Boehmeria ternifolia var. kamley, (Acharya & Yonek.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear

Wilmot-Dear, C. M. & Friis, I., 2013, The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae). A taxonomic revision, Blumea 58 (2), pp. 85-216 : 178

b. var. kamley (Acharya & Yonek.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear , comb. & stat. nov. — Fig. 30m –o ; Map 31

Basionym: Boehmeria kamley Acharya & Yonek. in Acharya et al., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 53, 1 (2002) 4. ― Type: Stainton 6995 (holo E), Nepal, Koshi Zone, Inkhuwa Khola , 5 July 1974 .

Leaf length 0.5–1.25 × width; margin with 7–13 teeth either side, distal ones both longer and wider than proximal; leaf apex 2-lobed or with relatively broad terminal tooth and 2 subapical teeth almost equalling terminal tooth, giving a 3-lobed appearance, subapical teeth or lobes often secondarily toothed. Hairs on fruiting perianth usually ≥ 0.1 mm.

Distribution ― Eastern Himalayas: India, Nepal, Bhutan.

Habitat & Ecology ― Forests and forest margins; 1700– 2000 m altitude.

Notes ― See under the species as a whole.

Figures

Map 31 Distribution of Boehmeria ternifolia D.Don var. ternifolia (●) and B. ternifolia D.Don var. kamly (Acharya & Yonek.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear ().

Fig. 30 a–l: Boehmeria ternifolia D.Don var. ternifolia. a. Habit of stem with inflorescence-bearing axes; b. detail of stem showing basal branching of male inflorescence-bearing axes; c–e. leaves from different plants; f. leaf, detail of adaxial surface; g. leaf, detail of abaxial surface; h. detail of stem and stipules; i. male bud; j. detail of female inflorescence-bearing axis with two flower-clusters (inflorescences); k, l. fruiting perianths from different plants. — m, n: Boehmeria ternifolia var. kamley (Acharya & Yonek.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear. Leaves from different plants. — o: Intermediate between var. ternifolia and var. kamley. Leaf (a: Duthie 24955; b: Thomson 701; c, l: Gamble 7006; d: Gamble 26635; e-i: Wallich 1262; j, k: Grey­Wilson 271; m: Clarke 13029; n: Grierson 4161; o: Bourne s.n.; all K). — Scale bars: a, c-e, m–o = 2 cm; b, h, j = 2 mm; f, g, i, k, l = 1 mm.