and varietal level. The present
paper provides distributio...
Zeuxine grandis Seidenf., is being reported for the first time from India. We provide line drawing and color photo of specimen of Z. grandis in support of our treatment and to facilitate identification of the species.
Pecteilis rawatii Kumar & Veldkamp (Orchidaceae) is an invalid species vide Article 37.4 of Vienna Code (McNeill et al., 2006). Nomenclatural consequences for the same are discussed.
Gastrochilus distichus (Lindl.) Kuntze is reported for the first time in Himachal Pradesh and the occurrence of Coelogyne cristata Lindl. in Himachal Pradesh is confirmed.
A critical study of literature coupled with the study of type and living materials has necessitated the transfer of Herminium angustilabre King & Pantl., Herminium josephi Rchb. f., Herminium kalimpongense Pradhan and Herminium monophyllum (D. Don) P. F. Hunt & Summerh. to the genus Androcorys Schltr. and Herminium orbiculare Hook. f. to the genus...
Zeuxine affinis (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook.f. (Orchidaceae), hitherto known from other parts of India is reported for the first time from Arunachal Pradesh. The same is described and illustrated in the present paper.
Diplycosia Blume (Ericaceae)-a new generic record and Diplycosia indica M.R. Debta & H.J. Chowdhery-a new species from India is described and illustrated.
Eria globulifera Seidenf. (Orchidaceae), known from Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur in India, is reported for the first time from Sikkim and North-West Himalaya. The same is described and illustrated here.
Rheum nobile Hook.f. & Thoms. is one of the most attractive, striking and distinct looking plant, found in high Himalayan region from Nepal onwards up to Arunachal Pradesh. The large, bladder-like, drooping and overlapping cream coloured bracts of R. nobile apart from enhancing the beauty of the plant, also keep the reproductive organs warm to ensu...
Pleione hookeriana (Lindl.) B.S. Williams is reported here for the first time from Garhwal Himalaya. A brief description along with photographs is provided.
A new species of Zeuxine Lindl., Zeuxine pantlingii Av. Bhattacharjee & H.J. Chowdhery closely allied to Z. goodyeroides Lindl. is described from West Bengal, India. A brief life sketch and a portrait of Robert Pantling after whom the species is named is also provided.
Citations
... Presence of any species of Cyathea from central Nepal westwards (Central Himalaya) is not recorded in the British Indian botanical literatures (Beddome1883, Clarke 1880, Hope 1899-1904, Duthie, 1906. Naithani (1979) first reported it from Chamoli Garhwal area in Uttarakhand Himalaya; Rawat and Aswal(1984) also found a couple of plants at Pamtori village near Thal in Eastern Ramganga valley of Pithoragarh district of Kumaon region and this locality has been cited in almost all the fern literatures related to Kumaon Himalaya (Dhir and Saiki, 1984;Pande and Kandpal, 1986;Pangtey et al. 1989, Pande andPande, 2003;Chowdhery et al. 2008). Later on Singh et al. (1986) also discovered the second Garhwal locality in Chamoli district. ...
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... This was accepted as a variety of Eria muscicola by Karthikeyan et al. (1989) and Pandey and Dwarakan (1995). However, Kumar and Manilal (2006) considered it as a synonym of Eria nana, while Agrawala and Chowdhery (2009) Note: Tirvengadum (1978) incorrectly merged Randia brandisii under Catunaregam spinosa. Till now, many taxonomists in India (Sasidharan, 2013) and Kew (Govaerts, 2003;Govaerts et al., 2011;POWO, 2019;Ruhsam, 2005) agree with the views of Tirvengadam. ...
... 2014. Raj Kumar, et al.: Morphological Description of Eria tometos... 5 leaves and sheaths, free lateral sepals, and 8 pollinia in two groups of four, joined together by their caudicles to a common elastic and viscid substance (Agrawala & Chowdhery, 2013). Due to great variation throughout the genus, Eria has been divided into several sections by grouping species with a similar set of characters. ...
... Both species ( Figure 1A) are giant perennial herbs endemic to the Eastern Himalayas (EH) and the Hengduan Mountains (HM) ( Figure 1D), growing at elevations between 3,400 and 6,000 m a.s.l. (Li and Gao, 1998;Chowdhery and Agrawala, 2009). Rheum nobile is a monocarpic herb with individuals dying after a single reproductive event after ca. ...
... Jalal et al. (2008) enumerated a total 237 species belonging to 73 genera from Uttarakhand. Vij & Verma 2005;Vij & Verma 2007a, b;Lal et al. 2008;Verma et al. 2010;Lal et al. 2010a, b;Agrawala & Chowdhery 2009a, b;Jalal et al. 2009;Jalal et al. 2010 a, b;Jalal & Pangtey 2011a, b;Jalal et al., 2012 a, b;Vikash et al. 2012;Bisht & Adhikari 2014, have reported several new records, rediscoveries and one new species from Western Himalaya. Recently Vij et al. (2013) published a book on Orchids of Himachal Pradesh and enumerated a total 85 species in 44 genera. ...
... & Malhotra) Seidenf. (Lucksom 2007;Rao 1997). However, I. bicolor, which has also been reported from Manipur (Mukerjee 1953), was transferred to Sunipia (Kumar & Kumar 2005) based on its subquadrate-truncate to emarginate rostellum with pollinia attached to it through a Y-shaped stipe and a single viscidium. ...
... sensu lato (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Eriinae) is highly polymorphic and represented by c. 500 species (Pridgeon 1992), distributed from Sri Lanka to Tahiti (Ormerod 2014). In India, Eria s.l. is represented by 60 taxa (Agrawala and Chowdhery 2013). ...
... Of the four species recorded from India, Aphyllorchis vaginata has now been transferred and treated under the genus Chamaegastrodia Makino & F. Maekawa (1935: 596) (Seidenfaden, 1994;Govaerts, 2003;Bhattacharjee & Chowdhery, 2018). Another species Aphyllorchis gollanii which was once considered as endemic to Garhwal region of Uttarakhand (Deva & Naithani, 1986;Chowdhery & Agrawala, 2013;Jalal & Jayanthi, 2015) is found to possess morphological features identical to or overlapping those of Aphyllorchis alpina. Therefore, A. gollanii is reduced here to a taxonomic synonym of A. alpina. ...
... During the revision work on the genus Aphyllorchis for Flora of India under the National Mission on Himalayan Studies, all the Indian species of the genus have been thoroughly revised: type specimens, protologues and fresh collections have been studied. Of the four species recorded from India, Aphyllorchis vaginata has now been transferred and treated under the genus Chamaegastrodia Makino & F. Maekawa (1935: 596) (Seidenfaden, 1994;Govaerts, 2003;Bhattacharjee & Chowdhery, 2018). Another species Aphyllorchis gollanii which was once considered as endemic to Garhwal region of Uttarakhand (Deva & Naithani, 1986;Chowdhery & Agrawala, 2013;Jalal & Jayanthi, 2015) is found to possess morphological features identical to or overlapping those of Aphyllorchis alpina. ...
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... Vij & Verma 2005;Vij & Verma 2007a, b;Lal et al. 2008;Verma et al. 2010;Lal et al. 2010a, b;Agrawala & Chowdhery 2009a, b;Jalal et al. 2009;Jalal et al. 2010 a, b;Jalal & Pangtey 2011a, b;Jalal et al., 2012 a, b;Vikash et al. 2012;Bisht & Adhikari 2014, have reported several new records, rediscoveries and one new species from Western Himalaya. Recently Vij et al. (2013) published a book on Orchids of Himachal Pradesh and enumerated a total 85 species in 44 genera. ...
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