喜瑪拉雅山小馬先蒿Pedicularis gracilis Wall. ex Benth.（玄參科）種群之分類研究

Pedicularis gracilis Wall. ex Benth. (Scrophulariaceae) Complex in the Himalayas–A Taxonomic Reinvestigation

本文著重在喜瑪拉雅山小馬先蒿（Pedicularis gracilis）種群之特性，同時列舉出二亞種及四變種。依據形態特徵及地理分佈資料來看，Pedicularis gracilis subsp. gracilis及subsp. brunoniana（Wall. ex Pennell）Husain & Garg兩亞種是不同的；前一亞種之下的二變種——gracilis及stricta以及後一亞種之下的二變種—brunoniana及macrocarpa(Prain) Husain & Garg也各有所不同。

The paper highlights the complex nature of Pedicularis gracilis Wall. ex Benth. in the Himalayas and enumerates two subspecies and four varieties of this species. Morphological and distributional data have been appended to show that the subspecies – gracilis and brunoniana (Wall. ex Pennell) Husain & Garg and varieties – gracilis and stricta (Wall.) Husain & Garg (under subsp. gracilis) and brunoniana and macrocarpa (Prain) Husain & Garg (under subsp. brunoniana) are distinct.